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Kaan Ofli vs. Muhammad Naimov

UFC 3-2-0 vs. 5-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-2-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
66"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
1.5
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kaan Ofli's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Kaan Ofli rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Muhammad Naimov owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kaan Ofli

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Muhammad Naimov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1092.49/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1792.29/min · norm 3.52
1393.17/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2332.98/min · norm 3.50
47.8%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
39.3%norm 44.7%
56.8%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 54.8%
10.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kaan Ofli

Distance 80.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.5%)

Muhammad Naimov

Distance 80.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kaan Ofli

Head 64.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.9%)

Muhammad Naimov

Head 77.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ofli L/AAccFeatherweight med Naimov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 184 41.8% 40.5% 126 / 369 34.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 34 73.5% 70.5% 29 / 44 65.9% 70.5%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.3% 24 / 43 55.8% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 147 31.3% 37.1% 106 / 352 30.1% 37.1%
To the body 40 / 50 80.0% 68.0% 40 / 64 62.5% 68.0%
To the legs 23 / 31 74.2% 80.3% 33 / 40 82.5% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Ofli L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Naimov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 115 / 283 40.6% 39.3% 155 / 318 48.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 60 / 78 76.9% 70.3%
On the ground 12 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 251 34.3% 35.9% 101 / 251 40.2% 35.9%
To the body 36 / 53 67.9% 68.0% 74 / 97 76.3% 68.0%
To the legs 17 / 18 too few to rate 81.5% 58 / 71 81.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
17.1% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
934.6% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.17
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2573.5% def · norm 61.5%
10:3324.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
20:0725.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
6:532:21 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
16:223:08 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.68/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.19/15 · norm 0.45

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