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Julian Erosa vs JeongYeong Lee prediction

Featherweight · Moicano vs Nolan · 31 Oct 2026
UFC 9-9 · Pro 31-14
VS
UFC 2-2 · Pro 11-3

Prediction

early read
Julian Erosa 51%
51%49%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Age

    Lee is 6 years younger. With an age gap of 6 to 7 years, the younger fighter wins 60% of UFC fights (637 of 1,058 fights).

  • Time away

    Lee’s first UFC fight in 18 months. A fighter coming back after 1 to 2 years away, against an opponent active within the year, wins 41% of the time (377 of 929 fights).

History leans Lee on 1 of these; our early read still favours Erosa.

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Julian Erosa vs JeongYeong Lee.

Red corner JulianErosa“Juicy J”Xtreme Couture · Born in Seattle, Washington, United States · Fights out of Yakima, Washington, United States
VSUpcoming
Blue corner JeongYeongLee“Korean Tiger”
FeatherweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Has dropped 2 straight in the UFC.
  • Has dropped 2 straight in the UFC.
  • Has finished 6 of 9 UFC wins.
31-14
Record
11-3
37
Age
−7 yr30
+3″6' 1"
Height
5' 10"
+1″74″
Reach
73″
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
+1418
UFC bouts
4
6/967% of wins
Finishes
0/20% of wins
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 9-9UFC recordUFC 2-2
31-14Pro record11-3
Juicy JNicknameKorean Tiger
6' 1"Height5' 10"
74"Reach73"
SouthpawStanceOrthodox
37Age30
145 lbs.Weight145 lbs.
United StatesNationality—
Seattle, Washington, United StatesBorn in—
Yakima, Washington, United StatesFights out of—
Xtreme CoutureCamp—
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Julian ErosaJeongYeong Lee
82
Striking
67
20
Defence
38
50
Grappling / TD
40
91
Cardio
36
3
Chin
54
49
Fight IQ
47
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Julian Erosa18 UFC fights · 855 landed

66.2%
HEAD
64.4%
24.3%
BODY
26.0%
9.5%
LEGS
9.6%

JeongYeong Lee4 UFC fights · 146 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Julian Erosa

1.73takedowns / 15 min
1.73 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.63 / 15m
4.02 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
0.95 / 15m
43%
ACCURACY
66%
0.70 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.30 / 15m

JeongYeong Lee

0.63takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (6.09 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Featherweight

Stats comparison

Julian Erosa (left) vs JeongYeong Lee (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
6.18
vs
3.38
Striking accuracy
48%
vs
49%
Strikes absorbed / min
6.31
vs
3.82
Striking defence
48%
vs
50%
Takedowns / 15 min
1.73
vs
0.63
Takedown accuracy
43%
vs
66%
Takedown defence
61%
vs
72%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
vs
0.3
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Julian ErosaFightIQ profileSubmission grappler

6' 1" southpaw submission grappler campaigning at Featherweight. 9 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 4 submission, 3 decision.

Built from Julian Erosa’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
JeongYeong LeeFightIQ profileAll-rounder

5' 10" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Featherweight. 2 UFC wins — 2 decision.

Built from JeongYeong Lee’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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