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Renato Moicano vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

UFC 13-7-0 vs. 5-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-7-0
UFC record
5-3-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6.5
Layoff (months)Δ 37.8 mo
44.3
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zubaira Tukhugov hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Zubaira Tukhugov carries real power — 0.40 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Renato Moicano hunts takedowns — 1.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Renato Moicano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 137
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Zubaira Tukhugov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7714.10/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3573.17/min · norm 3.52
6683.55/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3463.07/min · norm 3.50
49.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 44.7%
59.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
63.8%norm 54.8%
20.16/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Renato Moicano

Distance 88.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Renato Moicano

Head 82.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Head 91.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moicano L/AAccLightweight med Tukhugov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 636 / 1379 46.1% 38.3% 302 / 805 37.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 33 75.8% 67.5% 24 / 41 58.5% 70.5%
On the ground 110 / 155 71.0% 68.8% 31 / 48 64.6% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 563 / 1296 43.4% 35.1% 312 / 817 38.2% 37.1%
To the body 75 / 114 65.8% 69.1% 36 / 67 53.7% 68.0%
To the legs 133 / 157 84.7% 81.8% 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Moicano L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Tukhugov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 556 / 1502 37.0% 38.8% 330 / 930 35.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 27 / 36 75.0% 68.6% 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 85 / 119 71.4% 68.0% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 419 / 1331 31.5% 35.2% 175 / 687 25.5% 35.9%
To the body 123 / 176 69.9% 68.2% 85 / 148 57.4% 68.0%
To the legs 126 / 150 84.0% 81.5% 86 / 121 71.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2140.4% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1639.0% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.17
2764.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
8100.0% def · norm 61.5%
41:1121.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
18:1016.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
24:421:58 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:370:04 per 15 · norm 3:11
70.56/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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