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Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Patrick Cummins

UFC 7-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 6-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
36
AgeΔ 9 yrs
45
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
79"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
68.9
Layoff (months)Δ 20.2 mo
89.1
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Patrick Cummins hunts takedowns — 4.49 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Antonio Carlos Junior hunts takedowns — 3.42 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Antonio Carlos Junior owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Antonio Carlos Junior

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 156
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Patrick Cummins

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 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

2901.95/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
4984.26/min · norm 3.48
3192.14/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3913.35/min · norm 3.37
42.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.8%norm 48.45%
52.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Antonio Carlos Junior

Distance 78.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 10.0%)

Patrick Cummins

Distance 61.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 26.3% (norm 10.6%)

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

Antonio Carlos Junior

Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Patrick Cummins

Head 88.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 6.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Junior L/AAccMiddleweight med Cummins L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 535 35.0% 40.5% 224 / 603 37.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.6% 85 / 120 70.8% 70.8%
On the ground 74 / 105 70.5% 69.4% 189 / 258 73.3% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 564 34.8% 38.8% 409 / 867 47.2% 39.2%
To the body 52 / 72 72.2% 71.6% 51 / 68 75.0% 72.0%
To the legs 42 / 45 93.3% 83.3% 38 / 46 82.6% 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Junior L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cummins L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 430 34.0% 39.5% 281 / 739 38.0% 40.6%
In the clinch 18 / 26 69.2% 70.4% 57 / 82 69.5% 68.8%
On the ground 155 / 220 70.5% 69.0% 53 / 65 81.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 230 / 550 41.8% 37.9% 326 / 798 40.9% 37.7%
To the body 33 / 52 63.5% 71.3% 45 / 61 73.8% 72.9%
To the legs 56 / 74 75.7% 82.1% 20 / 27 74.1% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3439.1% acc · 3.42/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
3541.2% acc · 4.49/15 · norm 0.87
853.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
628.6% def · norm 66.7%
70:1447.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
47:0640.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
26:012:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
11:321:28 per 15 · norm 2:50
80.81/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.28

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