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Khalid Taha vs.
Nad Narimani

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 Nad Narimani · 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)
Featherweight
34.5
AgeΔ 4.8 yrs
39.3
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.1
Layoff (months)Δ 25.5 mo
72.6
LLLNCW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Khalid Taha rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Nad Narimani owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Khalid Taha carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 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

Nad Narimani

Full career not yet synced for Nad Narimani — 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 +0.8 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
1823.33/min · norm 3.54
2544.12/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1643.00/min · norm 3.47
32.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 45.0%
46.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
58.8%norm 54.85%
20.49/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Nad Narimani

Distance 81.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.4% (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%)

Nad Narimani

Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

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 Narimani L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 442 28.7% 39.0% 119 / 345 34.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 29 55.2% 68.7% 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 20 / 31 64.5% 70.2% 44 / 57 77.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 411 27.3% 34.9% 133 / 357 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 53 47.2% 66.8% 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2%
To the legs 26 / 38 68.4% 79.4% 22 / 27 81.5% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Narimani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 180 / 381 47.2% 39.3% 128 / 349 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 19 / 22 too few to rate 70.4% 21 / 28 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 55 / 73 75.3% 72.4% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 193 / 391 49.4% 34.9% 113 / 326 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 32 / 51 62.7% 66.0% 16 / 30 53.3% 67.9%
To the legs 29 / 34 85.3% 79.1% 35 / 42 83.3% 81.5%
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
741.2% acc · 1.92/15 · norm 1.19
2661.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 61.5%
2:434.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:5727.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
28:587:02 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:082:46 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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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