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Iwo Baraniewski vs.
Ibo Aslan

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

3-0-0 Iwo Baraniewski · UFC
2-3-0 Ibo Aslan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

3-0-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
27.7
AgeΔ 2.6 yrs
30.3
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
8
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

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.

Iwo Baraniewski carries real power — 17.82 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Iwo Baraniewski outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 11.29 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Ibo Aslan carries real power — 0.95 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Iwo Baraniewski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.15 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.7 wins over .500

Ibo Aslan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3811.29/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
1755.52/min · norm 3.41
308.91/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1274.00/min · norm 3.35
56.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
46.4%norm 48.3%
53.8%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 52.9%
417.82/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.95/15 · norm 0.40

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

Iwo Baraniewski

Distance 37.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 50.7% (norm 10.4%)

Ibo Aslan

Distance 89.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Iwo Baraniewski

Head 85.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 9.7%)

Ibo Aslan

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Baraniewski L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Aslan L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 12 / 25 48.0% 41.4% 152 / 339 44.8% 41.4%
In the clinch 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.9% 22 / 36 61.1% 70.9%
On the ground 20 / 34 58.8% 72.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 57 50.9% 38.9% 136 / 318 42.8% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 71.9% 14 / 25 56.0% 71.9%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 81.8% 25 / 34 73.5% 81.8%

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 · Light 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 Baraniewski L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Aslan L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 19 / 47 40.4% 40.4% 101 / 255 39.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 68.7% 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 15 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 56 51.8% 37.5% 82 / 225 36.4% 37.5%
To the body 0 / 6 too few to rate 72.3% 33 / 46 71.7% 72.3%
To the legs 1 / 3 too few to rate 83.0% 12 / 18 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1487.5% def · norm 66.7%
0:3215.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:080.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:060:26 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
1:350:44 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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