Rodolfo Vieira vs.
Saparbeg Safarov
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.
Rodolfo Vieira
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Saparbeg Safarov
Full career not yet synced for Saparbeg Safarov — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Rodolfo Vieira
Distance 90.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 10.3%)
Saparbeg Safarov
Distance 69.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 23.7% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rodolfo Vieira
Head 76.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 8.4%)
Saparbeg Safarov
Head 88.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Vieira L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Safarov L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 349 / 659 | 53.0% | 40.5% | 60 / 174 | 34.5% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 70.3% | 9 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 24 / 40 | 60.0% | 69.1% | 51 / 59 | 86.4% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 252 / 557 | 45.2% | 38.9% | 98 / 221 | 44.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 56 / 72 | 77.8% | 71.7% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 86 / 97 | 88.7% | 83.3% | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 81.8% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Vieira L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Safarov L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 436 / 896 | 48.7% | 39.5% | 57 / 121 | 47.1% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 41 | 78.0% | 70.9% | 16 / 24 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 69.0% | 15 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 346 / 770 | 44.9% | 37.9% | 65 / 137 | 47.4% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 82 / 126 | 65.1% | 71.3% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 63 / 70 | 90.0% | 82.1% | 16 / 17 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
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 — Vieira has more cage time on record.