Compare Dominick Reyes vs Khalil Rountree Jr. — UFC matchup breakdown
Tale of the Tape
The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.
Activity & layoff
The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.
- Khalil has 6 months more layoff
Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Light Heavyweight roster (264 fighters).
Recent form
Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.
Common opponents
Every UFC opponent both fighters have faced — a direct comparison controlling for matchmaking.
Schedule Score
Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.
Per-tier records + bout-by-bout
| Tier | Dominick Reyes | Khalil Rountree Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 0-4 | 1-2 |
| Top-5 | 4-0 | 1-0 |
| Top-15 | 3-1 | 2-3 |
| Cross-div champ | 1-0 | — |
| Cross-div ranked | — | 1-0 |
| Title-fight challenger | — | 0-1 |
| Contender-level | — | 1-0, 1 NC |
| Established | — | 1-0 |
| Building | — | 1-0 |
| Unproven | 2-0 | 2-1 |
- W vs Johnny Walker#1270Apr 11, 2026 · Top-15
- L vs Carlos Ulberg#394Sep 27, 2025 · Champion
- W vs Nikita Krylov#876Apr 12, 2025 · Top-5
- W vs Anthony Smith#1379Dec 7, 2024 · Top-5
- W vs Dustin Jacoby#1562Jun 8, 2024 · Top-15
- L vs Ryan Spann#1269Nov 12, 2022 · Top-15
- L vs Jiri Prochazka#592May 1, 2021 · Champion
- L vs Jan Blachowicz#394Sep 26, 2020 · Champion
- L vs Jon JonesCHAMP100Feb 8, 2020 · Champion
- W vs Chris Weidman67Oct 18, 2019 · Cross-div champ
- W vs Volkan Oezdemir#584Mar 16, 2019 · Top-5
- W vs Ovince Saint Preux#776Oct 6, 2018 · Top-5
- W vs Jared Cannonier#1561May 19, 2018 · Top-15
- W vs Jeremy Kimball8Dec 2, 2017 · Unproven
- W vs Joachim Christensen8Jun 25, 2017 · Unproven
- L vs Jiri Prochazka#296Oct 4, 2025 · Champion
- W vs Jamahal Hill#493Jun 21, 2025 · Champion
- L vs Alex PereiraCHAMP100Oct 5, 2024 · Champion
- W vs Anthony Smith#882Dec 9, 2023 · Top-5
- W vs Chris Daukaus45Aug 12, 2023 · Cross-div ranked
- W vs Dustin Jacoby#1363Oct 29, 2022 · Top-15
- W vs Karl Roberson18Mar 12, 2022 · Building
- W vs Modestas Bukauskas32Sep 4, 2021 · Contender-level
- L vs Marcin Prachnio8Jan 23, 2021 · Unproven
- L vs Ion Cutelaba45Sep 28, 2019 · Top-15
- W vs Eryk Anders26Apr 13, 2019 · Established
- L vs Johnny Walker51Nov 17, 2018 · Top-15
- W vs Gokhan Saki8Jul 7, 2018 · Unproven
- NC vs Michal Oleksiejczuk32Dec 30, 2017 · Contender-level
- W vs Paul Craig49Jul 16, 2017 · Top-15
- W vs Daniel Jolly8Feb 4, 2017 · Unproven
- L vs Tyson Pedro45Nov 26, 2016 · Top-15
- L vs Andrew Sanchez50Jul 8, 2016 · Title-fight challenger
All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.
Career splits
Striking matchup
Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.
Reyes has the striking edge (+10).
Where Reyes attacks (green = high volume) vs where Jr. gets hit (red = vulnerable) — Reyes’s green zones meeting Jr.’s red zones are the openings.
- Head56%70th331
- Body24%83rd141
- Leg20%77th116
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes
- Head59%39th399
- Body20%33rd136
- Leg22%18th147
Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent
- Standing75%440
- Clinch10%60
- Ground15%88
- Standing90%617
- Clinch4%28
- Ground5%37
Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.
Full breakdown — all zones, both views
| Zone | Fighter | Landed / 15 | Accuracy | Absorbed / 15 | Career landed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Dominick Reyes | top 30% of division39.4 | 43% | above division average29.6 | 331 |
| Head | Khalil Rountree Jr. | above division average31.7 | 30% | below division average37.1 | 338 |
| Body | Dominick Reyes | top 17% of division15.8 | 74% | around division average10.4 | 141 |
| Body | Khalil Rountree Jr. | top 24% of division13.2 | 74% | below division average12.2 | 150 |
| Leg | Dominick Reyes | top 23% of division13.0 | 86% | well below average12.3 | 116 |
| Leg | Khalil Rountree Jr. | top 27% of division12.1 | 83% | well below average12.7 | 140 |
Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.
Grappling matchup
Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.
Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).
Reyes has the grappling edge (+16).
Full breakdown — career grappling totals
| Metric | Dominick Reyes | Khalil Rountree Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns | 0.32 | 0.00 |
| Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted | 29%2 / 7 | —0 / 0 |
| Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced | 83%34 / 41 | 61%19 / 31 |
| Submission attempts / 15career attempts | 0.32 | 0.00 |
| Control time / 15 (min)career total | 1.1 min8:15 | 0.3 min3:11 |
| Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total | 1.1 min8:54 | 1.7 min17:49 |
All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.
Finishing & durability
How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.
When their fights end
every pro finish on the fight clockFinish & durability rates
Full professional career
Full method breakdown
| Outcome | Dominick Reyes | Khalil Rountree Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | ||
| by KO / TKO | 10(63%) | 9(64%) |
| by submission | 2(13%) | 0(0%) |
| by decision | 4(25%) | 5(36%) |
| Losses | ||
| by KO / TKO | 4(80%) | 4(57%) |
| by submission | 0(0%) | 1(14%) |
| by decision | 1(20%) | 2(29%) |
Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.
KO history
UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.
- Last time KO'dvs Carlos Ulberg8 months agoUFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes · Sep 27, 2025 · R1 · 4:27
- Last time submittedNever submitted in the UFC
- Last time KO'dvs Jiri Prochazka8 months agoUFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 4, 2025 · R3 · 3:04
- Last time submittedvs Tyson Pedro9y 6mo agoUFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson · Nov 26, 2016 · R1 · 4:07
Pace & fade
How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.
Cardio edge to Jr.: Jr. holds steady (+2% per round through round 4) while Reyes fades (-15% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Reyes keeps 85% of round-1 output by round 3, Jr. 142%.
Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.
Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.
Full per-round breakdown — both fighters
What drives the pace · per round
The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.
| Round | Fighter | Output / min | Sig landed / min | Sig absorbed / min | TD att / min | Control | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Dominick Reyes | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 0.06 | 6% | 15 |
| R1 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.00 | 2% | 17 |
| R2 | Dominick Reyes | 6.4 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0.12 | 13% | 7 |
| R2 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 0.00 | 4% | 10 |
| R3 | Dominick Reyes | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1% | 4 |
| R3 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 0.00 | 0% | 8 |
| R4 | Dominick Reyes | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 0% | 1 |
| R4 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7.4 | 0.00 | 0% | 2 |
| R5 | Dominick Reyes | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 0.00 | 0% | 1 |
| R5 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 0.00 | 0% | 1 |
Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.