Jared Cannonier vs. Jan Blachowicz

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-10-0
UFC record
12-9-2
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
0.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
0.2
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jared Cannonier rarely shoots — 0.77 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12454.25/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
10403.53/min · norm 3.41
12774.36/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
9533.23/min · norm 3.35
49.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 48.3%
55.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 52.9%
70.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.36/15 · norm 0.40

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%)

Jan Blachowicz

Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.4%)

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%)

Jan Blachowicz

Head 73.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cannonier L/AAccMiddleweight med Blachowicz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1007 / 2223 45.3% 40.5% 815 / 1762 46.3% 41.4%
In the clinch 146 / 186 78.5% 70.3% 107 / 151 70.9% 70.9%
On the ground 92 / 113 81.4% 69.1% 118 / 157 75.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 779 / 1918 40.6% 38.9% 639 / 1530 41.8% 38.9%
To the body 252 / 341 73.9% 71.7% 215 / 319 67.4% 71.9%
To the legs 214 / 263 81.4% 83.3% 186 / 221 84.2% 81.8%

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 · Light 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Blachowicz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1137 / 2668 42.6% 39.5% 628 / 1520 41.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 83 / 127 65.4% 70.9% 80 / 108 74.1% 68.7%
On the ground 57 / 98 58.2% 69.0% 245 / 340 72.1% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 870 / 2369 36.7% 37.9% 563 / 1428 39.4% 37.5%
To the body 233 / 328 71.0% 71.3% 156 / 254 61.4% 72.3%
To the legs 174 / 196 88.8% 82.1% 234 / 286 81.8% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1545.5% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1948.7% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 0.87
4664.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4270.0% def · norm 66.7%
36:2512.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
39:1213.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
36:091:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
79:114:01 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.36/15 · norm 0.27

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