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Azamat Bekoev vs.
Tresean Gore

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

2-2-0 Azamat Bekoev · UFC
3-4-0 Tresean Gore · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30.6
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
32.1
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
4.1
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Azamat Bekoev carries real power — 1.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Azamat Bekoev hunts takedowns — 3.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Tresean Gore absorbs 7.00 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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.

Azamat Bekoev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Tresean Gore

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1384.57/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2143.41/min · norm 3.25
2066.83/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4397.00/min · norm 3.20
52.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 47.4%
31.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
40.7%norm 53.8%
31.49/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Azamat Bekoev

Distance 76.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.3%)

Tresean Gore

Distance 89.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Azamat Bekoev

Head 72.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Tresean Gore

Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bekoev L/AAccMiddleweight med Gore L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 91 / 203 44.8% 40.5% 180 / 386 46.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 70.3% 23 / 33 69.7% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 36 80.6% 69.1% 11 / 11 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 190 46.3% 38.9% 123 / 316 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 39 / 62 62.9% 71.7% 33 / 45 73.3% 71.7%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 83.3% 58 / 69 84.1% 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 Bekoev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gore L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 163 / 246 66.3% 39.5% 393 / 676 58.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 21 / 27 77.8% 70.9% 29 / 38 76.3% 70.9%
On the ground 22 / 27 81.5% 69.0% 17 / 26 65.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 230 62.2% 37.9% 225 / 483 46.6% 37.9%
To the body 32 / 37 86.5% 71.3% 155 / 198 78.3% 71.3%
To the legs 31 / 33 93.9% 82.1% 59 / 59 100.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

743.8% acc · 3.48/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
872.7% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 1.42
562.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2683.9% def · norm 63.1%
8:3328.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
9:0414.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
5:022:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
11:242:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.96/15 · norm 0.47

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

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