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Caio Borralho vs.
Gadzhi Omargadzhiev

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
0-2-0 Gadzhi Omargadzhiev · 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
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
5
Layoff (months)Δ 40.5 mo
45.5
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Opponents land 58% of their head shots on Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Opponents land 54% of their strikes at range on Gadzhi Omargadzhiev, vs a 39% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Caio Borralho owns the mat — in control 27% 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

Gadzhi Omargadzhiev

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

In the UFC: 0-0 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

4593.30/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
501.73/min · norm 3.17
3662.63/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
712.45/min · norm 3.06
55.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.5%norm 44.9%
59.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
38.8%norm 55.25%
30.32/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Gadzhi Omargadzhiev

Distance 83.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Gadzhi Omargadzhiev

Head 70.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 24.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.4% (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 Omargadzhiev L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 738 51.2% 40.5% 33 / 115 28.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 64 / 74 86.5% 69.1% 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 595 50.1% 38.9% 28 / 97 28.9% 37.2%
To the body 84 / 146 57.5% 71.7% 18 / 34 52.9% 70.7%
To the legs 77 / 92 83.7% 83.3% 4 / 6 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Borralho L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Omargadzhiev L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 861 38.4% 39.5% 47 / 87 54.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 38 63.2% 69.0% 20 / 24 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 653 30.8% 37.9% 52 / 90 57.8% 35.6%
To the body 89 / 156 57.1% 71.3% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 76 / 102 74.5% 82.1% 10 / 10 too few to rate 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
222.2% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.27
1473.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 63.9%
37:1826.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
1:305.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
10:231:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:069:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.43/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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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