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Khalid Taha vs.
Cristian Quinonez

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

1-4-0 (1 NC) Khalid Taha · UFC
2-2-0 Cristian Quinonez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34.5
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
30.3
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47
Layoff (months)Δ 41.8 mo
5.2
LLLNCW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLW
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.

Cristian Quinonez hunts takedowns — 4.12 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Cristian Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Khalid Taha rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns 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.

Khalid Taha

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Cristian Quinonez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1632.64/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
993.02/min · norm 3.52
2544.12/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
993.02/min · norm 3.58
32.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 43.4%
46.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 56.6%
20.49/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Khalid Taha

Distance 88.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 6.5%)

Cristian Quinonez

Distance 93.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Khalid Taha

Head 81.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Cristian Quinonez

Head 86.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Taha L/AAccBantamweight med Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 442 28.7% 39.0% 89 / 204 43.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 29 55.2% 68.7% 3 / 7 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 20 / 31 64.5% 70.2% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 411 27.3% 34.9% 79 / 189 41.8% 34.9%
To the body 25 / 53 47.2% 66.8% 7 / 17 too few to rate 66.8%
To the legs 26 / 38 68.4% 79.4% 13 / 13 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Taha L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 180 / 381 47.2% 39.3% 89 / 197 45.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 19 / 22 too few to rate 70.4% 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 55 / 73 75.3% 72.4% 6 / 7 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 391 49.4% 34.9% 58 / 158 36.7% 34.9%
To the body 32 / 51 62.7% 66.0% 16 / 23 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 29 / 34 85.3% 79.1% 25 / 28 89.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
952.9% acc · 4.12/15 · norm 1.12
2661.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1280.0% def · norm 66.7%
2:434.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
10:2131.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
28:587:02 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
2:131:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.92/15 · norm 0.28

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

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