Edmen Shahbazyan vs.
AJ Dobson
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Edmen Shahbazyan
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
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
AJ Dobson
Full career not yet synced for AJ Dobson — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Edmen Shahbazyan
Distance 76.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.3% (norm 10.3%)
AJ Dobson
Distance 90.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Edmen Shahbazyan
Head 82.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 8.4%)
AJ Dobson
Head 75.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shahbazyan L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Dobson L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 351 / 772 | 45.5% | 40.5% | 167 / 389 | 42.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 64 / 87 | 73.6% | 70.3% | 18 / 29 | 62.1% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 78 / 155 | 50.3% | 69.1% | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 356 / 836 | 42.6% | 38.9% | 105 / 326 | 32.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 103 / 135 | 76.3% | 71.7% | 29 / 40 | 72.5% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 34 / 43 | 79.1% | 83.3% | 58 / 65 | 89.2% | 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 Shahbazyan L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Dobson L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 301 / 733 | 41.1% | 39.5% | 200 / 406 | 49.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 50 / 77 | 64.9% | 70.9% | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 133 / 163 | 81.6% | 69.0% | 57 / 80 | 71.2% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 328 / 752 | 43.6% | 37.9% | 131 / 350 | 37.4% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 75 / 117 | 64.1% | 71.3% | 58 / 66 | 87.9% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 81 / 104 | 77.9% | 82.1% | 89 / 100 | 89.0% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Shahbazyan has more cage time on record.