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Brunno Ferreira vs.
Ikram Aliskerov

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

6-4-0 Brunno Ferreira · UFC
5-1-0 Ikram Aliskerov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
5-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.8
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
33.7
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
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.

Ikram Aliskerov carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ikram Aliskerov hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Brunno Ferreira carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight 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.

Brunno Ferreira

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Ikram Aliskerov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2293.12/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2335.68/min · norm 3.25
2713.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1563.80/min · norm 3.20
48.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
60.7%norm 47.4%
52.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 53.8%
30.61/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.10/15 · norm 0.32

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

Brunno Ferreira

Distance 93.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.3%)

Ikram Aliskerov

Distance 85.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Brunno Ferreira

Head 81.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Ikram Aliskerov

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med Aliskerov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 211 / 443 47.6% 40.5% 190 / 330 57.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% 38 / 46 82.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 386 41.7% 38.9% 151 / 283 53.4% 38.9%
To the body 39 / 54 72.2% 71.7% 58 / 72 80.6% 71.7%
To the legs 29 / 34 85.3% 83.3% 24 / 29 82.8% 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 Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Aliskerov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 247 / 528 46.8% 39.5% 149 / 280 53.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.0% 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 462 39.8% 37.9% 95 / 218 43.6% 37.9%
To the body 40 / 52 76.9% 71.3% 38 / 45 84.4% 71.3%
To the legs 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1% 23 / 25 92.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

522.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1076.9% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.42
1147.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
4:326.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:3438.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:273:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:290:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.61/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.37/15 · norm 0.47

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

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