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Dennis Buzukja vs.
Jamall Emmers

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

1-5-0 Dennis Buzukja · UFC
5-4-0 Jamall Emmers · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-5-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
28.8
AgeΔ 8.2 yrs
37
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 8.7 mo
8.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
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.

Jamall Emmers hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Dennis Buzukja rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jamall Emmers owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Dennis Buzukja

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Jamall Emmers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2454.71/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4224.88/min · norm 3.54
2504.80/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3093.57/min · norm 3.47
42.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 45.0%
51.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 54.85%
10.29/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dennis Buzukja

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 6.5%)

Jamall Emmers

Distance 87.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dennis Buzukja

Head 74.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.8%)

Jamall Emmers

Head 70.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Buzukja L/AAccFeatherweight med Emmers L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 532 42.5% 40.9% 339 / 777 43.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.8% 46 / 61 75.4% 70.8%
On the ground 9 / 24 too few to rate 69.2% 37 / 51 72.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 425 35.1% 37.2% 239 / 623 38.4% 37.2%
To the body 55 / 94 58.5% 68.2% 129 / 182 70.9% 68.2%
To the legs 41 / 52 78.8% 80.7% 54 / 84 64.3% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Buzukja L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Emmers L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 464 45.0% 39.2% 265 / 695 38.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 18 / 23 too few to rate 70.3% 31 / 49 63.3% 70.3%
On the ground 23 / 29 79.3% 69.4% 13 / 15 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 401 42.4% 35.9% 191 / 571 33.5% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 77 55.8% 67.9% 57 / 94 60.6% 67.9%
To the legs 37 / 38 97.4% 81.5% 61 / 94 64.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1653.3% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.19
1661.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1280.0% def · norm 61.5%
2:455.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
27:1031.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
16:254:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:480:39 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.35/15 · norm 0.46

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

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