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Esteban Ribovics vs.
Loik Radzhabov

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

4-3-0 Esteban Ribovics · UFC
2-2-0 Loik Radzhabov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 20.7 mo
24.5
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Loik Radzhabov hunts takedowns — 4.65 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Esteban Ribovics outworks the Lightweight division — 7.24 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Esteban Ribovics rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Esteban Ribovics

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Loik Radzhabov

Full career not yet synced for Loik Radzhabov — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6157.24/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1402.89/min · norm 3.42
4935.80/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1823.76/min · norm 3.37
43.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 43.5%
54.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
46.3%norm 56.3%
20.35/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.31/15 · norm 0.25

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

Esteban Ribovics

Distance 96.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

Loik Radzhabov

Distance 80.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Esteban Ribovics

Head 85.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)

Loik Radzhabov

Head 88.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ribovics L/AAccLightweight med Radzhabov L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 576 / 1370 42.0% 37.9% 97 / 254 38.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 67.3% 4 / 5 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 25 / 34 73.5% 69.1% 39 / 56 69.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 460 / 1218 37.8% 35.0% 120 / 278 43.2% 35.0%
To the body 101 / 140 72.1% 69.1% 17 / 31 54.8% 69.1%
To the legs 54 / 65 83.1% 81.9% 3 / 6 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Ribovics L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Radzhabov L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 464 / 1040 44.6% 38.9% 170 / 324 52.5% 38.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 5 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 906 39.8% 35.1% 105 / 241 43.6% 35.1%
To the body 97 / 133 72.9% 68.1% 36 / 45 80.0% 68.1%
To the legs 35 / 36 97.2% 81.5% 41 / 53 77.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1557.7% acc · 4.65/15 · norm 1.38
3766.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
642.9% def · norm 64.0%
2:513.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
10:4522.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
21:533:51 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
14:594:38 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.18/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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