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Damian Rzepecki vs.
Magomed Zaynukov

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

0-1-0 Damian Rzepecki · UFC
1-0-0 Magomed Zaynukov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
24.7
AgeΔ 6.9 yrs
31.6
Height
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.4
L
Last 5 (newest first)
W
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.

Damian Rzepecki owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Magomed Zaynukov is hard to hit — absorbs 1.07 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Magomed Zaynukov defends head shots well — opponents land just 13%, vs a 35% Lightweight 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.

Damian Rzepecki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Magomed Zaynukov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

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

161.07/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
744.93/min · norm 3.42
744.93/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
161.07/min · norm 3.37
25.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
56.5%norm 43.5%
43.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
74.2%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Damian Rzepecki

Distance 96.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Magomed Zaynukov

Distance 81.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 18.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Damian Rzepecki

Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.9%)

Magomed Zaynukov

Head 71.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rzepecki L/AAccLightweight med Zaynukov L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 60 25.0% 37.9% 53 / 107 49.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 67.3% 21 / 24 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 46 13.0% 35.0% 46 / 93 49.5% 35.0%
To the body 4 / 8 too few to rate 69.1% 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 81.9% 20 / 23 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Rzepecki L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Zaynukov L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 53 / 107 49.5% 38.9% 15 / 60 25.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 21 / 24 too few to rate 68.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 93 49.5% 35.1% 6 / 46 13.0% 35.1%
To the body 8 / 15 too few to rate 68.1% 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 20 / 23 too few to rate 81.5% 6 / 8 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

114.3% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.38
466.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
685.7% def · norm 64.0%
5:0233.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:546.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:540:54 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
5:025:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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