Jose Souza vs. Ding Meng
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jose Souza
Full career not yet synced for Jose Souza — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Ding Meng
Full career not yet synced for Ding Meng — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jose Souza
Distance 98.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Ding Meng
Distance 99.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jose Souza
Head 88.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 8.4%)
Ding Meng
Head 50.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 34.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Souza L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Meng L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 71 / 151 | 47.0% | 38.6% | 62 / 145 | 42.8% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 61 / 135 | 45.2% | 37.2% | 13 / 74 | 17.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 42 / 51 | 82.4% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Souza L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Meng L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 62 / 145 | 42.8% | 39.0% | 71 / 151 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 13 / 74 | 17.6% | 35.6% | 61 / 135 | 45.2% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 42 / 51 | 82.4% | 82.1% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Souza has more cage time on record.