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Kevin Croom vs. Alatengheili

UFC 0-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 6-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-3-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
5'11"
HeightΔ 6"
5'5"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
54.2
Layoff (months)Δ 53.4 mo
0.8
LLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alatengheili hunts takedowns — 1.88 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Kevin Croom owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Kevin Croom carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Croom

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 198

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

832.65/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3682.71/min · norm 3.52
973.10/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6744.96/min · norm 3.58
34.2%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
31.9%norm 43.5%
41.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 56.6%
10.48/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kevin Croom

Distance 95.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 6.5%)

Alatengheili

Distance 97.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Kevin Croom

Head 79.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.9%)

Alatengheili

Head 83.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.6% (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% 40.5% 352 / 1126 31.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 70.5% 2 / 7 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.3% 14 / 21 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 192 25.0% 37.1% 242 / 965 25.1% 35.3%
To the body 14 / 26 53.8% 68.0% 75 / 124 60.5% 66.9%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 80.3% 51 / 65 78.5% 79.2%

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 · Bantamweight: 121 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% 39.3% 627 / 1479 42.4% 39.4%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 40 60.0% 70.6%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.4% 23 / 31 74.2% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 127 54.3% 35.9% 389 / 1122 34.7% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 68.0% 143 / 226 63.3% 66.1%
To the legs 5 / 9 too few to rate 81.5% 142 / 202 70.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
15.9% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1742.5% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.12
330.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
975.0% def · norm 65.7%
8:3427.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
21:0815.6% of cage time · norm 17.8%
10:114:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
3:120:21 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.48/15 · norm 0.45
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.