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Jose Johnson vs. Chad Anheliger

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 8 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 6"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 7"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.3
Layoff (months)Δ 21.2 mo
0.1
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chad Anheliger's takedown defense leaks — 23% stopped, vs a 66% Bantamweight norm.
Jose Johnson is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Jose Johnson is hard to hit — absorbs 1.85 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.24 Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jose Johnson

Full career not yet synced for Jose Johnson — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Chad Anheliger

Full career not yet synced for Chad Anheliger — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

842.36/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2622.98/min · norm 3.52
661.85/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2643.00/min · norm 3.58
54.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.5%
51.8%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jose Johnson

Distance 58.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 7.3%)

Chad Anheliger

Distance 85.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Jose Johnson

Head 70.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 18.7% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

Chad Anheliger

Head 80.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccFlyweight med Anheliger L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 91 47.3% 39.9% 204 / 494 41.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 23 too few to rate 70.1% 32 / 44 72.7% 69.0%
On the ground 30 / 41 73.2% 69.7% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 109 47.7% 37.6% 182 / 463 39.3% 35.3%
To the body 21 / 29 72.4% 68.5% 35 / 57 61.4% 66.9%
To the legs 11 / 17 too few to rate 80.0% 45 / 57 78.9% 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Johnson L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Anheliger L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 84 35.7% 39.9% 186 / 448 41.5% 39.4%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 23 / 32 71.9% 70.6%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 70.4% 55 / 72 76.4% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 91 38.5% 35.4% 154 / 391 39.4% 34.9%
To the body 11 / 21 too few to rate 67.9% 57 / 84 67.9% 66.1%
To the legs 20 / 25 80.0% 80.2% 53 / 77 68.8% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
266.7% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.12
1352.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
623.1% def · norm 65.7%
6:1117.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
9:2410.7% of cage time · norm 17.8%
20:508:45 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
33:495:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.84/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.34/15 · norm 0.28

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