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Rostem Akman vs.
Sergey Khandozhko

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

0-2-0 Rostem Akman · UFC
2-1-0 Sergey Khandozhko · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34.6
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
34.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
82
Layoff (months)Δ 30.6 mo
51.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLW
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.

Sergey Khandozhko carries real power — 1.15 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Rostem Akman is wasteful with head shots — only 21% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.
Rostem Akman is wasteful with strikes at range — only 22% land, vs a 39% 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.

Rostem Akman

Full career not yet synced for Rostem Akman — 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 +1.5 wins over .500

Sergey Khandozhko

Full career not yet synced for Sergey Khandozhko — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

541.80/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1343.41/min · norm 3.17
1193.97/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
932.37/min · norm 3.06
25.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 44.9%
57.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
31.15/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rostem Akman

Distance 92.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Sergey Khandozhko

Distance 95.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rostem Akman

Head 88.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)

Sergey Khandozhko

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Akman L/AAccWelterweight med Khandozhko L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 195 21.5% 38.6% 125 / 310 40.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 67.8% 7 / 10 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 2 / 5 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 185 20.5% 37.2% 77 / 242 31.8% 37.2%
To the body 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.7% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.7%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.9% 33 / 38 86.8% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Akman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Khandozhko L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 108 / 268 40.3% 39.0% 77 / 219 35.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 68.9% 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 6 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 176 27.8% 35.6% 71 / 215 33.0% 35.6%
To the body 31 / 62 50.0% 69.6% 14 / 15 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 39 / 44 88.6% 82.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.27
787.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1161.1% def · norm 63.9%
3:2211.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:564.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:500:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
14:155:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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