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Johnny Walker vs. Mick Parkin

UFC 9-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-2-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 3 yrs
31
6'6"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
82"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johnny Walker carries real power — 0.80 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Johnny Walker rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Mick Parkin outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johnny Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Mick Parkin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4243.79/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
3114.64/min · norm 3.28
3272.92/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2774.14/min · norm 3.19
53.7%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
50.4%norm 47.5%
48.4%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
58.2%norm 52.5%
60.80/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · norm 0.29

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

Johnny Walker

Distance 80.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.6%)

Mick Parkin

Distance 92.4% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 9.3%)

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

Johnny Walker

Head 59.0% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 30.3% (norm 9.7%)

Mick Parkin

Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Walker L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Parkin L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 299 / 637 46.9% 41.5% 285 / 570 50.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 32 / 39 82.1% 70.8% 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 93 / 114 81.6% 72.9% 14 / 32 43.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 466 41.4% 39.2% 185 / 476 38.9% 39.0%
To the body 44 / 85 51.8% 72.0% 23 / 30 76.7% 77.0%
To the legs 187 / 239 78.2% 82.1% 103 / 111 92.8% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Walker L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Parkin L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 527 47.1% 40.6% 258 / 637 40.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 68.8% 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 55 / 71 77.5% 70.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 400 40.2% 37.7% 135 / 480 28.1% 39.3%
To the body 66 / 102 64.7% 72.9% 94 / 133 70.7% 75.1%
To the legs 100 / 132 75.8% 83.1% 48 / 50 96.0% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.90
950.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 63.2%
8:427.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
10:3915.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
20:082:41 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
3:050:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.40/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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