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Corey Anderson vs.
Justin Jones

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
0-2-0 Justin Jones · 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
0-2-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36.9
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38.9
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
79"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.7
Layoff (months)Δ 58.4 mo
136.1
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.
Justin Jones owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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

Justin Jones

Full career not yet synced for Justin Jones — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7214.43/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
511.70/min · norm 3.25
3612.22/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
953.17/min · norm 3.20
46.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 47.4%
59.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
45.1%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Justin Jones

Distance 64.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 31.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.3%)

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%)

Justin Jones

Head 75.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Jones L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 423 / 1122 37.7% 41.4% 25 / 91 27.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 116 / 194 59.8% 70.9% 22 / 45 48.9% 70.3%
On the ground 182 / 242 75.2% 72.3% 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 561 / 1342 41.8% 38.9% 24 / 106 22.6% 38.9%
To the body 105 / 156 67.3% 71.9% 12 / 16 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 55 / 60 91.7% 81.8% 15 / 19 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Jones L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 754 36.5% 40.4% 50 / 108 46.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 71 / 108 65.7% 68.7% 42 / 61 68.9% 70.9%
On the ground 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 713 32.7% 37.5% 62 / 132 47.0% 37.9%
To the body 55 / 88 62.5% 72.3% 30 / 37 81.1% 71.3%
To the legs 73 / 84 86.9% 83.0% 3 / 4 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.

5350.0% acc · 4.89/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
215.4% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
1083.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 63.1%
66:5341.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
9:2431.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
3:090:17 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
9:334:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.47

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

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