Chan Sung Jung vs.
Dustin Poirier
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Chan Sung Jung
Full career not yet synced for Chan Sung Jung — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.6 wins over .500
Dustin Poirier
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 22 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 41 documented bouts
In the UFC: 15-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Chan Sung Jung
Distance 89.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 6.5%)
Dustin Poirier
Distance 81.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chan Sung Jung
Head 89.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)
Dustin Poirier
Head 87.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jung L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Poirier L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 451 / 1235 | 36.5% | 40.9% | 1415 / 3044 | 46.5% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 40 | 80.0% | 70.8% | 280 / 419 | 66.8% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 85 / 111 | 76.6% | 69.2% | 166 / 259 | 64.1% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 457 / 1233 | 37.1% | 37.2% | 1490 / 3244 | 45.9% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 60 / 83 | 72.3% | 68.2% | 182 / 249 | 73.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 51 / 70 | 72.9% | 80.7% | 189 / 229 | 82.5% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Jung L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Poirier L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 606 / 1252 | 48.4% | 39.2% | 1285 / 2951 | 43.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 55 | 72.7% | 70.3% | 197 / 277 | 71.1% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 25 / 38 | 65.8% | 69.4% | 145 / 184 | 78.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 400 / 1005 | 39.8% | 35.9% | 1048 / 2658 | 39.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 127 / 160 | 79.4% | 67.9% | 364 / 491 | 74.1% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 144 / 180 | 80.0% | 81.5% | 215 / 263 | 81.7% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Poirier has more cage time on record.