Alatengheili vs.
Kevin Croom
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 7 |
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
Kevin Croom
Full career not yet synced for Kevin Croom — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Kevin Croom
Distance 95.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (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%)
Kevin Croom
Head 79.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Alatengheili L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Croom L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 325 / 1013 | 32.1% | 39.0% | 78 / 231 | 33.8% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 223 / 862 | 25.9% | 34.9% | 48 / 192 | 25.0% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 71 / 117 | 60.7% | 66.8% | 14 / 26 | 53.8% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 46 / 60 | 76.7% | 79.4% | 21 / 25 | 84.0% | 80.7% |
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 · Featherweight: 126 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/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Croom L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 572 / 1378 | 41.5% | 39.3% | 65 / 124 | 52.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 40 | 60.0% | 70.4% | 15 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 72.4% | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 367 / 1062 | 34.6% | 34.9% | 69 / 127 | 54.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 135 / 211 | 64.0% | 66.0% | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 117 / 176 | 66.5% | 79.1% | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Alatengheili has more cage time on record.