Jared Cannonier vs.
Cyril Asker
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.
Jared Cannonier
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 0 |
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
Cyril Asker
Full career not yet synced for Cyril Asker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 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)
Jared Cannonier
Distance 88.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 10.3%)
Cyril Asker
Distance 58.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.0% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jared Cannonier
Head 76.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)
Cyril Asker
Head 93.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cannonier L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Asker L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1007 / 2223 | 45.3% | 40.5% | 20 / 86 | 23.3% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 146 / 186 | 78.5% | 70.3% | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 92 / 113 | 81.4% | 69.1% | 33 / 54 | 61.1% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 779 / 1918 | 40.6% | 38.9% | 51 / 136 | 37.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 252 / 341 | 73.9% | 71.7% | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 214 / 263 | 81.4% | 83.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 87.8% |
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 · Heavyweight: 93 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 Cannonier L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Asker L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1137 / 2668 | 42.6% | 39.5% | 60 / 105 | 57.1% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 83 / 127 | 65.4% | 70.9% | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 57 / 98 | 58.2% | 69.0% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 870 / 2369 | 36.7% | 37.9% | 70 / 120 | 58.3% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 233 / 328 | 71.0% | 71.3% | 22 / 26 | 84.6% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 174 / 196 | 88.8% | 82.1% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 84.4% |
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 — Cannonier has more cage time on record.