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Rich Clementi vs.
Anthony Johnson

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

5-5-0 Rich Clementi · UFC
13-6-0 Anthony Johnson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
13-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50.3
AgeΔ 7.9 yrs
42.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 6"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
209.9
Layoff (months)Δ 98 mo
111.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Anthony Johnson carries real power — 1.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Rich Clementi is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Anthony Johnson owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Rich Clementi

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Anthony Johnson

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

In the UFC: 10-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1711.56/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3813.25/min · norm 3.17
2562.34/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2151.83/min · norm 3.06
37.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 44.9%
62.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
131.66/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rich Clementi

Distance 81.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.0%)

Anthony Johnson

Distance 69.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rich Clementi

Head 79.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.9%)

Anthony Johnson

Head 79.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Clementi L/AAccLightweight med Johnson L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 117 / 375 31.2% 37.9% 214 / 555 38.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 31 / 52 59.6% 67.3% 67 / 93 72.0% 67.8%
On the ground 23 / 32 71.9% 69.1% 100 / 152 65.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 364 26.1% 35.0% 255 / 639 39.9% 37.2%
To the body 27 / 35 77.1% 69.1% 57 / 77 74.0% 70.7%
To the legs 49 / 60 81.7% 81.9% 69 / 84 82.1% 82.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Clementi L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Johnson L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 164 / 541 30.3% 38.9% 112 / 408 27.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 58 / 80 72.5% 68.6% 45 / 64 70.3% 68.9%
On the ground 34 / 66 51.5% 68.0% 58 / 71 81.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 565 27.1% 35.1% 133 / 409 32.5% 35.6%
To the body 49 / 63 77.8% 68.1% 28 / 60 46.7% 69.6%
To the legs 54 / 59 91.5% 81.5% 54 / 74 73.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1442.4% acc · 1.92/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1957.6% acc · 2.43/15 · norm 1.27
626.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2477.4% def · norm 63.9%
24:5822.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
43:2537.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
34:304:43 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
23:192:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
81.10/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.64/15 · norm 0.45

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

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