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Alexandr Romanov vs.
Jailton Almeida

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

7-3-0 Alexandr Romanov · UFC
8-3-0 Jailton Almeida · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-3-0
UFC record
8-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 0 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 15.2 mo
5.9
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Jailton Almeida is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jailton Almeida hunts takedowns — 5.57 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Alexandr Romanov is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight 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.

Alexandr Romanov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Jailton Almeida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.43 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3283.78/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2172.37/min · norm 3.36
1852.13/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1211.32/min · norm 3.19
51.7%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
63.5%norm 47.8%
54.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Alexandr Romanov

Distance 52.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 42.5% (norm 9.3%)

Jailton Almeida

Distance 27.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 64.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Alexandr Romanov

Head 84.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.6%)

Jailton Almeida

Head 88.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Romanov L/AAccHeavyweight med Almeida L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 158 / 330 47.9% 40.1% 40 / 94 42.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 27 / 35 77.1% 70.6% 19 / 28 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 143 / 270 53.0% 70.2% 158 / 220 71.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 242 / 535 45.2% 38.9% 188 / 302 62.3% 38.9%
To the body 40 / 52 76.9% 76.8% 23 / 30 76.7% 76.8%
To the legs 46 / 48 95.8% 87.8% 6 / 10 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Romanov L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Almeida L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 157 / 369 42.5% 40.7% 30 / 96 31.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.6% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.6%
On the ground 9 / 10 too few to rate 72.0% 63 / 86 73.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 117 / 320 36.6% 38.8% 98 / 186 52.7% 38.8%
To the body 36 / 47 76.6% 75.1% 20 / 28 71.4% 75.1%
To the legs 32 / 36 88.9% 84.4% 3 / 3 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2655.3% acc · 4.49/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
3454.8% acc · 5.57/15 · norm 0.95
228.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 64.3%
42:2248.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
64:0369.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
7:531:21 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
12:462:05 per 15 · norm 2:28
50.86/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
101.64/15 · norm 0.16

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

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