Dennis Siver vs. Jess Liaudin

UFC 12-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
Age
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
109.4
Layoff (months)Δ 104.2 mo
213.6
WLLWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jess Liaudin is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jess Liaudin hunts takedowns — 3.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Dennis Siver carries real power — 0.47 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dennis Siver

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 128
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jess Liaudin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 188

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8693.87/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
902.46/min · norm 3.17
5982.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1012.76/min · norm 3.06
32.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 44.9%
65.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
41.6%norm 55.25%
70.47/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.82/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dennis Siver

Distance 90.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

Jess Liaudin

Distance 59.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dennis Siver

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 7.9%)

Jess Liaudin

Head 85.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Siver L/AAccLightweight med Liaudin L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 2423 30.4% 37.9% 40 / 104 38.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 46 / 126 36.5% 67.3% 35 / 44 79.5% 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 129 66.7% 69.1% 15 / 27 55.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 494 / 2091 23.6% 35.0% 70 / 150 46.7% 37.2%
To the body 118 / 228 51.8% 69.1% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 257 / 359 71.6% 81.9% 11 / 13 too few to rate 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 Siver L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Liaudin L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 472 / 1477 32.0% 38.9% 27 / 66 40.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 44 / 77 57.1% 68.6% 42 / 51 82.4% 68.9%
On the ground 82 / 157 52.2% 68.0% 32 / 56 57.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 372 / 1335 27.9% 35.1% 67 / 138 48.6% 35.6%
To the body 99 / 170 58.2% 68.1% 22 / 22 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 127 / 206 61.7% 81.5% 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1332.5% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 3.28/15 · norm 1.27
3965.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
430.8% def · norm 63.9%
38:0717.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
13:5037.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
39:502:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:525:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.33/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
41.64/15 · norm 0.45

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