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Da Woon Jung vs.
Sam Alvey

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

4-4-1 Da Woon Jung · UFC
10-13-1 Sam Alvey · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-1
UFC record
10-13-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32.7
AgeΔ 7.6 yrs
40.3
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
22.2
Layoff (months)Δ 25.8 mo
48
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLD
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.

Sam Alvey rarely shoots — 0.06 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Da Woon Jung hunts takedowns — 1.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Sam Alvey carries real power — 0.45 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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.

Da Woon Jung

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Sam Alvey

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

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3053.24/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
7583.28/min · norm 3.25
3984.23/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
8393.63/min · norm 3.20
40.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 47.4%
49.3%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 53.8%
30.48/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.45/15 · norm 0.32

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

Da Woon Jung

Distance 88.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 10.4%)

Sam Alvey

Distance 85.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Da Woon Jung

Head 79.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Sam Alvey

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jung L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Alvey L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 240 / 665 36.1% 41.4% 576 / 1450 39.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 39 / 52 75.0% 70.9% 152 / 208 73.1% 70.3%
On the ground 26 / 32 81.2% 72.3% 30 / 45 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 597 33.7% 38.9% 511 / 1390 36.8% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 72 58.3% 71.9% 116 / 156 74.4% 71.7%
To the legs 62 / 80 77.5% 81.8% 131 / 157 83.4% 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 (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 Jung L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Alvey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 688 48.0% 40.4% 703 / 1576 44.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 51 / 73 69.9% 68.7% 91 / 137 66.4% 70.9%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.4% 45 / 63 71.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 615 41.3% 37.5% 464 / 1233 37.6% 37.9%
To the body 55 / 70 78.6% 72.3% 172 / 306 56.2% 71.3%
To the legs 89 / 100 89.0% 83.0% 203 / 237 85.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1047.6% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.06/15 · norm 1.42
2275.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
5582.1% def · norm 63.1%
20:4822.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:065.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:122:06 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
33:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.16/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.47

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

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