Joaquin Buckley vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Joaquin Buckley
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500
Nassourdine Imavov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 7-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Joaquin Buckley
Distance 85.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.7% (norm 8.1%)
Nassourdine Imavov
Distance 80.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joaquin Buckley
Head 79.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.0%)
Nassourdine Imavov
Head 77.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Buckley L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Imavov L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 554 / 1750 | 31.7% | 38.5% | 573 / 1153 | 49.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 46 / 73 | 63.0% | 67.8% | 119 / 136 | 87.5% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 137 / 218 | 62.8% | 67.0% | 92 / 137 | 67.2% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 455 / 1626 | 28.0% | 36.4% | 534 / 1105 | 48.3% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 206 / 323 | 63.8% | 70.7% | 155 / 210 | 73.8% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 76 / 92 | 82.6% | 83.0% | 95 / 111 | 85.6% | 83.3% |
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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Buckley L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Imavov L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 461 / 1216 | 37.9% | 39.1% | 527 / 1330 | 39.6% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 57 / 74 | 77.0% | 68.9% | 48 / 72 | 66.7% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 138 / 265 | 52.1% | 68.0% | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 440 / 1251 | 35.2% | 35.6% | 341 / 1055 | 32.3% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 144 / 213 | 67.6% | 69.6% | 112 / 184 | 60.9% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 72 / 91 | 79.1% | 82.2% | 128 / 169 | 75.7% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Buckley has more cage time on record.