Myktybek Orolbai vs.
Chris Curtis
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.
Myktybek Orolbai
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 3 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.54 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
Chris Curtis
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 45 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 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)
Myktybek Orolbai
Distance 76.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 21.3% (norm 8.1%)
Chris Curtis
Distance 95.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Myktybek Orolbai
Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 8.4%)
Chris Curtis
Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Orolbai L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Curtis L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 114 / 262 | 43.5% | 38.6% | 780 / 1635 | 47.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 55 / 68 | 80.9% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 51 / 73 | 69.9% | 67.2% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 128 / 283 | 45.2% | 37.2% | 578 / 1357 | 42.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 70.7% | 225 / 312 | 72.1% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 21 / 28 | 75.0% | 82.9% | 45 / 51 | 88.2% | 83.3% |
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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Orolbai L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Curtis L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 122 / 285 | 42.8% | 39.0% | 845 / 1865 | 45.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 25 | 76.0% | 68.9% | 45 / 76 | 59.2% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 25 / 29 | 86.2% | 68.0% | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 101 / 258 | 39.1% | 35.6% | 570 / 1548 | 36.8% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 34 / 46 | 73.9% | 69.6% | 173 / 238 | 72.7% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 31 / 35 | 88.6% | 82.1% | 167 / 184 | 90.8% | 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 — Curtis has more cage time on record.