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Ricardo Ramos vs.
Aiemann Zahabi

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

8-7-0 Ricardo Ramos · UFC
8-3-0 Aiemann Zahabi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-7-0
UFC record
8-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.8
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
1.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Ricardo Ramos is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Ramos hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Aiemann Zahabi rarely shoots — 0.12 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Ricardo Ramos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Aiemann Zahabi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4002.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5824.47/min · norm 3.52
5463.97/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5354.11/min · norm 3.58
36.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 43.4%
54.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
68.2%norm 56.6%
30.33/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.30

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

Ricardo Ramos

Distance 92.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Aiemann Zahabi

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ricardo Ramos

Head 76.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 7.8%)

Aiemann Zahabi

Head 78.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ramos L/AAccFeatherweight med Zahabi L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 1019 33.6% 40.9% 529 / 1131 46.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 33 / 42 78.6% 70.8% 21 / 32 65.6% 68.7%
On the ground 25 / 37 67.6% 69.2% 32 / 47 68.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 838 29.6% 37.2% 403 / 954 42.2% 34.9%
To the body 84 / 141 59.6% 68.2% 91 / 139 65.5% 66.8%
To the legs 68 / 119 57.1% 80.7% 88 / 117 75.2% 79.4%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Ramos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Zahabi L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1096 42.7% 39.2% 519 / 1658 31.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 36 / 49 73.5% 70.3% 9 / 18 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 63 66.7% 69.4% 7 / 7 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 332 / 920 36.1% 35.9% 333 / 1353 24.6% 34.9%
To the body 92 / 135 68.1% 67.9% 110 / 208 52.9% 66.0%
To the legs 122 / 153 79.7% 81.5% 92 / 122 75.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2357.5% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.12/15 · norm 1.12
1967.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2683.9% def · norm 66.7%
19:3414.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:334.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
16:331:48 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:100:21 per 15 · norm 2:24
90.98/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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