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Chad Anheliger vs.
Jose Johnson

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

2-3-0 Chad Anheliger · UFC
1-3-0 Jose Johnson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
39.7
AgeΔ 8.5 yrs
31.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
64"
ReachΔ 7"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
18.8
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

Chad Anheliger's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight norm.
Chad Anheliger is a submission threat — 0.41 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Johnson is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight 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.

Chad Anheliger

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Jose Johnson

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2283.11/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
842.36/min · norm 3.49
2132.90/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
661.85/min · norm 3.24
44.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 44.6%
54.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
51.8%norm 56.4%
20.41/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Chad Anheliger

Distance 84.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 6.5%)

Jose Johnson

Distance 58.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Chad Anheliger

Head 80.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Jose Johnson

Head 70.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anheliger L/AAccBantamweight med Johnson L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 173 / 439 39.4% 39.0% 43 / 91 47.3% 40.0%
In the clinch 29 / 40 72.5% 68.7% 11 / 23 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 26 / 39 66.7% 70.2% 30 / 41 73.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 415 37.8% 34.9% 52 / 109 47.7% 37.6%
To the body 31 / 53 58.5% 66.8% 21 / 29 72.4% 68.5%
To the legs 40 / 50 80.0% 79.4% 11 / 17 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Anheliger L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Johnson L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 374 39.0% 39.3% 30 / 84 35.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 23 / 31 74.2% 70.4% 15 / 19 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 44 / 59 74.6% 72.4% 21 / 34 61.8% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 325 36.9% 34.9% 35 / 91 38.5% 35.2%
To the body 49 / 73 67.1% 66.0% 11 / 21 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 44 / 66 66.7% 79.1% 20 / 25 80.0% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

436.4% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
627.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1352.0% def · norm 62.5%
9:1212.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
6:1117.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
26:525:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:508:45 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.41/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.84/15 · norm 0.58

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

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