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Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Eryk Anders

UFC 7-10-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-9-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 7.1 mo
7.2
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Marc-Andre Barriault outworks the Middleweight division — 5.69 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Eryk Anders owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marc-Andre Barriault

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Eryk Anders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10275.69/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8193.44/min · norm 3.23
10515.82/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9614.03/min · norm 3.20
47.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.4%
49.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 53.8%
50.42/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.44/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 75.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 10.0%)

Eryk Anders

Distance 68.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Eryk Anders

Head 81.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barriault L/AAccMiddleweight med Anders L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 652 / 1629 40.0% 40.5% 450 / 1174 38.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 278 / 399 69.7% 70.6% 208 / 305 68.2% 70.6%
On the ground 97 / 133 72.9% 69.4% 161 / 232 69.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 749 / 1803 41.5% 38.8% 571 / 1390 41.1% 38.8%
To the body 196 / 259 75.7% 71.6% 206 / 265 77.7% 71.6%
To the legs 82 / 99 82.8% 83.3% 42 / 56 75.0% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Anders L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 779 / 1708 45.6% 39.5% 721 / 1605 44.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 233 / 312 74.7% 70.4% 199 / 251 79.3% 70.4%
On the ground 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0% 41 / 84 48.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 659 / 1588 41.5% 37.9% 523 / 1397 37.4% 37.9%
To the body 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3% 241 / 314 76.8% 71.3%
To the legs 99 / 112 88.4% 82.1% 197 / 229 86.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
428.6% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
2925.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.35
4968.1% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3780.4% def · norm 63.3%
18:3910.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
72:5930.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
39:333:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
19:511:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.08/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.45

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