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Eric Nolan vs.
Baisangur Susurkaev

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

0-2-0 Eric Nolan · UFC
3-0-0 Baisangur Susurkaev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28.9
AgeΔ 3.3 yrs
25.6
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
2.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW
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.

Eric Nolan rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Baisangur Susurkaev is a submission threat — 0.91 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Baisangur Susurkaev outworks the Middleweight division — 5.97 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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.

Eric Nolan

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Baisangur Susurkaev

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

371.68/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1965.97/min · norm 3.25
572.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1534.66/min · norm 3.20
34.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
54.0%norm 47.4%
44.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.46/15 · norm 0.32

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

Eric Nolan

Distance 91.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Baisangur Susurkaev

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Eric Nolan

Head 94.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Baisangur Susurkaev

Head 66.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nolan L/AAccWelterweight med Susurkaev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 98 33.7% 38.6% 162 / 320 50.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.8% 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 19 / 26 73.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 101 30.7% 37.2% 99 / 241 41.1% 38.9%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.7% 63 / 86 73.3% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9% 34 / 36 94.4% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Nolan L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Susurkaev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 79 51.9% 39.0% 124 / 337 36.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.9% 29 / 37 78.4% 70.9%
On the ground 14 / 21 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 85 50.6% 35.6% 114 / 330 34.5% 37.9%
To the body 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.6% 20 / 24 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.1% 19 / 20 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
526.3% acc · 2.28/15 · norm 1.42
1544.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
0:201.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:4826.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
14:319:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:551:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.91/15 · norm 0.47

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

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