Ismail Naurdiev 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.
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.
Ismail Naurdiev
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 20 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 33 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
JunYong Park
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 3 |
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
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)
Ismail Naurdiev
Distance 83.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 8.1%)
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)
Ismail Naurdiev
Head 68.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.6% (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 | Naurdiev L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Park L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 266 / 528 | 50.4% | 38.6% | 620 / 1259 | 49.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 36 / 58 | 62.1% | 67.8% | 52 / 73 | 71.2% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 33 / 48 | 68.8% | 67.2% | 70 / 107 | 65.4% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 433 | 42.3% | 37.2% | 599 / 1277 | 46.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 88 / 121 | 72.7% | 70.7% | 71 / 85 | 83.5% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 64 / 80 | 80.0% | 82.9% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Naurdiev L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Park L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 127 / 401 | 31.7% | 39.0% | 546 / 1160 | 47.1% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 26 | 50.0% | 68.9% | 35 / 58 | 60.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 68.0% | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 122 / 395 | 30.9% | 35.6% | 388 / 955 | 40.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 31 | 54.8% | 69.6% | 146 / 190 | 76.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 82.1% | 77 / 112 | 68.8% | 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 — Park has more cage time on record.