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Aliaskhab Khizriev vs.
Denis Tiuliulin

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

1-0-0 (1 NC) Aliaskhab Khizriev · UFC
1-5-0 Denis Tiuliulin · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-0-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
38.2
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
30.1
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
24.1
NCW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Aliaskhab Khizriev is a submission threat — 2.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Aliaskhab Khizriev hunts takedowns — 4.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Denis Tiuliulin carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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.

Aliaskhab Khizriev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Denis Tiuliulin

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

436.01/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1703.61/min · norm 3.25
324.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2465.23/min · norm 3.20
62.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 47.4%
61.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
38.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.64/15 · norm 0.32

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

Aliaskhab Khizriev

Distance 84.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.3%)

Denis Tiuliulin

Distance 90.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Aliaskhab Khizriev

Head 78.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Denis Tiuliulin

Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Khizriev L/AAccMiddleweight med Tiuliulin L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 58 58.6% 40.5% 142 / 375 37.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.3% 22 / 24 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 8 too few to rate 69.1% 6 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 54 57.4% 38.9% 116 / 338 34.3% 38.9%
To the body 9 / 11 too few to rate 71.7% 45 / 64 70.3% 71.7%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 83.3% 9 / 11 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Khizriev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Tiuliulin L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 81 38.3% 39.5% 191 / 332 57.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.9% 22 / 29 75.9% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 33 / 36 91.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 78 35.9% 37.9% 171 / 312 54.8% 37.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 71.3% 40 / 49 81.6% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 35 / 36 97.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 4.20/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1872.0% def · norm 63.1%
2:4638.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
3:287.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:020:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
17:575:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
12.10/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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