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Rafael Fiziev vs.
Mateusz Gamrot

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

8-5-0 Rafael Fiziev · UFC
9-4-0 Mateusz Gamrot · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-5-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.4
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
35.7
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
3.8
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Mateusz Gamrot hunts takedowns — 5.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mateusz Gamrot owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Rafael Fiziev absorbs 4.81 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
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.

Rafael Fiziev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Mateusz Gamrot

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 160

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7064.71/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4983.21/min · norm 3.42
7224.81/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4352.81/min · norm 3.37
52.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 43.5%
50.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.1%norm 56.3%
30.30/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.25

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

Rafael Fiziev

Distance 90.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

Mateusz Gamrot

Distance 82.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Rafael Fiziev

Head 58.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 29.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 7.9%)

Mateusz Gamrot

Head 85.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fiziev L/AAccLightweight med Gamrot L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 612 / 1212 50.5% 37.9% 375 / 800 46.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 74 / 95 77.9% 67.3% 32 / 37 86.5% 67.3%
On the ground 20 / 27 74.1% 69.1% 91 / 129 70.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 305 / 780 39.1% 35.0% 382 / 822 46.5% 35.0%
To the body 276 / 389 71.0% 69.1% 68 / 93 73.1% 69.1%
To the legs 125 / 165 75.8% 81.9% 48 / 51 94.1% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Fiziev L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gamrot L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 614 / 1298 47.3% 38.9% 378 / 1020 37.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 82 / 113 72.6% 68.6% 23 / 32 71.9% 68.6%
On the ground 26 / 39 66.7% 68.0% 34 / 38 89.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 464 / 1117 41.5% 35.1% 221 / 776 28.5% 35.1%
To the body 150 / 192 78.1% 68.1% 151 / 232 65.1% 68.1%
To the legs 108 / 141 76.6% 81.5% 63 / 82 76.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1071.4% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
5438.6% acc · 5.22/15 · norm 1.38
4790.4% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 64.0%
10:497.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
50:1032.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:021:18 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
8:260:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.19/15 · norm 0.49

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

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