Jerrod Sanders vs. Yosdenis Cedeno

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
46
AgeΔ 5 yrs
41
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
121.1
Layoff (months)Δ 11.9 mo
133
LWNCL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

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 17% Bantamweight norm.
Yosdenis Cedeno rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

240.88/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
821.64/min · norm 3.42
311.14/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
801.60/min · norm 3.37
64.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
29.9%norm 43.5%
46.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
67.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.30/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jerrod Sanders

Distance 40.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 45.9% (norm 6.5%)

Yosdenis Cedeno

Distance 88.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jerrod Sanders

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Yosdenis Cedeno

Head 74.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sanders L/AAccBantamweight med Cedeno L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 15 too few to rate 39.0% 63 / 242 26.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.7% 8 / 10 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.2% 11 / 22 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 29 58.6% 34.9% 33 / 203 16.3% 35.0%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 66.8% 13 / 30 43.3% 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 79.4% 36 / 41 87.8% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Sanders L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Cedeno L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 24 too few to rate 39.3% 67 / 228 29.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.4% 11 / 14 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 72.4% 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 43 44.2% 34.9% 45 / 196 23.0% 35.1%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 66.0% 13 / 21 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 79.1% 22 / 29 75.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
433.3% acc · 2.20/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
150.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
531.3% def · norm 64.0%
12:4646.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
5:5011.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
10:005:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:076:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
31.65/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.30/15 · norm 0.49

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