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Jorge Masvidal vs.
Rustam Khabilov

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

12-10-0 Jorge Masvidal · UFC
10-3-0 Rustam Khabilov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-10-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41.7
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
39.8
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
39.9
Layoff (months)Δ 41 mo
80.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Rustam Khabilov hunts takedowns — 3.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Rustam Khabilov defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 35% Lightweight norm.
Jorge Masvidal rarely shoots — 0.87 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Jorge Masvidal

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

In the UFC: 11-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Rustam Khabilov

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

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11703.98/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3391.98/min · norm 3.42
9013.07/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3692.16/min · norm 3.37
49.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.3%norm 43.5%
57.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.7%norm 56.3%
90.46/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jorge Masvidal

Distance 77.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 8.1%)

Rustam Khabilov

Distance 82.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jorge Masvidal

Head 73.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Rustam Khabilov

Head 84.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Masvidal L/AAccWelterweight med Khabilov L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 808 / 1832 44.1% 38.6% 223 / 815 27.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 202 / 265 76.2% 67.8% 30 / 55 54.5% 67.3%
On the ground 160 / 268 59.7% 67.2% 86 / 118 72.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 695 / 1734 40.1% 37.2% 252 / 832 30.3% 35.0%
To the body 281 / 369 76.2% 70.7% 49 / 95 51.6% 69.1%
To the legs 194 / 262 74.0% 82.9% 38 / 61 62.3% 81.9%

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: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Masvidal L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Khabilov L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 698 / 1813 38.5% 39.0% 314 / 982 32.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 114 / 163 69.9% 68.9% 45 / 72 62.5% 68.6%
On the ground 89 / 143 62.2% 68.0% 10 / 23 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 545 / 1603 34.0% 35.6% 165 / 775 21.3% 35.1%
To the body 216 / 341 63.3% 69.6% 87 / 153 56.9% 68.1%
To the legs 140 / 175 80.0% 82.1% 117 / 149 78.5% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1753.1% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4541.7% acc · 3.95/15 · norm 1.38
8569.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1161.1% def · norm 64.0%
43:1614.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
45:3226.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
75:303:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
11:421:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
70.36/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.49

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

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