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Antonio Trocoli vs.
Shara Magomedov

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 Antonio Trocoli · UFC
6-1-0 Shara Magomedov · 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
6-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.7
AgeΔ 3.5 yrs
32.2
6'6"
HeightΔ 4"
6'2"
79"
ReachΔ 6"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
1.3
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.

Shara Magomedov rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 68% of their strikes at range on Antonio Trocoli, vs a 40% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Shara Magomedov outworks the Middleweight division — 5.55 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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.

Antonio Trocoli

Full career not yet synced for Antonio Trocoli — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Shara Magomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.66 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

381.27/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5405.55/min · norm 3.25
1625.40/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3523.62/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
62.8%norm 47.4%
27.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
45.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.32

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

Antonio Trocoli

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Shara Magomedov

Distance 83.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Antonio Trocoli

Head 66.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Shara Magomedov

Head 54.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 24.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trocoli L/AAccMiddleweight med Magomedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 74 43.2% 40.5% 431 / 717 60.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.3% 77 / 102 75.5% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 32 / 41 78.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 56 35.7% 38.9% 226 / 472 47.9% 38.9%
To the body 11 / 20 too few to rate 71.7% 168 / 211 79.6% 71.7%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 83.3% 146 / 177 82.5% 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 Trocoli L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Magomedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 166 68.1% 39.5% 272 / 540 50.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 32 / 35 91.4% 70.9% 39 / 46 84.8% 70.9%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 69.0% 41 / 59 69.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 149 61.1% 37.9% 194 / 429 45.2% 37.9%
To the body 38 / 40 95.0% 71.3% 74 / 105 70.5% 71.3%
To the legs 33 / 33 100.0% 82.1% 84 / 111 75.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

14.8% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
233.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2273.3% def · norm 63.1%
9:5833.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
2:492.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:503:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
23:503:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · 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 — Magomedov has more cage time on record.

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