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Corey Anderson vs.
Jan Blachowicz

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

10-5-0 Corey Anderson · UFC
12-9-2 Jan Blachowicz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-5-0
UFC record
12-9-2
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
36.9
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
43.4
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
79"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.7
Layoff (months)Δ 77.5 mo
0.2
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLLD
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.

Corey Anderson hunts takedowns — 4.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Corey Anderson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Jan Blachowicz is a submission threat — 0.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight 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.

Corey Anderson

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

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Jan Blachowicz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7214.43/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
10403.53/min · norm 3.41
3612.22/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
9533.23/min · norm 3.35
46.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 48.3%
59.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 52.9%
10.09/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.36/15 · norm 0.40

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

Corey Anderson

Distance 72.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 10.4%)

Jan Blachowicz

Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Corey Anderson

Head 86.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.7%)

Jan Blachowicz

Head 73.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anderson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Blachowicz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 423 / 1122 37.7% 41.4% 815 / 1762 46.3% 41.4%
In the clinch 116 / 194 59.8% 70.9% 107 / 151 70.9% 70.9%
On the ground 182 / 242 75.2% 72.3% 118 / 157 75.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 561 / 1342 41.8% 38.9% 639 / 1530 41.8% 38.9%
To the body 105 / 156 67.3% 71.9% 215 / 319 67.4% 71.9%
To the legs 55 / 60 91.7% 81.8% 186 / 221 84.2% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Anderson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Blachowicz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 754 36.5% 40.4% 628 / 1520 41.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 71 / 108 65.7% 68.7% 80 / 108 74.1% 68.7%
On the ground 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 245 / 340 72.1% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 713 32.7% 37.5% 563 / 1428 39.4% 37.5%
To the body 55 / 88 62.5% 72.3% 156 / 254 61.4% 72.3%
To the legs 73 / 84 86.9% 83.0% 234 / 286 81.8% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5350.0% acc · 4.89/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1948.7% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 0.87
1083.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4270.0% def · norm 66.7%
66:5341.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
39:1213.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
3:090:17 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
79:114:01 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
70.36/15 · norm 0.27

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

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