Rony Jason vs. Godofredo Pepey

UFC 4-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 5-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
112.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.6 mo
102.3
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Godofredo Pepey is a submission threat — 1.47 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Rony Jason is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Godofredo Pepey rarely shoots — 0.37 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rony Jason

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 148

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Godofredo Pepey

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.04/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1892.32/min · norm 3.54
2393.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2633.23/min · norm 3.47
44.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.2%norm 45.0%
53.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.8%norm 54.85%
20.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rony Jason

Distance 86.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 6.5%)

Godofredo Pepey

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rony Jason

Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Godofredo Pepey

Head 84.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jason L/AAccFeatherweight med Pepey L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 301 37.5% 40.9% 130 / 409 31.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 25 / 32 78.1% 70.8%
On the ground 29 / 32 90.6% 69.2% 34 / 54 63.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 256 36.7% 37.2% 135 / 420 32.1% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 74 62.2% 68.2% 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2%
To the legs 15 / 20 too few to rate 80.7% 27 / 33 81.8% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Jason L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pepey L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 396 36.9% 39.2% 143 / 348 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 79 / 101 78.2% 69.4% 96 / 124 77.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 392 39.0% 35.9% 199 / 419 47.5% 35.9%
To the body 35 / 66 53.0% 67.9% 40 / 57 70.2% 67.9%
To the legs 51 / 58 87.9% 81.5% 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
330.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
27.4% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.19
1136.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
735.0% def · norm 61.5%
11:1714.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:0713.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
21:554:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
29:465:28 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
81.47/15 · norm 0.46

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