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Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev

UFC 5-1-0 vs. 1-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-1-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
24
AgeΔ 5 yrs
29
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
81"
ReachΔ 3"
78"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ateba Gautier carries real power — 2.93 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Andrey Pulyaev rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Ateba Gautier rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ateba Gautier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.9 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Andrey Pulyaev

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1173.80/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1062.54/min · norm 3.23
1033.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1232.95/min · norm 3.20
36.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 47.4%
49.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 53.8%
62.93/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.36/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ateba Gautier

Distance 92.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 10.0%)

Andrey Pulyaev

Distance 90.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Ateba Gautier

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.4%)

Andrey Pulyaev

Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gautier L/AAccMiddleweight med Pulyaev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 100 / 298 33.6% 40.5% 89 / 204 43.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.4% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 275 31.3% 38.8% 58 / 159 36.5% 38.8%
To the body 27 / 44 61.4% 71.6% 38 / 54 70.4% 71.6%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 83.3% 10 / 13 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Gautier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pulyaev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 195 48.2% 39.5% 86 / 229 37.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.4% 37 / 55 67.3% 70.4%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 145 42.8% 37.9% 67 / 203 33.0% 37.9%
To the body 27 / 43 62.8% 71.3% 32 / 52 61.5% 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 82.1% 24 / 29 82.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
5100.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
545.5% def · norm 63.3%
0:050.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:514.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
1:140:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
12:524:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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