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Anying Wang vs.
Albert Cheng

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-1-0 Anying Wang · UFC
0-1-0 Albert Cheng · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-1-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 6 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
143.4
Layoff (months)Δ 5.8 mo
149.2
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Anying Wang rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Albert Cheng rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Anying Wang's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Anying Wang

Full career not yet synced for Anying Wang — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Albert Cheng

Full career not yet synced for Albert Cheng — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

131.32/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
51.00/min · norm 3.17
161.63/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
132.60/min · norm 3.06
26.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 44.9%
44.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
71.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Anying Wang

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Albert Cheng

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Anying Wang

Head 84.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 2.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 8.4%)

Albert Cheng

Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wang L/AAccWelterweight med Cheng L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 13 / 50 26.0% 38.6% 5 / 12 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 42 23.8% 37.2% 4 / 10 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.7% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 7 too few to rate 82.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Wang L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cheng L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 39.0% 13 / 45 28.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 9 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 25 52.0% 35.6% 10 / 37 27.0% 35.6%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.6% 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 3 / 7 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
133.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.9%
0:325.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:062.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:576:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:321:36 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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