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Javid Basharat vs.
Victor Henry

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

4-2-0 (1 NC) Javid Basharat · UFC
4-2-0 (1 NC) Victor Henry · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-2-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.1 mo
16
WLLNCW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWNCW
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.

Victor Henry outworks the Bantamweight division — 7.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Victor Henry carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Javid Basharat outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.22 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

Javid Basharat

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Victor Henry

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 195

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4405.22/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6217.17/min · norm 3.52
2593.08/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4495.19/min · norm 3.58
53.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 43.4%
63.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
48.0%norm 56.6%
10.18/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · norm 0.30

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

Javid Basharat

Distance 89.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 6.5%)

Victor Henry

Distance 86.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Javid Basharat

Head 70.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Victor Henry

Head 72.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Basharat L/AAccBantamweight med Henry L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 365 / 734 49.7% 39.0% 507 / 1013 50.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 31 / 42 73.8% 68.7% 82 / 111 73.9% 68.7%
On the ground 44 / 48 91.7% 70.2% 32 / 44 72.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 250 / 584 42.8% 34.9% 356 / 844 42.2% 34.9%
To the body 125 / 162 77.2% 66.8% 200 / 243 82.3% 66.8%
To the legs 65 / 78 83.3% 79.4% 65 / 81 80.2% 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 Basharat L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Henry L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 245 / 688 35.6% 39.3% 382 / 784 48.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.4% 58 / 68 85.3% 70.4%
On the ground 3 / 12 too few to rate 72.4% 9 / 12 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 544 27.0% 34.9% 280 / 659 42.5% 34.9%
To the body 48 / 82 58.5% 66.0% 77 / 103 74.8% 66.0%
To the legs 64 / 92 69.6% 79.1% 92 / 102 90.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

936.0% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
642.9% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.12
2683.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4781.0% def · norm 66.7%
14:4017.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:2216.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
6:131:06 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:382:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.35/15 · norm 0.28

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

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