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Nicholas Musoke vs.
Bojan Velickovic

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

3-3-0 Nicholas Musoke · UFC
2-3-1 Bojan Velickovic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
2-3-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
110.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
104.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLD
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.

Nicholas Musoke owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% Welterweight 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.

Nicholas Musoke

Full career not yet synced for Nicholas Musoke — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Bojan Velickovic

Full career not yet synced for Bojan Velickovic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2773.56/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1952.18/min · norm 3.17
2953.80/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2072.31/min · norm 3.06
35.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.8%norm 44.9%
57.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Nicholas Musoke

Distance 91.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.1%)

Bojan Velickovic

Distance 92.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Nicholas Musoke

Head 85.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Bojan Velickovic

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Musoke L/AAccWelterweight med Velickovic L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 704 32.1% 38.6% 166 / 519 32.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 36 / 50 72.0% 67.8% 19 / 30 63.3% 67.8%
On the ground 15 / 20 too few to rate 67.2% 10 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 662 28.5% 37.2% 93 / 395 23.5% 37.2%
To the body 59 / 81 72.8% 70.7% 29 / 54 53.7% 70.7%
To the legs 29 / 31 93.5% 82.9% 73 / 111 65.8% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Musoke L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Velickovic L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 627 39.9% 39.0% 156 / 427 36.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 24 / 39 61.5% 68.9% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 21 / 35 60.0% 68.0% 41 / 48 85.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 222 / 594 37.4% 35.6% 159 / 424 37.5% 35.6%
To the body 40 / 67 59.7% 69.6% 26 / 37 70.3% 69.6%
To the legs 33 / 40 82.5% 82.1% 22 / 27 81.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

619.4% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.27
1482.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1655.2% def · norm 63.9%
25:0832.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:408.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
5:181:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
29:464:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.19/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.50/15 · norm 0.45

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

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