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Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Shem Rock

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
Age
—
5'8"
Height
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69"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
7
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady is accurate with strikes at range — lands 55%, vs a 38% Lightweight norm.
Shem Rock is wasteful with head shots — only 23% land, vs a 35% Lightweight norm.
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady outworks the Lightweight division — 4.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady

Full career not yet synced for Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Shem Rock

Full career not yet synced for Shem Rock — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1194.61/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
913.03/min · norm 3.44
863.33/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1324.40/min · norm 3.38
55.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 43.65%
60.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
49.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady

Distance 89.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.0%)

Shem Rock

Distance 94.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady

Head 63.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 24.8% (norm 8.0%)

Shem Rock

Head 66.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Al-Selwady L/AAccLightweight med Rock L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 105 / 191 55.0% 38.3% 83 / 220 37.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 12 / 18 too few to rate 67.5% 7 / 10 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 68.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 136 46.3% 35.1% 35 / 154 22.7% 35.1%
To the body 21 / 25 84.0% 69.1% 34 / 54 63.0% 69.1%
To the legs 35 / 53 66.0% 81.8% 22 / 24 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Al-Selwady L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Rock L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 186 32.8% 38.8% 114 / 235 48.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 5 / 5 too few to rate 68.6% 15 / 22 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 20 / 27 74.1% 68.0% 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 173 34.1% 35.2% 85 / 199 42.7% 35.2%
To the body 22 / 37 59.5% 68.2% 23 / 28 82.1% 68.2%
To the legs 5 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 24 / 36 66.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
327.3% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
213.3% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.34
654.5% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
888.9% def · norm 63.7%
3:0311.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
1:274.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
2:221:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
4:032:01 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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