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Ion Cutelaba vs. Tanner Boser

UFC 9-11-1 vs. 6-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-11-1
UFC record
6-6-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
32
AgeΔ 3 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
4
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
0.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ion Cutelaba hunts takedowns — 4.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.63 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ion Cutelaba

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 911
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Tanner Boser

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6944.13/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6204.63/min · norm 3.28
5753.42/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3732.78/min · norm 3.19
43.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 47.5%
46.1%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 52.5%
20.18/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ion Cutelaba

Distance 76.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.6%)

Tanner Boser

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ion Cutelaba

Head 82.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 9.7%)

Tanner Boser

Head 68.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cutelaba L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Boser L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 416 / 1209 34.4% 41.5% 514 / 1012 50.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 138 / 198 69.7% 70.8% 53 / 68 77.9% 70.4%
On the ground 140 / 184 76.1% 72.9% 53 / 67 79.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 480 / 1308 36.7% 39.2% 311 / 786 39.6% 39.0%
To the body 124 / 174 71.3% 72.0% 120 / 154 77.9% 77.0%
To the legs 90 / 109 82.6% 82.1% 189 / 207 91.3% 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: 94 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 Cutelaba L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Boser L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 445 / 888 50.1% 40.6% 301 / 805 37.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 71 / 99 71.7% 68.8% 46 / 58 79.3% 70.6%
On the ground 59 / 80 73.8% 70.4% 26 / 27 96.3% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 429 / 897 47.8% 37.7% 232 / 694 33.4% 39.3%
To the body 74 / 93 79.6% 72.9% 89 / 127 70.1% 75.1%
To the legs 72 / 77 93.5% 83.1% 52 / 69 75.4% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4551.1% acc · 4.02/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.90
3276.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1669.6% def · norm 63.2%
38:5823.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
19:1814.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
30:442:44 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
18:292:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.27/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.11/15 · norm 0.16

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