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Ivan Menjivar vs. Azamat Gashimov

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
44
AgeΔ 8 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
64"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
151.6
Layoff (months)Δ 9.5 mo
161.1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ivan Menjivar is a submission threat — 1.03 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Ivan Menjivar rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Azamat Gashimov is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 40% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ivan Menjivar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 217

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Azamat Gashimov

Full career not yet synced for Azamat Gashimov — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2072.36/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
111.24/min · norm 3.48
2102.40/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
424.75/min · norm 3.24
36.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
21.6%norm 44.6%
65.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 56.4%
20.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Ivan Menjivar

Distance 83.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.4%)

Azamat Gashimov

Distance 84.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.7% (norm 7.3%)

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

Ivan Menjivar

Head 65.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 8.4%)

Azamat Gashimov

Head 86.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.8% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Menjivar L/AAccBantamweight med Gashimov L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 473 29.6% 39.2% 7 / 43 16.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 32 / 47 68.1% 69.0% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.1%
On the ground 35 / 48 72.9% 70.2% 4 / 7 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 370 24.9% 35.3% 8 / 44 18.2% 37.6%
To the body 63 / 110 57.3% 66.9% 1 / 5 too few to rate 68.5%
To the legs 52 / 88 59.1% 79.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Menjivar L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gashimov L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 473 27.9% 39.4% 25 / 59 42.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 35 / 48 72.9% 70.6% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 43 / 88 48.9% 72.1% 13 / 26 50.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 453 23.6% 34.9% 24 / 65 36.9% 35.4%
To the body 56 / 96 58.3% 66.1% 15 / 20 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 47 / 60 78.3% 78.8% 3 / 5 too few to rate 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.30
830.8% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 62.5%
4:134.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
2:0223.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
36:096:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
1:462:59 per 15 · norm 2:46
61.03/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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