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Jeremy Stephens vs.
Zabit Magomedsharipov

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

15-20-0 (1 NC) Jeremy Stephens · UFC
6-0-0 Zabit Magomedsharipov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-20-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 78 mo
80.9
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Zabit Magomedsharipov hunts takedowns — 5.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jeremy Stephens carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Zabit Magomedsharipov owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Jeremy Stephens

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1622
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Zabit Magomedsharipov

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

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12813.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3804.89/min · norm 3.54
13273.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2333.00/min · norm 3.47
40.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 45.0%
57.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
64.9%norm 54.85%
180.66/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jeremy Stephens

Distance 84.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zabit Magomedsharipov

Distance 87.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jeremy Stephens

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zabit Magomedsharipov

Head 78.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stephens L/AAccLightweight med Magomedsharipov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2637 35.7% 37.9% 308 / 688 44.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 126 / 175 72.0% 67.3% 15 / 21 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 213 / 326 65.3% 69.1% 57 / 75 76.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 752 / 2420 31.1% 35.0% 252 / 613 41.1% 37.2%
To the body 222 / 307 72.3% 69.1% 50 / 84 59.5% 68.2%
To the legs 307 / 411 74.7% 81.9% 78 / 87 89.7% 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Stephens L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Magomedsharipov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1035 / 2709 38.2% 38.9% 205 / 629 32.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 113 / 165 68.5% 68.6% 18 / 25 72.0% 70.3%
On the ground 179 / 278 64.4% 68.0% 10 / 10 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 812 / 2468 32.9% 35.1% 136 / 519 26.2% 35.9%
To the body 238 / 349 68.2% 68.1% 52 / 88 59.1% 67.9%
To the legs 277 / 335 82.7% 81.5% 45 / 57 78.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3038.5% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2756.3% acc · 5.22/15 · norm 1.19
7861.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 61.5%
71:3117.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
25:1232.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
91:283:21 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:130:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
110.40/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.77/15 · norm 0.46

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

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