Ilir Latifi vs.
Tanner Boser
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Ilir Latifi
Full career not yet synced for Ilir Latifi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500
Tanner Boser
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Ilir Latifi
Distance 80.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 10.4%)
Tanner Boser
Distance 90.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ilir Latifi
Head 80.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 9.7%)
Tanner Boser
Head 67.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.9% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Latifi L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Boser L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 214 / 548 | 39.1% | 41.4% | 498 / 974 | 51.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 34 / 56 | 60.7% | 70.9% | 52 / 67 | 77.6% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 58 / 73 | 79.5% | 72.3% | 26 / 35 | 74.3% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 205 / 544 | 37.7% | 38.9% | 278 / 727 | 38.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 56 / 79 | 70.9% | 71.9% | 112 / 146 | 76.7% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 45 / 54 | 83.3% | 81.8% | 186 / 203 | 91.6% | 87.8% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Latifi L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Boser L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 361 / 887 | 40.7% | 40.4% | 288 / 762 | 37.8% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 47 / 75 | 62.7% | 68.7% | 45 / 56 | 80.4% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 28 / 36 | 77.8% | 70.4% | 26 / 27 | 96.3% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 286 / 765 | 37.4% | 37.5% | 224 / 659 | 34.0% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 82 / 149 | 55.0% | 72.3% | 86 / 123 | 69.9% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 68 / 84 | 81.0% | 83.0% | 49 / 63 | 77.8% | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Latifi has more cage time on record.