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Chris Avila vs.
Artem Lobov

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

0-2-0 Chris Avila · UFC
2-5-0 Artem Lobov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33.6
AgeΔ 6.4 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
117
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
93.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Chris Avila rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Artem Lobov rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Artem Lobov absorbs 4.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Chris Avila

Full career not yet synced for Chris Avila — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Artem Lobov

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

712.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4053.52/min · norm 3.54
1254.17/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5544.82/min · norm 3.47
30.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 45.0%
48.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Chris Avila

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.5%)

Artem Lobov

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chris Avila

Head 87.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 7.8%)

Artem Lobov

Head 71.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Avila L/AAccFeatherweight med Lobov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 212 28.3% 40.9% 382 / 931 41.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 9 / 18 too few to rate 70.8% 17 / 39 43.6% 70.8%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.2% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 203 25.1% 37.2% 203 / 700 29.0% 37.2%
To the body 10 / 20 too few to rate 68.2% 71 / 121 58.7% 68.2%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 80.7% 131 / 156 84.0% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Avila L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lobov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 215 49.8% 39.2% 475 / 1008 47.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 10 / 17 too few to rate 70.3% 45 / 68 66.2% 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.4% 34 / 44 77.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 145 30.3% 35.9% 290 / 776 37.4% 35.9%
To the body 23 / 37 62.2% 67.9% 133 / 202 65.8% 67.9%
To the legs 58 / 62 93.5% 81.5% 131 / 142 92.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
325.0% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.19
646.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1352.0% def · norm 61.5%
0:221.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:5810.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
7:383:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
17:352:17 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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