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Chris Padilla vs. Nasrat Haqparast

UFC 5-0-1 vs. 10-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-0-1
UFC record
10-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.1
WDWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nasrat Haqparast carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Chris Padilla outworks the Lightweight division — 6.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.43 norm.
Nasrat Haqparast absorbs 6.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chris Padilla

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Nasrat Haqparast

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4556.67/min · norm 3.43
Sig. strikes landed
11916.24/min · norm 3.43
3314.85/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11816.18/min · norm 3.38
54.4%norm 43.7%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.7%
51.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
62.1%norm 56.3%
10.22/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
70.55/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Padilla

Distance 88.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.4%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 7.9%)

Nasrat Haqparast

Distance 92.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 7.4%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 7.9%)

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

Chris Padilla

Head 60.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.2% (norm 7.9%)

Nasrat Haqparast

Head 84.4% (norm 78.1%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Padilla L/AAccLightweight med Haqparast L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 380 / 742 51.2% 38.2% 1062 / 2425 43.8% 38.2%
In the clinch 48 / 59 81.4% 67.5% 75 / 101 74.3% 67.5%
On the ground 27 / 35 77.1% 69.1% 54 / 95 56.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 507 45.2% 35.1% 878 / 2211 39.7% 35.1%
To the body 76 / 110 69.1% 69.2% 268 / 350 76.6% 69.2%
To the legs 150 / 219 68.5% 82.4% 45 / 60 75.0% 82.4%

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 (Lightweight: 203 fighters · Lightweight: 203 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 Padilla L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Haqparast L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 633 45.8% 38.9% 1096 / 2995 36.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 41 / 49 83.7% 68.6% 56 / 81 69.1% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1% 29 / 36 80.6% 68.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 526 38.6% 35.2% 777 / 2580 30.1% 35.2%
To the body 72 / 90 80.0% 68.2% 227 / 335 67.8% 68.2%
To the legs 56 / 66 84.8% 81.5% 177 / 197 89.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
529.4% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.36
Takedowns landed
418.2% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 1.36
1083.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
4584.9% def · norm 64.3%
11:1616.5% of cage time · norm 19.0%
Control time
6:543.6% of cage time · norm 19.0%
0:440:09 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control lower is better
20:031:34 per 15 · norm 2:48
20.44/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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