Damian Pinas vs. Andrey Pulyaev
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Damian Pinas
Full career not yet synced for Damian Pinas — 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 -0.3 wins over .500
Andrey Pulyaev
Full career not yet synced for Andrey Pulyaev — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Damian Pinas
Distance 82.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.9% (norm 10.0%)
Andrey Pulyaev
Distance 90.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Damian Pinas
Head 63.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 22.2% (norm 8.4%)
Andrey Pulyaev
Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pinas L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Pulyaev L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 37 / 52 | 71.2% | 40.5% | 89 / 204 | 43.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 24 / 40 | 60.0% | 38.8% | 58 / 159 | 36.5% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 71.6% | 38 / 54 | 70.4% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 14 / 14 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Pinas L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Pulyaev L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 44 / 73 | 60.3% | 39.5% | 86 / 229 | 37.6% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 37 / 55 | 67.3% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 9 / 29 | 31.0% | 37.9% | 67 / 203 | 33.0% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 19 / 28 | 67.9% | 71.3% | 32 / 52 | 61.5% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 16 / 17 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 24 / 29 | 82.8% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pulyaev has more cage time on record.