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Rinat Fakhretdinov vs.
Andreas Michailidis

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

6-0-1 Rinat Fakhretdinov · UFC
1-3-0 Andreas Michailidis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-0-1
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
34.9
AgeΔ 3.2 yrs
38.1
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11
Layoff (months)Δ 39.1 mo
50.1
WWWDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

Rinat Fakhretdinov hunts takedowns — 3.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rinat Fakhretdinov owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% 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.

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 171

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Andreas Michailidis

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3865.02/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1172.90/min · norm 3.25
2773.61/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1443.57/min · norm 3.20
52.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.4%
54.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
44.4%norm 53.8%
30.59/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Distance 73.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

Andreas Michailidis

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Andreas Michailidis

Head 70.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fakhretdinov L/AAccWelterweight med Michailidis L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 254 / 539 47.1% 38.6% 98 / 201 48.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 67 / 94 71.3% 67.8% 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 65 / 97 67.0% 67.2% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 275 / 594 46.3% 37.2% 64 / 161 39.8% 38.9%
To the body 53 / 74 71.6% 70.7% 31 / 40 77.5% 71.7%
To the legs 58 / 62 93.5% 82.9% 22 / 26 84.6% 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Fakhretdinov L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Michailidis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 208 / 519 40.1% 39.0% 94 / 201 46.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 51 / 67 76.1% 68.9% 32 / 37 86.5% 70.9%
On the ground 18 / 22 too few to rate 68.0% 18 / 21 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 475 35.8% 35.6% 47 / 135 34.8% 37.9%
To the body 65 / 89 73.0% 69.6% 31 / 42 73.8% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 44 95.5% 82.1% 66 / 82 80.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2034.5% acc · 3.91/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
327.3% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
1191.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
550.0% def · norm 63.1%
41:3154.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:4616.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:131:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:164:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.20/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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