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Bryan Battle vs.
Rinat Fakhretdinov

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

7-1-0 (1 NC) Bryan Battle · UFC
6-0-1 Rinat Fakhretdinov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-0-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
19.9
Layoff (months)Δ 8.9 mo
11
WWNCWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWDW
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.

Rinat Fakhretdinov hunts takedowns — 3.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rinat Fakhretdinov owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Bryan Battle outworks the Welterweight division — 5.12 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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.

Bryan Battle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 171

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3975.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3865.02/min · norm 3.17
3194.11/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2773.61/min · norm 3.06
52.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
52.9%norm 44.9%
44.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 55.25%
20.39/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.59/15 · norm 0.38

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

Bryan Battle

Distance 84.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Distance 73.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Bryan Battle

Head 65.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 29.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 8.4%)

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Battle L/AAccWelterweight med Fakhretdinov L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 635 48.2% 38.6% 254 / 539 47.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 88 / 109 80.7% 67.8% 67 / 94 71.3% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 65 / 97 67.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 488 40.6% 37.2% 275 / 594 46.3% 37.2%
To the body 164 / 224 73.2% 70.7% 53 / 74 71.6% 70.7%
To the legs 35 / 38 92.1% 82.9% 58 / 62 93.5% 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 Battle L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fakhretdinov L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 423 49.6% 39.0% 208 / 519 40.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 60 / 76 78.9% 68.9% 51 / 67 76.1% 68.9%
On the ground 49 / 73 67.1% 68.0% 18 / 22 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 409 43.8% 35.6% 170 / 475 35.8% 35.6%
To the body 76 / 91 83.5% 69.6% 65 / 89 73.0% 69.6%
To the legs 64 / 72 88.9% 82.1% 42 / 44 95.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

417.4% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2034.5% acc · 3.91/15 · norm 1.27
1553.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 63.9%
20:4626.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
41:3154.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
20:383:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
6:131:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.39/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.20/15 · norm 0.45

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

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