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Marcin Tybura vs.
Shamil Abdurakhimov

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

14-11-0 Marcin Tybura · UFC
5-6-0 Shamil Abdurakhimov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

14-11-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
40.7
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
44.9
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 42.3 mo
42.5
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Marcin Tybura owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Marcin Tybura hunts takedowns — 1.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Shamil Abdurakhimov's takedown defense leaks — 46% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight 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.

Marcin Tybura

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1411
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Shamil Abdurakhimov

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9753.49/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2512.41/min · norm 3.36
9323.34/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3143.02/min · norm 3.19
46.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.8%
54.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 52.5%
10.05/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.28

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

Marcin Tybura

Distance 80.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 9.3%)

Shamil Abdurakhimov

Distance 78.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Marcin Tybura

Head 77.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)

Shamil Abdurakhimov

Head 73.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tybura L/AAccHeavyweight med Abdurakhimov L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 677 / 1670 40.5% 40.1% 169 / 444 38.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 96 / 144 66.7% 70.6% 60 / 92 65.2% 70.6%
On the ground 202 / 269 75.1% 70.2% 22 / 31 71.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 629 / 1613 39.0% 38.9% 149 / 419 35.6% 38.9%
To the body 216 / 322 67.1% 76.8% 47 / 74 63.5% 76.8%
To the legs 130 / 148 87.8% 87.8% 55 / 74 74.3% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Tybura L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Abdurakhimov L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 711 / 1754 40.5% 40.7% 118 / 408 28.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 150 / 195 76.9% 70.6% 59 / 104 56.7% 70.6%
On the ground 71 / 109 65.1% 72.0% 137 / 193 71.0% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 639 / 1710 37.4% 38.8% 237 / 601 39.4% 38.8%
To the body 181 / 220 82.3% 75.1% 44 / 65 67.7% 75.1%
To the legs 112 / 128 87.5% 84.4% 33 / 39 84.6% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2332.4% acc · 1.23/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
723.3% acc · 1.01/15 · norm 0.95
2970.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1045.5% def · norm 64.3%
75:3027.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
12:1411.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
44:102:22 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
18:192:38 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.11/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.16

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

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