Abubakar Vagaev vs. Jacob Malkoun
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Abubakar Vagaev
Full career not yet synced for Abubakar Vagaev — 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
Jacob Malkoun
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Abubakar Vagaev
Distance 84.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.1%)
Jacob Malkoun
Distance 74.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Abubakar Vagaev
Head 74.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 18.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.0%)
Jacob Malkoun
Head 94.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Vagaev L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Malkoun L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 18 / 59 | 30.5% | 38.5% | 292 / 554 | 52.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 16 / 31 | 51.6% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.0% | 116 / 161 | 72.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 16 / 52 | 30.8% | 36.4% | 390 / 707 | 55.2% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 30 / 35 | 85.7% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Vagaev L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Malkoun L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 23 / 69 | 33.3% | 39.1% | 194 / 473 | 41.0% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 26 / 29 | 89.7% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 16 / 63 | 25.4% | 35.6% | 179 / 457 | 39.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 82.2% | 23 / 26 | 88.5% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Malkoun has more cage time on record.