Ismail Naurdiev vs.
Ryan Loder
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.
Ismail Naurdiev
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 20 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 33 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Ryan Loder
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 25 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 40 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 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)
Ismail Naurdiev
Distance 83.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 8.1%)
Ryan Loder
Distance 28.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 61.7% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ismail Naurdiev
Head 68.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.6% (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/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Loder L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 266 / 528 | 50.4% | 38.6% | 8 / 23 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 36 / 58 | 62.1% | 67.8% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 33 / 48 | 68.8% | 67.2% | 41 / 50 | 82.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 433 | 42.3% | 37.2% | 48 / 70 | 68.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 88 / 121 | 72.7% | 70.7% | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 64 / 80 | 80.0% | 82.9% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Naurdiev L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Loder L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 127 / 401 | 31.7% | 39.0% | 21 / 39 | 53.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 26 | 50.0% | 68.9% | 5 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 68.0% | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 122 / 395 | 30.9% | 35.6% | 24 / 49 | 49.0% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 31 | 54.8% | 69.6% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 82.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Naurdiev has more cage time on record.