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SuYoung You vs.
AJ Cunningham

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

3-1-0 SuYoung You · UFC
0-2-0 AJ Cunningham · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30.7
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
31.9
5'6"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
65"
ReachΔ 6"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 11.9 mo
16.7
LWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

SuYoung You hunts takedowns — 3.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
AJ Cunningham is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
SuYoung You's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight 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.

SuYoung You

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

AJ Cunningham

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1212.37/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
522.65/min · norm 3.52
1092.13/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
783.98/min · norm 3.58
52.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 43.4%
70.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
36.6%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

SuYoung You

Distance 88.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)

AJ Cunningham

Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

SuYoung You

Head 81.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 8.4%)

AJ Cunningham

Head 74.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone You L/AAccBantamweight med Cunningham L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 206 50.5% 39.0% 50 / 124 40.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 68.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 189 43.9% 34.9% 26 / 94 27.7% 34.9%
To the body 19 / 22 too few to rate 66.8% 11 / 15 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 19 / 21 too few to rate 79.4% 15 / 18 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 You L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Cunningham L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 68 / 310 21.9% 39.3% 72 / 115 62.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 70.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.4% 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 302 27.2% 34.9% 46 / 87 52.9% 34.9%
To the body 13 / 31 41.9% 66.0% 26 / 28 92.9% 66.0%
To the legs 14 / 32 43.8% 79.1% 6 / 8 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1137.9% acc · 3.23/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 66.7%
15:2930.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
0:262.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:120:38 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
8:216:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.29/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.77/15 · norm 0.28

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

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