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Albert Duraev vs. Chidi Njokuani

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 0 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
39.2
Layoff (months)Δ 37 mo
2.2
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chidi Njokuani outworks the Welterweight division — 6.38 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Chidi Njokuani rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Albert Duraev hunts takedowns — 1.81 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Albert Duraev

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Chidi Njokuani

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1573.16/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6336.38/min · norm 3.17
1593.20/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4034.06/min · norm 3.08
40.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
61.7%norm 44.75%
59.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.45/15 · norm 0.38

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

Albert Duraev

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 17.9% (norm 10.0%)

Chidi Njokuani

Distance 77.2% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Albert Duraev

Head 77.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.1% (norm 8.4%)

Chidi Njokuani

Head 48.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 34.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Duraev L/AAccMiddleweight med Njokuani L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 115 / 318 36.2% 40.5% 454 / 792 57.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.6% 142 / 177 80.2% 67.8%
On the ground 41 / 70 58.6% 69.4% 37 / 57 64.9% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 303 31.7% 38.8% 229 / 498 46.0% 36.4%
To the body 18 / 28 64.3% 71.6% 249 / 354 70.3% 70.7%
To the legs 43 / 59 72.9% 83.3% 155 / 174 89.1% 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 Duraev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Njokuani L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 370 38.9% 39.5% 318 / 802 39.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 42 / 54 77.8% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.0% 43 / 77 55.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 309 33.7% 37.9% 241 / 728 33.1% 35.6%
To the body 37 / 62 59.7% 71.3% 88 / 116 75.9% 69.6%
To the legs 18 / 22 too few to rate 82.1% 74 / 89 83.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
626.1% acc · 1.81/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
266.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 63.9%
12:3725.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
13:2013.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:460:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
23:443:35 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.15/15 · norm 0.44

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