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Azamat Gashimov vs.
Ivan Menjivar

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

0-2-0 Azamat Gashimov · UFC
4-5-0 Ivan Menjivar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.3
AgeΔ 7.9 yrs
44.2
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
158.6
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
149.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Ivan Menjivar is a submission threat — 1.03 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Ivan Menjivar rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Azamat Gashimov is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 40% Flyweight 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.

Azamat Gashimov

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Ivan Menjivar

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

111.24/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2072.36/min · norm 3.52
424.75/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2102.40/min · norm 3.58
21.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
36.4%norm 43.4%
53.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
65.5%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.30

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

Azamat Gashimov

Distance 84.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.7% (norm 7.3%)

Ivan Menjivar

Distance 83.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Azamat Gashimov

Head 86.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.8% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

Ivan Menjivar

Head 65.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gashimov L/AAccFlyweight med Menjivar L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 43 16.3% 40.0% 140 / 473 29.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.4% 32 / 47 68.1% 68.7%
On the ground 4 / 7 too few to rate 69.7% 35 / 48 72.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 44 18.2% 37.6% 92 / 370 24.9% 34.9%
To the body 1 / 5 too few to rate 68.5% 63 / 110 57.3% 66.8%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 80.0% 52 / 88 59.1% 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Gashimov L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Menjivar L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 59 42.4% 40.1% 132 / 473 27.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.8% 35 / 48 72.9% 70.4%
On the ground 13 / 26 50.0% 71.1% 43 / 88 48.9% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 65 36.9% 35.2% 107 / 453 23.6% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 20 too few to rate 68.2% 56 / 96 58.3% 66.0%
To the legs 3 / 5 too few to rate 80.3% 47 / 60 78.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.12
0— def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 66.7%
2:0223.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
4:134.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
1:462:59 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
36:096:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
61.03/15 · norm 0.28

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

Next move

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