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Dylan Budka vs.
Edmen Shahbazyan

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

0-3-0 Dylan Budka · UFC
9-6-0 Edmen Shahbazyan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
26.6
AgeΔ 2.1 yrs
28.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
17.6
Layoff (months)Δ 15.6 mo
2
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Edmen Shahbazyan carries real power — 0.84 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

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.

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: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

190.80/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4933.93/min · norm 3.25
592.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4843.85/min · norm 3.20
25.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 47.4%
40.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.84/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dylan Budka

Distance 94.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Edmen Shahbazyan

Distance 76.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.3% (norm 10.3%)

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 82.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.2% (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% 351 / 772 45.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 64 / 87 73.6% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 78 / 155 50.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 64 23.4% 38.9% 356 / 836 42.6% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 8 too few to rate 71.7% 103 / 135 76.3% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 34 / 43 79.1% 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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% 301 / 733 41.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 22 too few to rate 70.9% 50 / 77 64.9% 70.9%
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% 328 / 752 43.6% 37.9%
To the body 14 / 18 too few to rate 71.3% 75 / 117 64.1% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.1% 81 / 104 77.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1236.4% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.42
240.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3866.7% def · norm 63.1%
5:5324.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
21:0816.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
9:356:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
25:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.36/15 · norm 0.47

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

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