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Andreas Michailidis vs.
Rinat Fakhretdinov

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

1-3-0 Andreas Michailidis · UFC
6-0-1 Rinat Fakhretdinov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
6-0-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
50.1
Layoff (months)Δ 39.1 mo
11
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWDW
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.

Rinat Fakhretdinov hunts takedowns — 3.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rinat Fakhretdinov owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Andreas Michailidis

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 171

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1172.90/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3865.02/min · norm 3.17
1443.57/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2773.61/min · norm 3.06
51.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.9%norm 44.9%
44.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.59/15 · norm 0.38

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

Andreas Michailidis

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 10.3%)

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Distance 73.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Andreas Michailidis

Head 70.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.4%)

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Michailidis L/AAccMiddleweight med Fakhretdinov L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 98 / 201 48.8% 40.5% 254 / 539 47.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 67 / 94 71.3% 67.8%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 65 / 97 67.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 161 39.8% 38.9% 275 / 594 46.3% 37.2%
To the body 31 / 40 77.5% 71.7% 53 / 74 71.6% 70.7%
To the legs 22 / 26 84.6% 83.3% 58 / 62 93.5% 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 Michailidis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Fakhretdinov L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 201 46.8% 39.5% 208 / 519 40.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 37 86.5% 70.9% 51 / 67 76.1% 68.9%
On the ground 18 / 21 too few to rate 69.0% 18 / 22 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 47 / 135 34.8% 37.9% 170 / 475 35.8% 35.6%
To the body 31 / 42 73.8% 71.3% 65 / 89 73.0% 69.6%
To the legs 66 / 82 80.5% 82.1% 42 / 44 95.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

327.3% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2034.5% acc · 3.91/15 · norm 1.27
550.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 63.9%
6:4616.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
41:3154.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:164:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:131:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.20/15 · norm 0.45

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

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