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Ikram Aliskerov vs.
Andre Muniz

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

5-1-0 Ikram Aliskerov · UFC
6-4-0 Andre Muniz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.7
AgeΔ 2.8 yrs
36.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 8.8 mo
10.1
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Ikram Aliskerov carries real power — 1.10 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Andre Muniz hunts takedowns — 4.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Ikram Aliskerov hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Ikram Aliskerov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Andre Muniz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2335.68/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1701.91/min · norm 3.25
1563.80/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2322.61/min · norm 3.20
60.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.4%
45.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 53.8%
31.10/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ikram Aliskerov

Distance 85.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.3%)

Andre Muniz

Distance 91.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Ikram Aliskerov

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Muniz

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aliskerov L/AAccMiddleweight med Muniz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 190 / 330 57.6% 40.5% 147 / 342 43.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.3% 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 46 82.6% 69.1% 16 / 22 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 283 53.4% 38.9% 96 / 275 34.9% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 72 80.6% 71.7% 36 / 57 63.2% 71.7%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 83.3% 38 / 41 92.7% 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 Aliskerov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Muniz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 280 53.2% 39.5% 133 / 307 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.9% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.0% 93 / 159 58.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 218 43.6% 37.9% 153 / 375 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 38 / 45 84.4% 71.3% 50 / 68 73.5% 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 25 92.0% 82.1% 29 / 32 90.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1076.9% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2552.1% acc · 4.22/15 · norm 1.42
2100.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 63.1%
15:3438.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
30:5834.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:290:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
19:563:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.37/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
71.18/15 · norm 0.47

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

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