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Li Jingliang

19-9-0
38y·6' 0"·71" reach·Orthodox
1:13
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.51
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
73%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss August 2024. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in May 2015, 78 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Aug 2024

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 18 recorded bouts, 846 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 56%Body 13%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 5%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body65%
Legs73%
Distance41%
Clinch53%
Ground65%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

11Wins8 KO · 3 DEC
7Losses1 KO · 2 SUB · 4 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

24%
Michaud
4%
Taleb
14%
Lima
13%
Nakamura
12%
Zafir
2%
Nash
8%
Camacho
7%
Ottow
8%
Matthews
0%
Abe
9%
Zawada
2%
Santos
24%
Magny
1%
Ponzinibbio
0%
Chimaev
5%
Salikhov
0%
Rodriguez
4%
Prates

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.71100%18
R25.00135%13
R35.03136%10

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.46
Strikes absorbed / min3.95
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed56%
Takedowns / 15 min1.19
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land41%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed60%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.41
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 18 bouts10.5m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

40.2%
Landed at range
1,637 thrown over 17 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

Too much of this record was set against opponents who had no distance history of their own yet. The expected number would mostly be the division average wearing a disguise, so it's held back.

The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LCarlos PratesAug 2024KO R20:23 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 111 · 37%
Total strikes
41 of 111 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:02
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 29%Body 10%Legs 61%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDaniel RodriguezSep 2022S-DEC0:02 ctrl78 str1 td
Significant strikes
78 of 175 · 45%
Total strikes
78 of 175 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 32%Body 29%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMuslim SalikhovJul 2022KO R20:30 ctrl38 str1 td
Significant strikes
38 of 87 · 44%
Total strikes
40 of 91 · 44%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:30
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:38
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 34%Body 32%Legs 34%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 16%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LKhamzat ChimaevOct 2021SUB R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:16
Rear Naked Choke
This fight on UFCStats
WSantiago PonzinibbioJan 2021KO R10:02 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 50 · 42%
Total strikes
21 of 50 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:25
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 29%Body 14%Legs 57%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LNeil MagnyMar 2020U-DEC3:38 ctrl16 str2 td
Significant strikes
16 of 62 · 26%
Total strikes
16 of 65 · 25%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
3:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 6%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 19%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosAug 2019KO R30:22 ctrl59 str2 td
Significant strikes
59 of 128 · 46%
Total strikes
59 of 128 · 46%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:51
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 76%Body 7%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 14%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid ZawadaNov 2018KO R31:16 ctrl89 str1 td
Significant strikes
89 of 222 · 40%
Total strikes
97 of 234 · 41%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:16
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:07
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 66%Body 11%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 3%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WDaichi AbeJun 2018U-DEC0:00 ctrl96 str0 td
Significant strikes
96 of 206 · 47%
Total strikes
96 of 206 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 14%Legs 53%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJake MatthewsFeb 2018U-DEC1:12 ctrl49 str0 td
Significant strikes
49 of 152 · 32%
Total strikes
56 of 163 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 8%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 8%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WZak OttowNov 2017KO R10:13 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 50 · 52%
Total strikes
27 of 51 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:57
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 4%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 0%Ground 35%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrank CamachoJun 2017U-DEC1:13 ctrl94 str2 td
Significant strikes
94 of 176 · 53%
Total strikes
95 of 177 · 54%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
1:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 16%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBobby NashJan 2017KO R20:11 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 75 · 49%
Total strikes
43 of 81 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:45
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 59%Body 5%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 8%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WAnton ZafirJul 2016KO R10:20 ctrl6 str1 td
Significant strikes
6 of 15 · 40%
Total strikes
11 of 20 · 55%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:46
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 83%Body 0%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 0%Ground 83%
This fight on UFCStats
LKeita NakamuraSep 2015SUB R31:35 ctrl79 str1 td
Significant strikes
79 of 142 · 56%
Total strikes
88 of 151 · 58%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:17
Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission
Target
Head 77%Body 14%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 0%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WDhiego LimaMay 2015KO R10:12 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 39 · 33%
Total strikes
13 of 39 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:25
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 31%Clinch 0%Ground 69%
This fight on UFCStats
LNordine TalebOct 2014S-DEC0:40 ctrl43 str2 td
Significant strikes
43 of 147 · 29%
Total strikes
57 of 165 · 35%
Takedowns
2 of 8 · 25%
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 5%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid MichaudMay 2014S-DEC3:35 ctrl61 str2 td
Significant strikes
61 of 156 · 39%
Total strikes
84 of 180 · 47%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
3:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 5%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 11%Ground 26%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.