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Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Darren Stewart

UFC 10-6-0 vs. 5-7-0 (2 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-6-0
UFC record
5-7-0 (2 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28
AgeΔ 7 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 60.7 mo
61.7
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Edmen Shahbazyan carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Darren Stewart hunts takedowns — 1.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Edmen Shahbazyan is wasteful with ground strikes — only 51% land, vs a 69% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Darren Stewart

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 57
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5543.94/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
3923.05/min · norm 3.23
5163.67/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4223.29/min · norm 3.20
49.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.4%
52.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 53.8%
80.85/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Edmen Shahbazyan

Distance 78.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.9% (norm 10.0%)

Darren Stewart

Distance 72.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Edmen Shahbazyan

Head 80.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Darren Stewart

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.7% (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 Stewart L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 407 / 877 46.4% 40.5% 223 / 625 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 68 / 91 74.7% 70.6% 116 / 151 76.8% 70.6%
On the ground 79 / 156 50.6% 69.4% 53 / 84 63.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 385 / 902 42.7% 38.8% 248 / 678 36.6% 38.8%
To the body 114 / 149 76.5% 71.6% 58 / 73 79.5% 71.6%
To the legs 55 / 73 75.3% 83.3% 86 / 109 78.9% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Stewart L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 838 39.5% 39.5% 236 / 568 41.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 52 / 80 65.0% 70.4% 128 / 178 71.9% 70.4%
On the ground 133 / 163 81.6% 69.0% 58 / 74 78.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 344 / 833 41.3% 37.9% 316 / 661 47.8% 37.9%
To the body 76 / 124 61.3% 71.3% 64 / 102 62.7% 71.3%
To the legs 96 / 124 77.4% 82.1% 42 / 57 73.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1336.1% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.35
3866.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
5467.5% def · norm 63.3%
22:0515.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
20:4516.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
25:082:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
44:255:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.32/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.12/15 · norm 0.45

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