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Jamie Pickett vs.
Eryk Anders

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

2-7-0 Jamie Pickett · UFC
10-9-0 (1 NC) Eryk Anders · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-7-0
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
80"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
29.1
Layoff (months)Δ 24.3 mo
4.8
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Eryk Anders owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Eryk Anders carries real power — 0.44 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.

Jamie Pickett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 39
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Eryk Anders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2412.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8193.44/min · norm 3.25
3563.79/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
9614.03/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.4%
48.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 53.8%
10.16/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.44/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jamie Pickett

Distance 86.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 10.3%)

Eryk Anders

Distance 68.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jamie Pickett

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

Eryk Anders

Head 81.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pickett L/AAccMiddleweight med Anders L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 189 / 461 41.0% 40.5% 450 / 1174 38.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 70 74.3% 70.3% 208 / 305 68.2% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 161 / 232 69.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 393 34.6% 38.9% 571 / 1390 41.1% 38.9%
To the body 82 / 112 73.2% 71.7% 206 / 265 77.7% 71.7%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 83.3% 42 / 56 75.0% 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 Pickett L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Anders L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 503 42.7% 39.5% 721 / 1605 44.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 115 / 134 85.8% 70.9% 199 / 251 79.3% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 50 52.0% 69.0% 41 / 84 48.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 509 42.6% 37.9% 523 / 1397 37.4% 37.9%
To the body 112 / 145 77.2% 71.3% 241 / 314 76.8% 71.3%
To the legs 27 / 33 81.8% 82.1% 197 / 229 86.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

736.8% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2925.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.42
3075.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3780.4% def · norm 63.1%
10:3211.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
72:5930.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
36:475:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
19:511:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.47

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

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