JunYong Park vs. Eryk Anders

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 10-9-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-4-0
UFC record
10-9-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
4.8
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
JunYong Park is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Eryk Anders owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
JunYong Park owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Eryk Anders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7424.64/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8193.44/min · norm 3.25
6113.82/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
9614.03/min · norm 3.20
51.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.44/15 · norm 0.32

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

JunYong Park

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

Eryk Anders

Distance 68.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

JunYong Park

Head 88.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Eryk Anders

Head 81.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Park L/AAccMiddleweight med Anders L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 620 / 1259 49.2% 40.5% 450 / 1174 38.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 70.3% 208 / 305 68.2% 70.3%
On the ground 70 / 107 65.4% 69.1% 161 / 232 69.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 599 / 1277 46.9% 38.9% 571 / 1390 41.1% 38.9%
To the body 71 / 85 83.5% 71.7% 206 / 265 77.7% 71.7%
To the legs 72 / 77 93.5% 83.3% 42 / 56 75.0% 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 Park L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Anders L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1160 47.1% 39.5% 721 / 1605 44.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 35 / 58 60.3% 70.9% 199 / 251 79.3% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 39 76.9% 69.0% 41 / 84 48.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 388 / 955 40.6% 37.9% 523 / 1397 37.4% 37.9%
To the body 146 / 190 76.8% 71.3% 241 / 314 76.8% 71.3%
To the legs 77 / 112 68.8% 82.1% 197 / 229 86.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1842.9% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2925.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.42
3654.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3780.4% def · norm 63.1%
47:4429.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
72:5930.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
33:003:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
19:511:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
90.84/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.47

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