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Kevin Croom vs.
Alatengheili

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

0-3-0 (1 NC) Kevin Croom · UFC
5-3-1 Alatengheili · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-3-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.1
AgeΔ 4.5 yrs
34.6
5'11"
HeightΔ 6"
5'5"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
51.7
Layoff (months)Δ 36.4 mo
15.3
LLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Kevin Croom carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Croom owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Alatengheili hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Kevin Croom

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Alatengheili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

832.65/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3402.81/min · norm 3.52
973.10/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6195.12/min · norm 3.58
34.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
32.7%norm 43.4%
41.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 56.6%
10.48/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.30

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

Kevin Croom

Distance 95.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

Alatengheili

Distance 97.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kevin Croom

Head 79.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.8%)

Alatengheili

Head 83.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Croom L/AAccFeatherweight med Alatengheili L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 231 33.8% 40.9% 325 / 1013 32.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 2 / 6 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 192 25.0% 37.2% 223 / 862 25.9% 34.9%
To the body 14 / 26 53.8% 68.2% 71 / 117 60.7% 66.8%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 80.7% 46 / 60 76.7% 79.4%

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: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Croom L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Alatengheili L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 65 / 124 52.4% 39.2% 572 / 1378 41.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 40 60.0% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 23 / 31 74.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 127 54.3% 35.9% 367 / 1062 34.6% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 67.9% 135 / 211 64.0% 66.0%
To the legs 5 / 9 too few to rate 81.5% 117 / 176 66.5% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

15.9% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1443.8% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.12
330.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
975.0% def · norm 66.7%
8:3427.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
17:0614.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
10:114:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
2:470:20 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.48/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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