Vagner Rocha vs. Jonathan Brookins

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 4 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
141
Layoff (months)Δ 22.7 mo
163.7
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vagner Rocha is a submission threat — 1.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Jonathan Brookins owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Jonathan Brookins hunts takedowns — 2.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vagner Rocha

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Jonathan Brookins

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 126

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.42 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

852.64/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1262.90/min · norm 3.54
1454.50/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1543.54/min · norm 3.47
42.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
48.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Vagner Rocha

Distance 91.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jonathan Brookins

Distance 59.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 25.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 14.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Vagner Rocha

Head 77.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 7.9%)

Jonathan Brookins

Head 84.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rocha L/AAccLightweight med Brookins L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 74 / 183 40.4% 37.9% 54 / 169 32.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 67.3% 40 / 71 56.3% 70.8%
On the ground 10 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% 32 / 42 76.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 154 36.4% 35.0% 98 / 237 41.4% 37.2%
To the body 9 / 18 too few to rate 69.1% 23 / 37 62.2% 68.2%
To the legs 20 / 28 71.4% 81.9% 5 / 8 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Rocha L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Brookins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 257 49.4% 38.9% 94 / 243 38.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.6% 56 / 85 65.9% 70.3%
On the ground 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 4 / 9 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 181 35.9% 35.1% 100 / 275 36.4% 35.9%
To the body 19 / 28 67.9% 68.1% 24 / 31 77.4% 67.9%
To the legs 61 / 70 87.1% 81.5% 30 / 31 96.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
333.3% acc · 1.40/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
615.8% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.19
250.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 61.5%
7:0221.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
20:0646.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
2:151:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:561:21 per 15 · norm 3:12
41.86/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.34/15 · norm 0.46

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