Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen

UFC 9-8-0 vs. 4-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-8-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
80.7
Layoff (months)Δ 47.8 mo
128.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Scott Jorgensen hunts takedowns — 2.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Renan Barao hunts takedowns — 1.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Scott Jorgensen owns the mat — in control 23% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Renan Barao

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 252

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Scott Jorgensen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.33 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9223.92/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3933.08/min · norm 3.52
9574.07/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4983.91/min · norm 3.58
36.8%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
39.3%norm 43.4%
58.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.6%norm 56.6%
40.25/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.30

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

Renan Barao

Distance 90.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

Scott Jorgensen

Distance 86.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Renan Barao

Head 75.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Scott Jorgensen

Head 84.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barao L/AAccBantamweight med Jorgensen L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 772 / 2279 33.9% 39.0% 295 / 859 34.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 107 / 160 66.9% 68.7% 62 / 91 68.1% 68.7%
On the ground 43 / 69 62.3% 70.2% 36 / 49 73.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 538 / 1893 28.4% 34.9% 262 / 839 31.2% 34.9%
To the body 211 / 376 56.1% 66.8% 64 / 85 75.3% 66.8%
To the legs 173 / 239 72.4% 79.4% 67 / 75 89.3% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Barao L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Jorgensen L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 816 / 2086 39.1% 39.3% 421 / 1171 36.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 84 / 119 70.6% 70.4% 44 / 69 63.8% 70.4%
On the ground 57 / 74 77.0% 72.4% 33 / 56 58.9% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 654 / 1854 35.3% 34.9% 332 / 1056 31.4% 34.9%
To the body 178 / 270 65.9% 66.0% 99 / 148 66.9% 66.0%
To the legs 125 / 155 80.6% 79.1% 67 / 92 72.8% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2440.7% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 2.47/15 · norm 1.12
3792.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3062.5% def · norm 66.7%
36:5915.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
29:5023.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
28:001:47 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
18:512:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
50.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.24/15 · norm 0.28

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