Mirsad Bektic vs.
Russell Doane
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.
Mirsad Bektic
Full career not yet synced for Mirsad Bektic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Russell Doane
Full career not yet synced for Russell Doane — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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)
Mirsad Bektic
Distance 65.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 27.2% (norm 6.5%)
Russell Doane
Distance 70.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mirsad Bektic
Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)
Russell Doane
Head 85.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bektic L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Doane L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 104 / 388 | 26.8% | 40.9% | 67 / 235 | 28.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 42 | 61.9% | 70.8% | 25 / 33 | 75.8% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 117 / 161 | 72.7% | 69.2% | 45 / 67 | 67.2% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 205 / 532 | 38.5% | 37.2% | 103 / 285 | 36.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 29 / 42 | 69.0% | 68.2% | 24 / 37 | 64.9% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 10 / 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Bektic L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Doane L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 90 / 318 | 28.3% | 39.2% | 90 / 233 | 38.6% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 52 / 61 | 85.2% | 70.3% | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 41 / 55 | 74.5% | 69.4% | 29 / 32 | 90.6% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 111 / 348 | 31.9% | 35.9% | 60 / 188 | 31.9% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 55 / 66 | 83.3% | 67.9% | 42 / 56 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 29 / 38 | 76.3% | 79.1% |
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 — Bektic has more cage time on record.