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Abdul Razak Alhassan vs.
Alessio Di Chirico

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-7-0 (1 NC) Abdul Razak Alhassan · UFC
4-7-0 Alessio Di Chirico · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41
AgeΔ 4.4 yrs
36.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.8
Layoff (months)Δ 28.3 mo
47.1
LNCLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
The read

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.

Abdul Razak Alhassan carries real power — 1.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Abdul Razak Alhassan rarely shoots — 0.85 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Alessio Di Chirico defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

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 Razak Alhassan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Alessio Di Chirico

Full career not yet synced for Alessio Di Chirico — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3153.58/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3753.32/min · norm 3.25
3534.01/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3893.44/min · norm 3.20
49.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 47.4%
54.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.5%norm 53.8%
91.53/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.40/15 · norm 0.32

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

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Distance 77.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.3%)

Alessio Di Chirico

Distance 89.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Head 84.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)

Alessio Di Chirico

Head 81.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alhassan L/AAccMiddleweight med Chirico L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 487 44.4% 40.5% 314 / 842 37.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 74 70.3% 70.3% 45 / 71 63.4% 70.3%
On the ground 47 / 71 66.2% 69.1% 16 / 31 51.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 533 46.3% 38.9% 254 / 765 33.2% 38.9%
To the body 36 / 46 78.3% 71.7% 67 / 114 58.8% 71.7%
To the legs 32 / 53 60.4% 83.3% 54 / 65 83.1% 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 Alhassan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Chirico L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 267 / 661 40.4% 39.5% 335 / 940 35.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 55 / 78 70.5% 70.9% 53 / 70 75.7% 70.9%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 69.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 206 / 601 34.3% 37.9% 196 / 741 26.5% 37.9%
To the body 92 / 124 74.2% 71.3% 110 / 168 65.5% 71.3%
To the legs 55 / 58 94.8% 82.1% 83 / 102 81.4% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

533.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1139.3% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.42
2850.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2083.3% def · norm 63.1%
12:5114.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:4710.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
27:024:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
9:231:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.17/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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