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Timothy Johnson vs.
Junior Albini

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

4-3-0 Timothy Johnson · UFC
1-4-0 Junior Albini · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
41.4
AgeΔ 6 yrs
35.4
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
102
Layoff (months)Δ 16.8 mo
85.2
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Timothy Johnson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Junior Albini absorbs 6.08 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Junior Albini carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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.

Timothy Johnson

Full career not yet synced for Timothy Johnson — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Junior Albini

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2843.43/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1163.98/min · norm 3.36
2553.08/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1776.08/min · norm 3.19
45.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 47.8%
44.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
10.18/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.51/15 · norm 0.28

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

Timothy Johnson

Distance 62.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 28.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 9.3%)

Junior Albini

Distance 84.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Timothy Johnson

Head 78.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.6%)

Junior Albini

Head 74.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccHeavyweight med Albini L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 391 28.4% 40.1% 90 / 191 47.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 133 / 178 74.7% 70.6% 22 / 30 73.3% 70.6%
On the ground 40 / 58 69.0% 70.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 489 37.2% 38.9% 70 / 168 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 49 / 72 68.1% 76.8% 27 / 38 71.1% 76.8%
To the legs 53 / 66 80.3% 87.8% 19 / 21 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Johnson L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Albini L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 339 45.7% 40.7% 139 / 316 44.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 90 / 108 83.3% 70.6% 31 / 43 72.1% 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.0% 7 / 12 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 162 / 350 46.3% 38.8% 97 / 273 35.5% 38.8%
To the body 67 / 81 82.7% 75.1% 40 / 52 76.9% 75.1%
To the legs 26 / 28 92.9% 84.4% 40 / 46 87.0% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

624.0% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
337.5% acc · 1.54/15 · norm 0.95
969.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 64.3%
33:5240.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
7:2925.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:401:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
2:281:16 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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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