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Kevin Aguilar vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 5-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
5-3-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 3 yrs
35
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
65.2
Layoff (months)Δ 20.9 mo
44.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Aguilar rarely shoots — 0.19 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Zubaira Tukhugov hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Aguilar absorbs 5.02 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Aguilar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Zubaira Tukhugov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3204.08/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3573.17/min · norm 3.52
3935.02/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3463.07/min · norm 3.50
38.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 44.7%
52.3%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
63.8%norm 54.8%
10.19/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kevin Aguilar

Distance 91.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.5%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kevin Aguilar

Head 78.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Head 91.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aguilar L/AAccFeatherweight med Tukhugov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 754 36.1% 40.5% 302 / 805 37.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 28 / 41 68.3% 70.5% 24 / 41 58.5% 70.5%
On the ground 20 / 27 74.1% 69.3% 31 / 48 64.6% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 644 29.0% 37.1% 312 / 817 38.2% 37.1%
To the body 114 / 152 75.0% 68.0% 36 / 67 53.7% 68.0%
To the legs 19 / 26 73.1% 80.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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 Aguilar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Tukhugov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 332 / 743 44.7% 39.3% 330 / 930 35.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 24 / 35 68.6% 70.3% 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 37 / 46 80.4% 69.4% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 631 39.3% 35.9% 175 / 687 25.5% 35.9%
To the body 70 / 105 66.7% 68.0% 85 / 148 57.4% 68.0%
To the legs 75 / 88 85.2% 81.5% 86 / 121 71.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
116.7% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1639.0% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.17
1781.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
8100.0% def · norm 61.5%
5:226.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
18:1016.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
8:201:35 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
0:370:04 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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