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Alatengheili vs.
Chad Anheliger

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

5-3-1 Alatengheili · UFC
2-3-0 Chad Anheliger · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-3-1
UFC record
2-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
66"
ReachΔ 2"
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
15.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5.8 mo
21.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Chad Anheliger's takedown defense leaks — 27% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight norm.
Alatengheili hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Chad Anheliger is a submission threat — 0.41 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Alatengheili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Chad Anheliger

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3402.81/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2283.11/min · norm 3.52
6195.12/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2132.90/min · norm 3.58
32.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 43.4%
57.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.1%norm 56.6%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.41/15 · norm 0.30

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

Alatengheili

Distance 97.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)

Chad Anheliger

Distance 84.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Alatengheili

Head 83.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Chad Anheliger

Head 80.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alatengheili L/AAccBantamweight med Anheliger L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 325 / 1013 32.1% 39.0% 173 / 439 39.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 2 / 6 too few to rate 68.7% 29 / 40 72.5% 68.7%
On the ground 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.2% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 862 25.9% 34.9% 157 / 415 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 71 / 117 60.7% 66.8% 31 / 53 58.5% 66.8%
To the legs 46 / 60 76.7% 79.4% 40 / 50 80.0% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Alatengheili L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Anheliger L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 572 / 1378 41.5% 39.3% 146 / 374 39.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 24 / 40 60.0% 70.4% 23 / 31 74.2% 70.4%
On the ground 23 / 31 74.2% 72.4% 44 / 59 74.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 367 / 1062 34.6% 34.9% 120 / 325 36.9% 34.9%
To the body 135 / 211 64.0% 66.0% 49 / 73 67.1% 66.0%
To the legs 117 / 176 66.5% 79.1% 44 / 66 66.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1443.8% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.12
975.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
627.3% def · norm 66.7%
17:0614.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
9:1212.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:470:20 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
26:525:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.41/15 · norm 0.28

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

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