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Zhang Tiequan vs.
Jon Tuck

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

1-3-0 Zhang Tiequan · UFC
4-5-0 Jon Tuck · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
48
AgeΔ 6.1 yrs
41.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
164.8
Layoff (months)Δ 69.4 mo
95.4
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Zhang Tiequan is a submission threat — 2.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Jon Tuck is a submission threat — 0.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Jon Tuck rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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 Tiequan

Full career not yet synced for Zhang Tiequan — 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

Jon Tuck

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

521.43/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3243.00/min · norm 3.42
802.20/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4043.74/min · norm 3.37
36.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 43.5%
50.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.28/15 · norm 0.25

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

Zhang Tiequan

Distance 98.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jon Tuck

Distance 86.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Zhang Tiequan

Head 89.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.8%)

Jon Tuck

Head 77.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tiequan L/AAccFeatherweight med Tuck L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 139 37.4% 40.9% 259 / 703 36.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 30 / 51 58.8% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 35 / 55 63.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 126 33.3% 37.2% 182 / 630 28.9% 35.0%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.2% 82 / 108 75.9% 69.1%
To the legs 8 / 12 too few to rate 80.7% 60 / 71 84.5% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Tiequan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Tuck L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 112 41.1% 39.2% 302 / 885 34.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 50 / 71 70.4% 68.6%
On the ground 33 / 47 70.2% 69.4% 52 / 72 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 140 45.7% 35.9% 270 / 826 32.7% 35.1%
To the body 13 / 18 too few to rate 67.9% 89 / 136 65.4% 68.1%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.5% 45 / 66 68.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2100.0% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
333.3% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.38
675.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1050.0% def · norm 64.0%
2:015.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
18:4417.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
24:079:57 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
20:242:50 per 15 · norm 2:46
52.06/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
70.97/15 · norm 0.49

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

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