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Dylan Budka vs. Edmen Shahbazyan

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 10-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
10-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
26
AgeΔ 2 yrs
28
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
20.1
Layoff (months)Δ 19.1 mo
1
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Edmen Shahbazyan carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Dylan Budka is wasteful with strikes at range — only 21% land, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 54% of their head shots on Dylan Budka, vs a 38% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dylan Budka

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Edmen Shahbazyan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

190.80/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
5543.94/min · norm 3.23
592.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5163.67/min · norm 3.20
25.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 47.4%
40.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
80.85/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dylan Budka

Distance 94.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

Edmen Shahbazyan

Distance 78.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Dylan Budka

Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Edmen Shahbazyan

Head 80.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Budka L/AAccMiddleweight med Shahbazyan L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 70 21.4% 40.5% 407 / 877 46.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 68 / 91 74.7% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 79 / 156 50.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 64 23.4% 38.8% 385 / 902 42.7% 38.8%
To the body 4 / 8 too few to rate 71.6% 114 / 149 76.5% 71.6%
To the legs 0 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 55 / 73 75.3% 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 Budka L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Shahbazyan L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 61 49.2% 39.5% 331 / 838 39.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 22 too few to rate 70.4% 52 / 80 65.0% 70.4%
On the ground 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.0% 133 / 163 81.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 78 53.8% 37.9% 344 / 833 41.3% 37.9%
To the body 14 / 18 too few to rate 71.3% 76 / 124 61.3% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.1% 96 / 124 77.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1336.1% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.35
240.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3866.7% def · norm 63.3%
5:5324.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
22:0515.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
9:356:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
25:082:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.45

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