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Alessio Di Chirico vs.
Bojan Velickovic

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

4-7-0 Alessio Di Chirico · UFC
2-3-1 Bojan Velickovic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-7-0
UFC record
2-3-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
36.6
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37.6
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
47
Layoff (months)Δ 57.5 mo
104.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Bojan Velickovic rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.
Alessio Di Chirico defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% Middleweight 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.

Alessio Di Chirico

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Bojan Velickovic

Full career not yet synced for Bojan Velickovic — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3753.32/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1952.18/min · norm 3.17
3893.44/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2072.31/min · norm 3.06
39.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
34.8%norm 44.9%
61.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 55.25%
30.40/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alessio Di Chirico

Distance 89.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 10.3%)

Bojan Velickovic

Distance 92.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alessio Di Chirico

Head 81.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Bojan Velickovic

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Chirico L/AAccMiddleweight med Velickovic L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 842 37.3% 40.5% 166 / 519 32.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 71 63.4% 70.3% 19 / 30 63.3% 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 31 51.6% 69.1% 10 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 765 33.2% 38.9% 93 / 395 23.5% 37.2%
To the body 67 / 114 58.8% 71.7% 29 / 54 53.7% 70.7%
To the legs 54 / 65 83.1% 83.3% 73 / 111 65.8% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Chirico L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Velickovic L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 335 / 940 35.6% 39.5% 156 / 427 36.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 53 / 70 75.7% 70.9% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 41 / 48 85.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 741 26.5% 37.9% 159 / 424 37.5% 35.6%
To the body 110 / 168 65.5% 71.3% 26 / 37 70.3% 69.6%
To the legs 83 / 102 81.4% 82.1% 22 / 27 81.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1139.3% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.27
2083.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1655.2% def · norm 63.9%
11:4710.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:408.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
9:231:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
29:464:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.50/15 · norm 0.45

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

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