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Roman Dolidze vs.
Khadis Ibragimov

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

9-5-0 Roman Dolidze · UFC
0-4-0 Khadis Ibragimov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-5-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
38.1
AgeΔ 6.9 yrs
31.2
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 65.8 mo
70.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Roman Dolidze is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Khadis Ibragimov owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Roman Dolidze's takedown defense leaks — 32% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight 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.

Roman Dolidze

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Khadis Ibragimov

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

In the UFC: 0-1 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

5783.19/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1643.55/min · norm 3.41
6743.71/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1974.26/min · norm 3.35
41.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 48.3%
48.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.3%norm 52.9%
40.33/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Roman Dolidze

Distance 86.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 10.3%)

Khadis Ibragimov

Distance 84.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.4%)

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

Roman Dolidze

Head 77.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)

Khadis Ibragimov

Head 93.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dolidze L/AAccMiddleweight med Ibragimov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1204 38.9% 40.5% 128 / 277 46.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 35 / 72 48.6% 70.3% 31 / 44 70.5% 70.9%
On the ground 75 / 113 66.4% 69.1% 5 / 8 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 366 / 1081 33.9% 38.9% 147 / 307 47.9% 38.9%
To the body 84 / 142 59.2% 71.7% 10 / 15 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 128 / 166 77.1% 83.3% 7 / 7 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 Dolidze L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ibragimov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 556 / 1155 48.1% 39.5% 133 / 292 45.5% 40.4%
In the clinch 43 / 58 74.1% 70.9% 55 / 73 75.3% 68.7%
On the ground 75 / 95 78.9% 69.0% 9 / 9 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 382 / 946 40.4% 37.9% 134 / 302 44.4% 37.5%
To the body 88 / 136 64.7% 71.3% 36 / 41 87.8% 72.3%
To the legs 204 / 226 90.3% 82.1% 27 / 31 87.1% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1443.8% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
330.0% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 0.87
832.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1781.0% def · norm 66.7%
47:1426.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:2724.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
18:201:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
9:433:09 per 15 · norm 2:48
90.74/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.27

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

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