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Ismail Naurdiev vs. Ryan Loder

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 10.3 mo
10.9
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ryan Loder is a submission threat — 1.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Ryan Loder owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Ismail Naurdiev is hard to hit — absorbs 2.22 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ismail Naurdiev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 205

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Ryan Loder

Full career not yet synced for Ryan Loder — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4093.84/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
565.10/min · norm 3.23
2362.22/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
272.46/min · norm 3.20
49.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
69.1%norm 47.4%
64.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 53.8%
10.14/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ismail Naurdiev

Distance 86.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 10.0%)

Ryan Loder

Distance 28.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 61.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Ismail Naurdiev

Head 69.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 8.4%)

Ryan Loder

Head 86.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Naurdiev L/AAccMiddleweight med Loder L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 338 / 715 47.3% 40.5% 8 / 23 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 38 / 61 62.3% 70.6% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 33 / 48 68.8% 69.4% 41 / 50 82.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 574 38.3% 38.8% 48 / 70 68.6% 38.8%
To the body 97 / 137 70.8% 71.6% 8 / 11 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 92 / 113 81.4% 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Naurdiev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Loder L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 602 33.7% 39.5% 21 / 39 53.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 13 / 26 50.0% 70.4% 5 / 11 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 20 / 29 69.0% 69.0% 1 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 577 31.9% 37.9% 24 / 49 49.0% 37.9%
To the body 24 / 40 60.0% 71.3% 3 / 5 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 28 / 40 70.0% 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1241.4% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.35
3274.4% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.3%
18:4117.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:5845.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
32:044:31 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
2:443:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.28/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
11.37/15 · norm 0.45

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