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JunYong Park vs.
Gregory Rodrigues

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
10-3-0 Gregory Rodrigues · 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
10-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.4
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
34.5
5'10"
HeightΔ 5"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
5
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
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.

Gregory Rodrigues carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
JunYong Park is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Gregory Rodrigues outworks the Middleweight division — 5.52 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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

Gregory Rodrigues

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 104
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 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
6425.52/min · norm 3.25
6113.82/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5494.72/min · norm 3.20
51.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
81.03/15 · 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%)

Gregory Rodrigues

Distance 87.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.7% (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%)

Gregory Rodrigues

Head 83.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (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 Rodrigues L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 620 / 1259 49.2% 40.5% 539 / 1094 49.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 70.3% 66 / 94 70.2% 70.3%
On the ground 70 / 107 65.4% 69.1% 37 / 59 62.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 599 / 1277 46.9% 38.9% 473 / 1038 45.6% 38.9%
To the body 71 / 85 83.5% 71.7% 137 / 169 81.1% 71.7%
To the legs 72 / 77 93.5% 83.3% 32 / 40 80.0% 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 Rodrigues L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1160 47.1% 39.5% 473 / 1010 46.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 35 / 58 60.3% 70.9% 66 / 90 73.3% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 39 76.9% 69.0% 10 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 388 / 955 40.6% 37.9% 321 / 836 38.4% 37.9%
To the body 146 / 190 76.8% 71.3% 120 / 162 74.1% 71.3%
To the legs 77 / 112 68.8% 82.1% 108 / 119 90.8% 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
1535.7% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.42
3654.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
975.0% def · norm 63.1%
47:4429.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
21:4418.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
33:003:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:051:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
90.84/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · 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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