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Mirsad Bektic vs. Russell Doane

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
73
Layoff (months)Δ 30.8 mo
103.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mirsad Bektic owns the mat — in control 60% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Mirsad Bektic hunts takedowns — 3.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Russell Doane is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mirsad Bektic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Russell Doane

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.64 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2472.43/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1371.75/min · norm 3.52
1831.80/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1311.68/min · norm 3.58
41.8%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 43.5%
57.8%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 56.6%
20.29/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

Mirsad Bektic

Distance 65.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 27.2% (norm 6.5%)

Russell Doane

Distance 70.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Mirsad Bektic

Head 90.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.9%)

Russell Doane

Head 85.1% (norm 77.5%) · 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/AAccFeatherweight med Doane L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 388 26.8% 40.5% 67 / 235 28.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 26 / 42 61.9% 70.5% 25 / 33 75.8% 69.0%
On the ground 117 / 161 72.7% 69.3% 45 / 67 67.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 532 38.5% 37.1% 103 / 285 36.1% 35.3%
To the body 29 / 42 69.0% 68.0% 24 / 37 64.9% 66.9%
To the legs 13 / 17 too few to rate 80.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Doane L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 90 / 318 28.3% 39.3% 90 / 233 38.6% 39.4%
In the clinch 52 / 61 85.2% 70.3% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 41 / 55 74.5% 69.4% 29 / 32 90.6% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 348 31.9% 35.9% 60 / 188 31.9% 34.9%
To the body 55 / 66 83.3% 68.0% 42 / 56 75.0% 66.1%
To the legs 17 / 20 too few to rate 81.5% 29 / 38 76.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2752.9% acc · 3.98/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1145.8% acc · 2.11/15 · norm 1.12
1292.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1952.8% def · norm 65.7%
60:3759.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
24:1931.1% of cage time · norm 17.8%
6:060:53 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
24:414:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.77/15 · norm 0.28

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