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Yosdenis Cedeno vs. Jerrod Sanders

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-2-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 6 yrs
47
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
135.3
Layoff (months)Δ 11.9 mo
123.4
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWNCL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jerrod Sanders is a submission threat — 1.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jerrod Sanders owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Bantamweight norm.
Yosdenis Cedeno rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yosdenis Cedeno

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 104

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Jerrod Sanders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

821.64/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
240.88/min · norm 3.52
801.60/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
311.14/min · norm 3.58
29.9%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
64.9%norm 43.5%
67.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
46.6%norm 56.6%
10.30/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Yosdenis Cedeno

Distance 88.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jerrod Sanders

Distance 40.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 45.9% (norm 6.4%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Yosdenis Cedeno

Head 74.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jerrod Sanders

Head 78.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Cedeno L/AAccLightweight med Sanders L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 63 / 242 26.0% 38.3% 7 / 15 too few to rate 39.2%
In the clinch 8 / 10 too few to rate 67.5% 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 11 / 22 too few to rate 68.8% 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 33 / 203 16.3% 35.1% 17 / 29 58.6% 35.3%
To the body 13 / 30 43.3% 69.1% 6 / 6 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 36 / 41 87.8% 81.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 79.2%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Cedeno L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Sanders L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 67 / 228 29.4% 38.8% 9 / 24 too few to rate 39.4%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 68.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.0% 15 / 24 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 196 23.0% 35.2% 19 / 43 44.2% 34.9%
To the body 13 / 21 too few to rate 68.2% 7 / 10 too few to rate 66.1%
To the legs 22 / 29 75.9% 81.5% 5 / 5 too few to rate 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 2.20/15 · norm 1.12
531.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 65.7%
5:5011.7% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
12:4646.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
20:076:02 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
10:005:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.30/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
31.65/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cedeno has more cage time on record.