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Amar Suloev vs. Chuck Liddell

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 16-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
16-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
50
AgeΔ 6 yrs
56
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
—
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
293.3
Layoff (months)Δ 97 mo
196.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chuck Liddell carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Amar Suloev is a submission threat — 0.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Amar Suloev defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 38% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Amar Suloev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Chuck Liddell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 167
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

351.95/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6112.99/min · norm 3.48
573.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4342.12/min · norm 3.37
41.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 48.45%
65.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
141.03/15 · norm 0.40

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

Amar Suloev

Distance 97.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.0%)

Chuck Liddell

Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.6%)

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

Amar Suloev

Head 78.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 8.4%)

Chuck Liddell

Head 84.5% (norm 78.5%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Suloev L/AAccMiddleweight med Liddell L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 82 40.2% 40.5% 430 / 1329 32.4% 41.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6% 83 / 134 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.4% 98 / 173 56.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 66 31.8% 38.8% 417 / 1382 30.2% 39.2%
To the body 2 / 5 too few to rate 71.6% 45 / 65 69.2% 72.0%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 149 / 189 78.8% 82.1%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Suloev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Liddell L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 155 31.0% 39.5% 367 / 977 37.6% 40.6%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.4% 41 / 72 56.9% 68.8%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 69.0% 26 / 42 61.9% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 126 21.4% 37.9% 262 / 886 29.6% 37.7%
To the body 0 / 2 too few to rate 71.3% 51 / 63 81.0% 72.9%
To the legs 30 / 39 76.9% 82.1% 121 / 142 85.2% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
787.5% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 0.87
2100.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
7081.4% def · norm 66.7%
0:030.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
17:399.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
0:510:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
10:450:47 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.83/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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