Corey Anderson vs.
Tom Lawlor
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.
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
Tom Lawlor
Full career not yet synced for Tom Lawlor — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Corey Anderson
Distance 72.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 10.4%)
Tom Lawlor
Distance 68.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.5% (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%)
Tom Lawlor
Head 92.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (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/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Lawlor L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 423 / 1122 | 37.7% | 41.4% | 120 / 396 | 30.3% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 116 / 194 | 59.8% | 70.9% | 77 / 113 | 68.1% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 182 / 242 | 75.2% | 72.3% | 47 / 66 | 71.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 561 / 1342 | 41.8% | 38.9% | 207 / 534 | 38.8% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 105 / 156 | 67.3% | 71.9% | 18 / 22 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 55 / 60 | 91.7% | 81.8% | 19 / 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/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Lawlor L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 275 / 754 | 36.5% | 40.4% | 152 / 454 | 33.5% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 71 / 108 | 65.7% | 68.7% | 60 / 103 | 58.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 15 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 23 / 38 | 60.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 233 / 713 | 32.7% | 37.5% | 148 / 467 | 31.7% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 55 / 88 | 62.5% | 72.3% | 56 / 88 | 63.6% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 73 / 84 | 86.9% | 83.0% | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 82.1% |
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 — Anderson has more cage time on record.