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Anton Turkalj 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.

0-4-0 Anton Turkalj · 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.

0-4-0
UFC record
8-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
30.2
AgeΔ 4.9 yrs
35.1
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28.2
Layoff (months)Δ 22.3 mo
5.9
LLLL
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.
Anton Turkalj hunts takedowns — 2.26 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light 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.

Anton Turkalj

Full career not yet synced for Anton Turkalj — 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 +0.8 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

972.92/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
2172.37/min · norm 3.36
1464.40/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1211.32/min · norm 3.19
40.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
63.5%norm 47.8%
53.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Anton Turkalj

Distance 89.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 10.4%)

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)

Anton Turkalj

Head 73.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 9.7%)

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 Turkalj L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Almeida L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 213 36.6% 41.4% 40 / 94 42.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.9% 19 / 28 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 6 / 6 too few to rate 72.3% 158 / 220 71.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 175 33.1% 38.9% 188 / 302 62.3% 38.9%
To the body 19 / 30 63.3% 71.9% 23 / 30 76.7% 76.8%
To the legs 20 / 33 60.6% 81.8% 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 (Light 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 Turkalj L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Almeida L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 259 41.7% 40.4% 30 / 96 31.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 10 / 21 too few to rate 68.7% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.6%
On the ground 28 / 35 80.0% 70.4% 63 / 86 73.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 265 42.6% 37.5% 98 / 186 52.7% 38.8%
To the body 15 / 24 too few to rate 72.3% 20 / 28 71.4% 75.1%
To the legs 18 / 26 69.2% 83.0% 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.

521.7% acc · 2.26/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
3454.8% acc · 5.57/15 · norm 0.95
216.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 64.3%
4:5815.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
64:0369.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
10:324:45 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
12:462:05 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
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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