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Jakub Wiklacz vs.
Muin Gafurov

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

2-0-0 Jakub Wiklacz · UFC
2-3-0 Muin Gafurov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-0-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
29
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
5.9
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
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.

Jakub Wiklacz is a submission threat — 2.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jakub Wiklacz rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Muin Gafurov is hard to hit — absorbs 2.35 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.58 Bantamweight 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.

Jakub Wiklacz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Muin Gafurov

Full career not yet synced for Muin Gafurov — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1023.40/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2253.68/min · norm 3.52
1163.87/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1442.35/min · norm 3.58
44.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 43.4%
46.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
59.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jakub Wiklacz

Distance 89.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.5%)

Muin Gafurov

Distance 83.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jakub Wiklacz

Head 57.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 39.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Muin Gafurov

Head 74.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wiklacz L/AAccBantamweight med Gafurov L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 207 39.6% 39.0% 173 / 402 43.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 68.7% 35 / 52 67.3% 68.7%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.2% 17 / 25 68.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 132 33.3% 34.9% 135 / 357 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 54 / 91 59.3% 66.8% 64 / 85 75.3% 66.8%
To the legs 4 / 8 too few to rate 79.4% 26 / 37 70.3% 79.4%

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: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Wiklacz L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gafurov L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 93 / 186 50.0% 39.3% 125 / 330 37.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 16 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 11 / 15 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.4% 8 / 10 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 66 / 150 44.0% 34.9% 73 / 241 30.3% 34.9%
To the body 40 / 52 76.9% 66.0% 48 / 79 60.8% 66.0%
To the legs 10 / 14 too few to rate 79.1% 23 / 35 65.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.12
541.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1266.7% def · norm 66.7%
6:3722.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
13:0121.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
9:254:42 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
15:293:47 per 15 · norm 2:24
52.50/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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