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Ovince Saint Preux vs.
Corey Anderson

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

15-13-0 Ovince Saint Preux · UFC
10-5-0 Corey Anderson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-13-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
43.3
AgeΔ 6.4 yrs
36.9
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 1"
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
22
Layoff (months)Δ 55.7 mo
77.7
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Corey Anderson hunts takedowns — 4.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Corey Anderson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Ovince Saint Preux is a submission threat — 0.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight 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.

Ovince Saint Preux

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1513
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Corey Anderson

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

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7933.08/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
7214.43/min · norm 3.41
9783.80/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
3612.22/min · norm 3.35
45.9%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 48.3%
47.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 52.9%
60.35/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.40

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

Ovince Saint Preux

Distance 88.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 10.4%)

Corey Anderson

Distance 72.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Ovince Saint Preux

Head 74.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 9.7%)

Corey Anderson

Head 86.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Preux L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Anderson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 653 / 1526 42.8% 41.4% 423 / 1122 37.7% 41.4%
In the clinch 75 / 112 67.0% 70.9% 116 / 194 59.8% 70.9%
On the ground 65 / 91 71.4% 72.3% 182 / 242 75.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 478 / 1290 37.1% 38.9% 561 / 1342 41.8% 38.9%
To the body 218 / 312 69.9% 71.9% 105 / 156 67.3% 71.9%
To the legs 97 / 127 76.4% 81.8% 55 / 60 91.7% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Preux L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Anderson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 1531 48.1% 40.4% 275 / 754 36.5% 40.4%
In the clinch 148 / 204 72.5% 68.7% 71 / 108 65.7% 68.7%
On the ground 93 / 118 78.8% 70.4% 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 537 / 1249 43.0% 37.5% 233 / 713 32.7% 37.5%
To the body 217 / 316 68.7% 72.3% 55 / 88 62.5% 72.3%
To the legs 224 / 288 77.8% 83.0% 73 / 84 86.9% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1528.3% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
5350.0% acc · 4.89/15 · norm 0.87
5268.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 66.7%
29:3811.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
66:5341.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
50:092:55 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
3:090:17 per 15 · norm 2:48
60.35/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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