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JunYong Park vs.
Albert Duraev

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

9-4-0 JunYong Park · UFC
2-2-0 Albert Duraev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

9-4-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.4
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
37.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 27.3 mo
36.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
The read

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.

JunYong Park is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
JunYong Park owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Albert Duraev owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

JunYong Park

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Albert Duraev

Full career not yet synced for Albert Duraev — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7424.64/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1573.16/min · norm 3.25
6113.82/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1593.20/min · norm 3.20
51.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.5%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

JunYong Park

Distance 87.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 10.3%)

Albert Duraev

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 17.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

JunYong Park

Head 88.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Albert Duraev

Head 77.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Park L/AAccMiddleweight med Duraev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 620 / 1259 49.2% 40.5% 115 / 318 36.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 70.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 70 / 107 65.4% 69.1% 41 / 70 58.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 599 / 1277 46.9% 38.9% 96 / 303 31.7% 38.9%
To the body 71 / 85 83.5% 71.7% 18 / 28 64.3% 71.7%
To the legs 72 / 77 93.5% 83.3% 43 / 59 72.9% 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Park L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Duraev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1160 47.1% 39.5% 144 / 370 38.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 35 / 58 60.3% 70.9% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 39 76.9% 69.0% 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 388 / 955 40.6% 37.9% 104 / 309 33.7% 37.9%
To the body 146 / 190 76.8% 71.3% 37 / 62 59.7% 71.3%
To the legs 77 / 112 68.8% 82.1% 18 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1842.9% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
626.1% acc · 1.81/15 · norm 1.42
3654.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.1%
47:4429.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
12:3725.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
33:003:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:460:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
90.84/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.30/15 · norm 0.47

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

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