Justin Jones vs. Corey Anderson

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
136.1
Layoff (months)Δ 58.4 mo
77.7
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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.
Justin Jones owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Justin Jones

Full career not yet synced for Justin Jones — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Corey Anderson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 176
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.47 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 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

511.70/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
7214.43/min · norm 3.41
953.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3612.22/min · norm 3.35
36.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 48.3%
45.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.40

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

Justin Jones

Distance 64.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 31.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Justin Jones

Head 75.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Jones L/AAccMiddleweight med Anderson L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 91 27.5% 40.5% 423 / 1122 37.7% 41.4%
In the clinch 22 / 45 48.9% 70.3% 116 / 194 59.8% 70.9%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 182 / 242 75.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 106 22.6% 38.9% 561 / 1342 41.8% 38.9%
To the body 12 / 16 too few to rate 71.7% 105 / 156 67.3% 71.9%
To the legs 15 / 19 too few to rate 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Jones L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Anderson L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 50 / 108 46.3% 39.5% 275 / 754 36.5% 40.4%
In the clinch 42 / 61 68.9% 70.9% 71 / 108 65.7% 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.0% 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 132 47.0% 37.9% 233 / 713 32.7% 37.5%
To the body 30 / 37 81.1% 71.3% 55 / 88 62.5% 72.3%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1% 73 / 84 86.9% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
215.4% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
5350.0% acc · 4.89/15 · norm 0.87
646.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 66.7%
9:2431.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
66:5341.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
9:334:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:090:17 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.50/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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