Ron Stallings vs. Justin Jones

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 5 yrs
38
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
75"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
131.1
Layoff (months)Δ 5 mo
136.1
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ron Stallings rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Justin Jones owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Ron Stallings is accurate with strikes at range — lands 59%, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ron Stallings

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Justin Jones

Full career not yet synced for Justin Jones — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

843.22/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
511.70/min · norm 3.25
853.26/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
953.17/min · norm 3.20
60.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 47.4%
51.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
45.1%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ron Stallings

Distance 72.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 24.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.3%)

Justin Jones

Distance 64.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 31.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Ron Stallings

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.4%)

Justin Jones

Head 75.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stallings L/AAccMiddleweight med Jones L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 100 59.0% 40.5% 25 / 91 27.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 22 / 34 64.7% 70.3% 22 / 45 48.9% 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.1% 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 99 52.5% 38.9% 24 / 106 22.6% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 28 78.6% 71.7% 12 / 16 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 83.3% 15 / 19 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Stallings L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Jones L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 94 40.4% 39.5% 50 / 108 46.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 14 / 33 42.4% 70.9% 42 / 61 68.9% 70.9%
On the ground 33 / 47 70.2% 69.0% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 139 40.3% 37.9% 62 / 132 47.0% 37.9%
To the body 10 / 14 too few to rate 71.3% 30 / 37 81.1% 71.3%
To the legs 19 / 21 too few to rate 82.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
215.4% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
1071.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 63.1%
1:144.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
9:2431.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:558:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
9:334:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.47

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