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Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Magomed Ankalaev

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 13-2-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
13-2-1 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
5'8"
HeightΔ 7"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
46.3
Layoff (months)Δ 43.4 mo
2.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Magomed Ankalaev owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dalcha Lungiambula

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Magomed Ankalaev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 132
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.66 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2153.07/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
7443.52/min · norm 3.48
2753.93/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5282.49/min · norm 3.37
45.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.4%norm 48.45%
53.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
55.3%norm 52.75%
10.21/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.50/15 · norm 0.40

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

Dalcha Lungiambula

Distance 71.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 10.0%)

Magomed Ankalaev

Distance 80.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 13.2% (norm 10.6%)

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

Dalcha Lungiambula

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Magomed Ankalaev

Head 69.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 20.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lungiambula L/AAccMiddleweight med Ankalaev L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 339 34.8% 40.5% 534 / 1138 46.9% 41.5%
In the clinch 45 / 72 62.5% 70.6% 77 / 96 80.2% 70.8%
On the ground 52 / 66 78.8% 69.4% 133 / 187 71.1% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 141 / 377 37.4% 38.8% 402 / 985 40.8% 39.2%
To the body 60 / 83 72.3% 71.6% 215 / 295 72.9% 72.0%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 83.3% 127 / 141 90.1% 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Lungiambula L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ankalaev L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 461 41.4% 39.5% 463 / 1089 42.5% 40.6%
In the clinch 50 / 74 67.6% 70.4% 39 / 52 75.0% 68.8%
On the ground 34 / 50 68.0% 69.0% 26 / 39 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 164 / 435 37.7% 37.9% 155 / 683 22.7% 37.7%
To the body 85 / 116 73.3% 71.3% 115 / 192 59.9% 72.9%
To the legs 26 / 34 76.5% 82.1% 258 / 305 84.6% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1045.5% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1224.5% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 0.87
777.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
2187.5% def · norm 66.7%
19:0927.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
60:0728.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
12:152:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
6:440:28 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.21/15 · norm 0.28

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