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Darren Till vs.
Bojan Velickovic

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

6-5-1 Darren Till · UFC
2-3-1 Bojan Velickovic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-5-1
UFC record
2-3-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 4 yrs
37
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
43.9
Layoff (months)Δ 60.7 mo
104.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLD
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.

Darren Till rarely shoots — 0.55 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% Welterweight 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.

Darren Till

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

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Bojan Velickovic

Full career not yet synced for Bojan Velickovic — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3752.30/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1952.18/min · norm 3.17
5403.31/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2072.31/min · norm 3.06
46.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.8%norm 44.9%
56.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 55.25%
50.46/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Darren Till

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)

Bojan Velickovic

Distance 92.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Darren Till

Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Bojan Velickovic

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Till L/AAccWelterweight med Velickovic L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 284 / 669 42.5% 38.6% 166 / 519 32.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 39 / 61 63.9% 67.8% 19 / 30 63.3% 67.8%
On the ground 52 / 71 73.2% 67.2% 10 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 258 / 649 39.8% 37.2% 93 / 395 23.5% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 71 73.2% 70.7% 29 / 54 53.7% 70.7%
To the legs 65 / 81 80.2% 82.9% 73 / 111 65.8% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Till L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Velickovic L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 874 31.8% 39.0% 156 / 427 36.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 122 / 171 71.3% 68.9% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 140 / 190 73.7% 68.0% 41 / 48 85.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 329 / 940 35.0% 35.6% 159 / 424 37.5% 35.6%
To the body 74 / 113 65.5% 69.6% 26 / 37 70.3% 69.6%
To the legs 137 / 182 75.3% 82.1% 22 / 27 81.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

646.2% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.27
3769.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1655.2% def · norm 63.9%
10:456.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:408.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
31:232:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
29:464:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.50/15 · norm 0.45

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

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