Leon Shahbazyan vs.
Levan Chokheli
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Leon Shahbazyan
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Levan Chokheli
Full career not yet synced for Levan Chokheli — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Leon Shahbazyan
Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Levan Chokheli
Distance 72.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 27.3% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Leon Shahbazyan
Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 100.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Levan Chokheli
Head 72.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shahbazyan L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Chokheli L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 38.6% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 37.2% | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 37.2% |
| To the body | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.9% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Shahbazyan L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Chokheli L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 39.0% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 35.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 35.6% |
| To the body | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Shahbazyan has more cage time on record.