Melton Bowen vs. Steve Jennum
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Melton Bowen
Full career not yet synced for Melton Bowen — 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 +1.0 wins over .500
Steve Jennum
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 0 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: -0.2 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 5 documented bouts
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)
Melton Bowen
Distance 75.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 28.7%)
Steve Jennum
Distance 17.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 82.7% (norm 28.7%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Melton Bowen
Head 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 5.2%)
Steve Jennum
Head 92.3% (norm 81.2%) · Body 3.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 5.2%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bowen L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Jennum L/A | Acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 27.8% | 1 / 9 | too few to rate | 27.8% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 63.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 63.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 65.8% | 18 / 43 | 41.9% | 65.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 39.3% | 19 / 48 | 39.6% | 39.3% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 90.5% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 53.5% |
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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Bowen L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Jennum L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 6 | too few to rate | 37.0% | 2 / 8 | too few to rate | 37.0% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 66.7% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 66.7% |
| On the ground | 13 / 34 | 38.2% | 67.1% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 67.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 13 / 36 | 36.1% | 47.0% | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 47.0% |
| To the body | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 87.9% |
| To the legs | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 61.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 61.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Jennum has more cage time on record.