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Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Joaquin Buckley

UFC 6-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 11-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41
AgeΔ 9 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
21.3
Layoff (months)Δ 21.2 mo
0.1
LNCLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Abdul Razak Alhassan carries real power — 1.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Joaquin Buckley carries real power — 0.65 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Abdul Razak Alhassan rarely shoots — 0.85 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Joaquin Buckley

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3153.58/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
7373.55/min · norm 3.17
3534.01/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6563.16/min · norm 3.08
49.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.1%norm 44.75%
54.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 55.25%
91.53/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
90.65/15 · norm 0.38

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

Abdul Razak Alhassan

Distance 77.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.0%)

Joaquin Buckley

Distance 85.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.7% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Joaquin Buckley

Head 79.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.0%)

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 Buckley L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 487 44.4% 40.5% 554 / 1750 31.7% 38.5%
In the clinch 52 / 74 70.3% 70.6% 46 / 73 63.0% 67.8%
On the ground 47 / 71 66.2% 69.4% 137 / 218 62.8% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 533 46.3% 38.8% 455 / 1626 28.0% 36.4%
To the body 36 / 46 78.3% 71.6% 206 / 323 63.8% 70.7%
To the legs 32 / 53 60.4% 83.3% 76 / 92 82.6% 83.0%

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: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Buckley L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 267 / 661 40.4% 39.5% 461 / 1216 37.9% 39.1%
In the clinch 55 / 78 70.5% 70.4% 57 / 74 77.0% 68.9%
On the ground 31 / 44 70.5% 69.0% 138 / 265 52.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 206 / 601 34.3% 37.9% 440 / 1251 35.2% 35.6%
To the body 92 / 124 74.2% 71.3% 144 / 213 67.6% 69.6%
To the legs 55 / 58 94.8% 82.1% 72 / 91 79.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
533.3% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1945.2% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.31
2850.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
4070.2% def · norm 63.9%
12:5114.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
22:0110.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:024:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
41:202:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.17/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.44

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