Yoji Anjo vs. Matt Lindland

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 9-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
9-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
59
AgeΔ 3 yrs
56
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
307.7
Layoff (months)Δ 56.1 mo
251.6
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Lindland owns the mat — in control 66% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Matt Lindland is a submission threat — 1.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Yoji Anjo rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yoji Anjo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 02

Tier-weighted record quality: -1.36 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 0 finish wins over 6 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Matt Lindland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

90.55/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2882.46/min · norm 3.25
412.49/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1531.31/min · norm 3.20
56.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.0%norm 47.4%
47.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Yoji Anjo

Distance 87.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 10.3%)

Matt Lindland

Distance 31.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 42.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Yoji Anjo

Head 43.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 8.4%)

Matt Lindland

Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anjo L/AAccMiddleweight med Lindland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 14 too few to rate 40.5% 40 / 172 23.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.3% 105 / 148 70.9% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 143 / 234 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 7 too few to rate 38.9% 190 / 436 43.6% 38.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.7% 40 / 49 81.6% 71.7%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 83.3% 58 / 69 84.1% 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 Anjo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lindland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 15 too few to rate 39.5% 56 / 158 35.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.9% 54 / 85 63.5% 70.9%
On the ground 32 / 60 53.3% 69.0% 43 / 66 65.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 77 51.9% 37.9% 75 / 221 33.9% 37.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.3% 51 / 56 91.1% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 27 / 32 84.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2750.0% acc · 3.46/15 · norm 1.42
112.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1164.7% def · norm 63.1%
0:244.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
77:2566.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:566:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:231:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.91/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
91.15/15 · norm 0.47

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