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Cyril Asker vs.
Jared Cannonier

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 Cyril Asker · UFC
11-10-0 Jared Cannonier · 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
11-10-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
42
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
101.8
Layoff (months)Δ 101.2 mo
0.6
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Cyril Asker is a submission threat — 0.88 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Cyril Asker hunts takedowns — 4.41 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Jared Cannonier rarely shoots — 0.77 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Cyril Asker

Full career not yet synced for Cyril Asker — 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

Jared Cannonier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

573.35/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
12454.25/min · norm 3.25
995.82/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
12774.36/min · norm 3.20
39.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 47.4%
35.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
70.36/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cyril Asker

Distance 58.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.0% (norm 9.3%)

Jared Cannonier

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Cyril Asker

Head 93.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Jared Cannonier

Head 76.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Asker L/AAccHeavyweight med Cannonier L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 86 23.3% 40.1% 1007 / 2223 45.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 146 / 186 78.5% 70.3%
On the ground 33 / 54 61.1% 70.2% 92 / 113 81.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 136 37.5% 38.9% 779 / 1918 40.6% 38.9%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 76.8% 252 / 341 73.9% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8% 214 / 263 81.4% 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 (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 Asker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Cannonier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 105 57.1% 40.7% 1137 / 2668 42.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 17 / 20 too few to rate 70.6% 83 / 127 65.4% 70.9%
On the ground 22 / 29 75.9% 72.0% 57 / 98 58.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 120 58.3% 38.8% 870 / 2369 36.7% 37.9%
To the body 22 / 26 84.6% 75.1% 233 / 328 71.0% 71.3%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 84.4% 174 / 196 88.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

562.5% acc · 4.41/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
4664.8% def · norm 63.1%
8:1048.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
36:2512.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
1:081:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
36:091:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.88/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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