Ed Herman vs. Khadis Ibragimov
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Ed Herman
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 43 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Khadis Ibragimov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.24 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Ed Herman
Distance 65.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.0%)
Khadis Ibragimov
Distance 84.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.6%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ed Herman
Head 78.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)
Khadis Ibragimov
Head 93.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 4.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Herman L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Ibragimov L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 423 / 1134 | 37.3% | 40.5% | 128 / 277 | 46.2% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 237 / 336 | 70.5% | 70.6% | 31 / 44 | 70.5% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 191 / 274 | 69.7% | 69.4% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 536 / 1363 | 39.3% | 38.8% | 147 / 307 | 47.9% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 214 / 262 | 81.7% | 71.6% | 10 / 15 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 101 / 119 | 84.9% | 83.3% | 7 / 7 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Herman L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Ibragimov L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 612 / 1191 | 51.4% | 39.5% | 133 / 292 | 45.5% | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 189 / 239 | 79.1% | 70.4% | 55 / 73 | 75.3% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 150 / 222 | 67.6% | 69.0% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 631 / 1266 | 49.8% | 37.9% | 134 / 302 | 44.4% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 172 / 222 | 77.5% | 71.3% | 36 / 41 | 87.8% | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 148 / 164 | 90.2% | 82.1% | 27 / 31 | 87.1% | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Herman has more cage time on record.