Omari Akhmedov vs.
Brian Ebersole
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.
Omari Akhmedov
Full career not yet synced for Omari Akhmedov — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500
Brian Ebersole
Full career not yet synced for Brian Ebersole — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 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)
Omari Akhmedov
Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.3%)
Brian Ebersole
Distance 71.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Omari Akhmedov
Head 84.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)
Brian Ebersole
Head 67.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Akhmedov L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Ebersole L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 389 / 1335 | 29.1% | 40.5% | 142 / 352 | 40.3% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 100 | 65.0% | 70.3% | 42 / 64 | 65.6% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 81 / 121 | 66.9% | 69.1% | 57 / 76 | 75.0% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 383 / 1320 | 29.0% | 38.9% | 142 / 331 | 42.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 89 / 148 | 60.1% | 71.7% | 40 / 74 | 54.1% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 63 / 88 | 71.6% | 83.3% | 59 / 87 | 67.8% | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Akhmedov L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Ebersole L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 386 / 990 | 39.0% | 39.5% | 156 / 421 | 37.1% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 82 / 114 | 71.9% | 70.9% | 70 / 112 | 62.5% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 44 / 54 | 81.5% | 69.0% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 340 / 907 | 37.5% | 37.9% | 122 / 386 | 31.6% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 84 / 141 | 59.6% | 71.3% | 77 / 110 | 70.0% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 88 / 110 | 80.0% | 82.1% | 36 / 47 | 76.6% | 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 — Akhmedov has more cage time on record.