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Ikram Aliskerov vs.
JunYong Park

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

5-1-0 Ikram Aliskerov · UFC
9-4-0 JunYong Park · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.7
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
35.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
9.4
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Ikram Aliskerov carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ikram Aliskerov hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
JunYong Park is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 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.

Ikram Aliskerov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

JunYong Park

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2335.68/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
7424.64/min · norm 3.25
1563.80/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6113.82/min · norm 3.20
60.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 47.4%
45.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 53.8%
31.10/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ikram Aliskerov

Distance 85.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.3%)

JunYong Park

Distance 87.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Ikram Aliskerov

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

JunYong Park

Head 88.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aliskerov L/AAccMiddleweight med Park L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 190 / 330 57.6% 40.5% 620 / 1259 49.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.3% 52 / 73 71.2% 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 46 82.6% 69.1% 70 / 107 65.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 283 53.4% 38.9% 599 / 1277 46.9% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 72 80.6% 71.7% 71 / 85 83.5% 71.7%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 83.3% 72 / 77 93.5% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Aliskerov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Park L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 280 53.2% 39.5% 546 / 1160 47.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.9% 35 / 58 60.3% 70.9%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.0% 30 / 39 76.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 218 43.6% 37.9% 388 / 955 40.6% 37.9%
To the body 38 / 45 84.4% 71.3% 146 / 190 76.8% 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 25 92.0% 82.1% 77 / 112 68.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1076.9% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1842.9% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.42
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3654.5% def · norm 63.1%
15:3438.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
47:4429.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:290:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:003:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.37/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
90.84/15 · norm 0.47

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

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