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Navajo Stirling vs.
Tuco Tokkos

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

6-0-0 Navajo Stirling · UFC
1-3-0 Tuco Tokkos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-0-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
28.7
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
36.1
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
79"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
2.7
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Tuco Tokkos hunts takedowns — 2.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tuco Tokkos is a submission threat — 0.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Navajo Stirling outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 6.41 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 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.

Navajo Stirling

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.19 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Tuco Tokkos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 15
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4196.41/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
1002.32/min · norm 3.41
1612.46/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1393.22/min · norm 3.35
54.2%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 48.3%
59.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
46.7%norm 52.9%
20.46/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Navajo Stirling

Distance 81.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.4%)

Tuco Tokkos

Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 10.4%)

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

Navajo Stirling

Head 64.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 24.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.7%)

Tuco Tokkos

Head 78.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stirling L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Tokkos L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 313 / 630 49.7% 41.4% 87 / 213 40.8% 41.4%
In the clinch 24 / 34 70.6% 70.9% 6 / 13 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 82 / 109 75.2% 72.3% 7 / 13 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 221 / 501 44.1% 38.9% 66 / 188 35.1% 38.9%
To the body 133 / 187 71.1% 71.9% 13 / 23 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 65 / 85 76.5% 81.8% 21 / 28 75.0% 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 (Light 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 Stirling L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Tokkos L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 364 39.3% 40.4% 104 / 210 49.5% 40.4%
In the clinch 15 / 28 53.6% 68.7% 22 / 29 75.9% 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 303 30.7% 37.5% 89 / 195 45.6% 37.5%
To the body 35 / 48 72.9% 72.3% 42 / 55 76.4% 72.3%
To the legs 33 / 46 71.7% 83.0% 8 / 11 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

436.4% acc · 0.92/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
833.3% acc · 2.78/15 · norm 0.87
2369.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 66.7%
12:1618.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
12:3629.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
11:452:41 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
13:224:38 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.70/15 · norm 0.27

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

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