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Adriano Martins vs.
Rustam Khabilov

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

4-3-0 Adriano Martins · UFC
10-3-0 Rustam Khabilov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
106.9
Layoff (months)Δ 26 mo
80.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Rustam Khabilov hunts takedowns — 3.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Adriano Martins carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Adriano Martins defends head shots well — opponents land just 16%, vs a 35% Lightweight 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.

Adriano Martins

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Rustam Khabilov

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

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1031.79/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3391.98/min · norm 3.42
1081.88/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3692.16/min · norm 3.37
44.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
34.3%norm 43.5%
68.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.7%norm 56.3%
20.52/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.25

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

Adriano Martins

Distance 94.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

Rustam Khabilov

Distance 82.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Adriano Martins

Head 73.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 7.9%)

Rustam Khabilov

Head 84.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martins L/AAccLightweight med Khabilov L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 96 / 220 43.6% 37.9% 223 / 815 27.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 3 too few to rate 67.3% 30 / 55 54.5% 67.3%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.1% 86 / 118 72.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 173 31.8% 35.0% 252 / 832 30.3% 35.0%
To the body 11 / 17 too few to rate 69.1% 49 / 95 51.6% 69.1%
To the legs 37 / 44 84.1% 81.9% 38 / 61 62.3% 81.9%

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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Martins L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Khabilov L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 336 31.0% 38.9% 314 / 982 32.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 68.6% 45 / 72 62.5% 68.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 10 / 23 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 214 16.4% 35.1% 165 / 775 21.3% 35.1%
To the body 39 / 74 52.7% 68.1% 87 / 153 56.9% 68.1%
To the legs 34 / 54 63.0% 81.5% 117 / 149 78.5% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

480.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
4541.7% acc · 3.95/15 · norm 1.38
685.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1161.1% def · norm 64.0%
6:1610.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
45:3226.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:150:03 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
11:421:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.52/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.49

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

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