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Marc-Andre Barriault vs.
JunYong Park

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

6-10-0 (1 NC) Marc-Andre Barriault · UFC
9-4-0 JunYong Park · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
9-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 1 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 3.5 mo
9.4
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.94 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
JunYong Park is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Marc-Andre Barriault rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

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 +0.6 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9955.65/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
7424.64/min · norm 3.25
10465.94/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6113.82/min · norm 3.20
47.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 47.4%
49.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 53.8%
40.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 76.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)

JunYong Park

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

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

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

JunYong Park

Head 88.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.4% (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 Park L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 650 / 1625 40.0% 40.5% 620 / 1259 49.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 276 / 397 69.5% 70.3% 52 / 73 71.2% 70.3%
On the ground 69 / 93 74.2% 69.1% 70 / 107 65.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 718 / 1758 40.8% 38.9% 599 / 1277 46.9% 38.9%
To the body 196 / 259 75.7% 71.7% 71 / 85 83.5% 71.7%
To the legs 81 / 98 82.7% 83.3% 72 / 77 93.5% 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 Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Park L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 775 / 1698 45.6% 39.5% 546 / 1160 47.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 232 / 311 74.6% 70.9% 35 / 58 60.3% 70.9%
On the ground 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0% 30 / 39 76.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 655 / 1578 41.5% 37.9% 388 / 955 40.6% 37.9%
To the body 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3% 146 / 190 76.8% 71.3%
To the legs 98 / 111 88.3% 82.1% 77 / 112 68.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

428.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1842.9% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.42
4768.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3654.5% def · norm 63.1%
18:1110.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
47:4429.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
36:183:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:003:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.09/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
90.84/15 · norm 0.47

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

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