Jordan Wright vs. Ike Villanueva

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 1-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
1-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 8 yrs
42
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
41.6
Layoff (months)Δ 9.9 mo
51.5
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jordan Wright carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ike Villanueva absorbs 7.24 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Jordan Wright absorbs 5.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jordan Wright

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Ike Villanueva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.12 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1454.13/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
923.66/min · norm 3.41
2065.86/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1827.24/min · norm 3.35
57.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 48.3%
32.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
36.4%norm 52.9%
20.85/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.60/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jordan Wright

Distance 62.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 10.3%)

Ike Villanueva

Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jordan Wright

Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Ike Villanueva

Head 89.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wright L/AAccMiddleweight med Villanueva L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 64 / 157 40.8% 40.5% 78 / 213 36.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 57 / 63 90.5% 70.3% 11 / 19 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 24 / 32 75.0% 69.1% 3 / 7 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 177 46.3% 38.9% 72 / 214 33.6% 38.9%
To the body 54 / 65 83.1% 71.7% 18 / 22 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 83.3% 2 / 3 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Wright L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Villanueva L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 87 / 160 54.4% 39.5% 151 / 247 61.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 88 / 100 88.0% 70.9% 23 / 27 85.2% 68.7%
On the ground 31 / 43 72.1% 69.0% 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 236 62.3% 37.9% 82 / 164 50.0% 37.5%
To the body 50 / 58 86.2% 71.3% 48 / 62 77.4% 72.3%
To the legs 9 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 52 / 60 86.7% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 0.87
12100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:3721.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
1:054.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
13:035:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:390:23 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.43/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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