Brian Ebersole vs. Omari Akhmedov

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 9-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
9-5-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
134
Layoff (months)Δ 73.1 mo
60.9
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brian Ebersole owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Omari Akhmedov hunts takedowns — 2.58 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Brian Ebersole's takedown defense leaks — 42% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brian Ebersole

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 4614

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 34 finish wins over 71 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Omari Akhmedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 127
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2412.42/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5352.97/min · norm 3.25
2352.36/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5122.84/min · norm 3.20
49.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 47.4%
56.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 53.8%
10.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.32

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

Brian Ebersole

Distance 71.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

Omari Akhmedov

Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Brian Ebersole

Head 67.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.7% (norm 8.4%)

Omari Akhmedov

Head 84.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ebersole L/AAccWelterweight med Akhmedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 352 40.3% 38.6% 389 / 1335 29.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 42 / 64 65.6% 67.8% 65 / 100 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 76 75.0% 67.2% 81 / 121 66.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 142 / 331 42.9% 37.2% 383 / 1320 29.0% 38.9%
To the body 40 / 74 54.1% 70.7% 89 / 148 60.1% 71.7%
To the legs 59 / 87 67.8% 82.9% 63 / 88 71.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Ebersole L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Akhmedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 156 / 421 37.1% 39.0% 386 / 990 39.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 70 / 112 62.5% 68.9% 82 / 114 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 9 / 10 too few to rate 68.0% 44 / 54 81.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 386 31.6% 35.6% 340 / 907 37.5% 37.9%
To the body 77 / 110 70.0% 69.6% 84 / 141 59.6% 71.3%
To the legs 36 / 47 76.6% 82.1% 88 / 110 80.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1018.9% acc · 1.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3145.6% acc · 2.58/15 · norm 1.42
541.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
33:2933.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:4821.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:222:19 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:431:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.15/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.25/15 · norm 0.47

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