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Edmen Shahbazyan vs.
Brunno Ferreira

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

9-6-0 Edmen Shahbazyan · UFC
6-4-0 Brunno Ferreira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28.7
AgeΔ 5 yrs
33.7
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
1.3
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.
Brunno Ferreira carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Brunno Ferreira is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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.

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

Brunno Ferreira

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4933.93/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2293.12/min · norm 3.25
4843.85/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2713.70/min · norm 3.20
48.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 47.4%
50.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.0%norm 53.8%
70.84/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.61/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Brunno Ferreira

Distance 93.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.4% (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%)

Brunno Ferreira

Head 81.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Shahbazyan L/AAccMiddleweight med Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 351 / 772 45.5% 40.5% 211 / 443 47.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 64 / 87 73.6% 70.3% 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 78 / 155 50.3% 69.1% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 356 / 836 42.6% 38.9% 161 / 386 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 103 / 135 76.3% 71.7% 39 / 54 72.2% 71.7%
To the legs 34 / 43 79.1% 83.3% 29 / 34 85.3% 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: 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 301 / 733 41.1% 39.5% 247 / 528 46.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 50 / 77 64.9% 70.9% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 133 / 163 81.6% 69.0% 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 328 / 752 43.6% 37.9% 184 / 462 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 75 / 117 64.1% 71.3% 40 / 52 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 81 / 104 77.9% 82.1% 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1236.4% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
3866.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1147.8% def · norm 63.1%
21:0816.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:326.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
25:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
15:273:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.36/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.61/15 · 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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