Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev vs.
Rafael Cerqueira
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Full career not yet synced for Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev — 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 -1.0 wins over .500
Rafael Cerqueira
Full career not yet synced for Rafael Cerqueira — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Distance 48.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 51.5% (norm 10.4%)
Rafael Cerqueira
Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Head 97.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)
Rafael Cerqueira
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Yakhyaev L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Cerqueira L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 41.4% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 18 / 32 | 56.2% | 38.9% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 71.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 0 / 0 | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Yakhyaev L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Cerqueira L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 8 / 19 | too few to rate | 40.4% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 5 / 15 | too few to rate | 37.5% | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 37.5% |
| To the body | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Yakhyaev has more cage time on record.