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Dustin Poirier vs.
Chan Sung Jung

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

22-9-0 (1 NC) Dustin Poirier · UFC
7-5-0 Chan Sung Jung · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

22-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37.5
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
39.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
12.6
Layoff (months)Δ 22.7 mo
35.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Dustin Poirier carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Dustin Poirier is a submission threat — 1.08 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Chan Sung Jung is a submission threat — 0.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Dustin Poirier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 229
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 15-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Chan Sung Jung

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

18615.34/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
5683.76/min · norm 3.54
16274.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6714.44/min · norm 3.47
50.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.0%norm 45.0%
52.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 54.85%
150.65/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
40.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dustin Poirier

Distance 81.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.0%)

Chan Sung Jung

Distance 89.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dustin Poirier

Head 87.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Chan Sung Jung

Head 89.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Poirier L/AAccLightweight med Jung L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1415 / 3044 46.5% 37.9% 451 / 1235 36.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 280 / 419 66.8% 67.3% 32 / 40 80.0% 70.8%
On the ground 166 / 259 64.1% 69.1% 85 / 111 76.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1490 / 3244 45.9% 35.0% 457 / 1233 37.1% 37.2%
To the body 182 / 249 73.1% 69.1% 60 / 83 72.3% 68.2%
To the legs 189 / 229 82.5% 81.9% 51 / 70 72.9% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Poirier L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jung L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1285 / 2951 43.5% 38.9% 606 / 1252 48.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 197 / 277 71.1% 68.6% 40 / 55 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 145 / 184 78.8% 68.0% 25 / 38 65.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1048 / 2658 39.4% 35.1% 400 / 1005 39.8% 35.9%
To the body 364 / 491 74.1% 68.1% 127 / 160 79.4% 67.9%
To the legs 215 / 263 81.7% 81.5% 144 / 180 80.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2835.9% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
844.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.19
5863.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3071.4% def · norm 61.5%
70:0220.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
19:4413.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
70:423:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
18:221:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
251.08/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
70.69/15 · norm 0.46

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

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