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Bassil Hafez vs.
Oban Elliott

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

1-2-0 Bassil Hafez · UFC
3-3-0 Oban Elliott · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34.5
AgeΔ 5.9 yrs
28.6
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
20.6
Layoff (months)Δ 20.4 mo
0.2
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Bassil Hafez absorbs 5.68 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Bassil Hafez hunts takedowns — 2.21 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Oban Elliott owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Bassil Hafez

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Oban Elliott

Full career not yet synced for Oban Elliott — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1513.71/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2353.56/min · norm 3.17
2315.68/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1492.26/min · norm 3.06
38.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 44.9%
41.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.38

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

Bassil Hafez

Distance 96.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

Oban Elliott

Distance 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Bassil Hafez

Head 90.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Oban Elliott

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hafez L/AAccWelterweight med Elliott L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 381 37.3% 38.6% 179 / 409 43.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 6 / 11 too few to rate 67.8% 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 42 / 52 80.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 128 / 359 35.7% 37.2% 158 / 374 42.2% 37.2%
To the body 11 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 35 / 53 66.0% 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 42 / 50 84.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Hafez L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Elliott L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 201 / 362 55.5% 39.0% 103 / 296 34.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 25 80.0% 68.9% 17 / 31 54.8% 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 10 too few to rate 68.0% 29 / 42 69.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 290 50.7% 35.6% 101 / 299 33.8% 35.6%
To the body 56 / 73 76.7% 69.6% 19 / 39 48.7% 69.6%
To the legs 28 / 34 82.4% 82.1% 29 / 31 93.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

624.0% acc · 2.21/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.27
250.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1152.4% def · norm 63.9%
8:0619.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
16:5425.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:320:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
16:053:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
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 — Elliott has more cage time on record.

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