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Caio Borralho vs.
Abus Magomedov

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

8-1-0 Caio Borralho · UFC
5-3-0 Abus Magomedov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.5
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
35.9
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
1.3
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Abus Magomedov hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Caio Borralho owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Abus Magomedov owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 20% 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.

Caio Borralho

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.59 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Abus Magomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 213

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4593.30/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2393.06/min · norm 3.25
3662.63/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2613.34/min · norm 3.20
55.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 47.4%
59.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 53.8%
30.32/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

Caio Borralho

Distance 88.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 10.3%)

Abus Magomedov

Distance 92.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Caio Borralho

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Abus Magomedov

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 22.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borralho L/AAccMiddleweight med Magomedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 738 51.2% 40.5% 207 / 452 45.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 64 / 74 86.5% 69.1% 24 / 31 77.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 595 50.1% 38.9% 135 / 346 39.0% 38.9%
To the body 84 / 146 57.5% 71.7% 74 / 109 67.9% 71.7%
To the legs 77 / 92 83.7% 83.3% 30 / 36 83.3% 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 Borralho L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Magomedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 861 38.4% 39.5% 239 / 565 42.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 24 / 38 63.2% 69.0% 20 / 29 69.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 653 30.8% 37.9% 174 / 457 38.1% 37.9%
To the body 89 / 156 57.1% 71.3% 54 / 88 61.4% 71.3%
To the legs 76 / 102 74.5% 82.1% 33 / 54 61.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1045.5% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1359.1% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.42
1473.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5100.0% def · norm 63.1%
37:1826.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
20:1025.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
10:231:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:001:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.43/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.58/15 · norm 0.47

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

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