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Edmen Shahbazyan vs.
Dalcha Lungiambula

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
2-5-0 Dalcha Lungiambula · 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
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28.7
AgeΔ 10.3 yrs
39
6'2"
HeightΔ 6"
5'8"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2
Layoff (months)Δ 41.9 mo
43.9
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.
Dalcha Lungiambula hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 20% 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

Dalcha Lungiambula

Full career not yet synced for Dalcha Lungiambula — 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 -0.4 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
2153.07/min · norm 3.25
4843.85/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2753.93/min · norm 3.20
48.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.4%
50.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.0%norm 53.8%
70.84/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · 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%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Distance 71.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.8% (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%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (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 Lungiambula L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 351 / 772 45.5% 40.5% 118 / 339 34.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 64 / 87 73.6% 70.3% 45 / 72 62.5% 70.3%
On the ground 78 / 155 50.3% 69.1% 52 / 66 78.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 356 / 836 42.6% 38.9% 141 / 377 37.4% 38.9%
To the body 103 / 135 76.3% 71.7% 60 / 83 72.3% 71.7%
To the legs 34 / 43 79.1% 83.3% 14 / 17 too few to rate 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 Lungiambula L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 301 / 733 41.1% 39.5% 191 / 461 41.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 50 / 77 64.9% 70.9% 50 / 74 67.6% 70.9%
On the ground 133 / 163 81.6% 69.0% 34 / 50 68.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 328 / 752 43.6% 37.9% 164 / 435 37.7% 37.9%
To the body 75 / 117 64.1% 71.3% 85 / 116 73.3% 71.3%
To the legs 81 / 104 77.9% 82.1% 26 / 34 76.5% 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
1045.5% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.42
3866.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 63.1%
21:0816.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
19:0927.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
25:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:152:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.36/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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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