Mohammed Usman vs.
Zac Pauga
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.
Mohammed Usman
Full career not yet synced for Mohammed Usman — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500
Zac Pauga
Full career not yet synced for Zac Pauga — 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 -1.0 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)
Mohammed Usman
Distance 97.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 9.3%)
Zac Pauga
Distance 78.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 20.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mohammed Usman
Head 77.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 22.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 7.6%)
Zac Pauga
Head 63.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 24.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Usman L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Pauga L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 298 / 770 | 38.7% | 40.1% | 124 / 218 | 56.9% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 49 / 58 | 84.5% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 189 / 611 | 30.9% | 38.9% | 87 / 176 | 49.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 119 / 176 | 67.6% | 76.8% | 57 / 69 | 82.6% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 31 / 33 | 93.9% | 81.8% |
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 · Light 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 Usman L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Pauga L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 321 / 671 | 47.8% | 40.7% | 87 / 231 | 37.7% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 22 / 33 | 66.7% | 70.6% | 17 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 213 / 552 | 38.6% | 38.8% | 78 / 219 | 35.6% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 63 / 74 | 85.1% | 75.1% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 68 / 79 | 86.1% | 84.4% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
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 — Usman has more cage time on record.