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Zhang Lipeng vs.
Sai Wang

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-2-0 Zhang Lipeng · UFC
1-1-0 Sai Wang · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-2-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
40
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
71"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
134.7
Layoff (months)Δ 8.8 mo
143.5
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Sai Wang rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Sai Wang owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Zhang Lipeng is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Zhang Lipeng

Full career not yet synced for Zhang Lipeng — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Sai Wang

Full career not yet synced for Sai Wang — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

771.28/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
953.17/min · norm 3.17
1131.88/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
682.27/min · norm 3.06
48.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.9%
53.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Zhang Lipeng

Distance 63.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 25.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.0%)

Sai Wang

Distance 66.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Zhang Lipeng

Head 57.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 25.9% (norm 7.9%)

Sai Wang

Head 69.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lipeng L/AAccLightweight med Wang L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 101 37.6% 37.9% 50 / 135 37.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 32 / 41 78.0% 67.3% 24 / 34 70.6% 67.8%
On the ground 7 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% 21 / 34 61.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 90 26.7% 35.0% 52 / 140 37.1% 37.2%
To the body 17 / 27 63.0% 69.1% 20 / 29 69.0% 70.7%
To the legs 36 / 41 87.8% 81.9% 23 / 34 67.6% 82.9%

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: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Lipeng L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Wang L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 146 32.9% 38.9% 56 / 130 43.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 56 76.8% 68.6% 11 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 22 / 43 51.2% 68.0% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 147 33.3% 35.1% 31 / 94 33.0% 35.6%
To the body 16 / 34 47.1% 68.1% 14 / 19 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 48 / 64 75.0% 81.5% 23 / 32 71.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

730.4% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1669.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1477.8% def · norm 63.9%
17:5029.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
10:5836.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
25:516:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
6:403:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.75/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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