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Jan Blachowicz vs. Jared Cannonier

UFC 12-9-2 vs. 11-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-9-2
UFC record
11-10-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
2.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
3.1
LDLLD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jared Cannonier rarely shoots — 0.77 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Jared Cannonier absorbs 4.36 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Jan Blachowicz is a submission threat — 0.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jan Blachowicz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Jared Cannonier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10403.53/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
12454.25/min · norm 3.23
9533.23/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
12774.36/min · norm 3.20
50.2%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 47.4%
51.6%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
55.9%norm 53.8%
70.36/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.36/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jan Blachowicz

Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.6%)

Jared Cannonier

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Jan Blachowicz

Head 73.9% (norm 78.5%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Jared Cannonier

Head 76.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Blachowicz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Cannonier L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 815 / 1762 46.3% 41.5% 1007 / 2223 45.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 107 / 151 70.9% 70.8% 146 / 186 78.5% 70.6%
On the ground 118 / 157 75.2% 72.9% 92 / 113 81.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 639 / 1530 41.8% 39.2% 779 / 1918 40.6% 38.8%
To the body 215 / 319 67.4% 72.0% 252 / 341 73.9% 71.6%
To the legs 186 / 221 84.2% 82.1% 214 / 263 81.4% 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: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Blachowicz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Cannonier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1520 41.3% 40.6% 1137 / 2668 42.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 80 / 108 74.1% 68.8% 83 / 127 65.4% 70.4%
On the ground 245 / 340 72.1% 70.4% 57 / 98 58.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 563 / 1428 39.4% 37.7% 870 / 2369 36.7% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 254 61.4% 72.9% 233 / 328 71.0% 71.3%
To the legs 234 / 286 81.8% 83.1% 174 / 196 88.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1948.7% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.35
4270.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4664.8% def · norm 63.3%
39:1213.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
36:2512.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
79:114:01 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
36:091:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.36/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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