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Rustam Khabilov vs. Jorge Masvidal

UFC 10-3-0 vs. 12-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-3-0
UFC record
12-10-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
83.3
Layoff (months)Δ 40.9 mo
42.4
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rustam Khabilov hunts takedowns — 3.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Rustam Khabilov owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Jorge Masvidal rarely shoots — 0.87 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rustam Khabilov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.37 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Jorge Masvidal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1411
Tier 3 — regional circuit 216

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 52 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3391.98/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
11703.98/min · norm 3.17
3692.16/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9013.07/min · norm 3.08
34.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.5%norm 44.75%
65.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 55.25%
10.09/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
90.46/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rustam Khabilov

Distance 82.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

Jorge Masvidal

Distance 77.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rustam Khabilov

Head 84.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.0%)

Jorge Masvidal

Head 73.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Khabilov L/AAccLightweight med Masvidal L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 815 27.4% 38.3% 808 / 1832 44.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 30 / 55 54.5% 67.5% 202 / 265 76.2% 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 118 72.9% 68.8% 160 / 268 59.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 252 / 832 30.3% 35.1% 695 / 1734 40.1% 36.4%
To the body 49 / 95 51.6% 69.1% 281 / 369 76.2% 70.7%
To the legs 38 / 61 62.3% 81.8% 194 / 262 74.0% 83.0%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Khabilov L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Masvidal L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 982 32.0% 38.8% 698 / 1813 38.5% 39.1%
In the clinch 45 / 72 62.5% 68.6% 114 / 163 69.9% 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 23 too few to rate 68.0% 89 / 143 62.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 775 21.3% 35.2% 545 / 1603 34.0% 35.6%
To the body 87 / 153 56.9% 68.2% 216 / 341 63.3% 69.6%
To the legs 117 / 149 78.5% 81.5% 140 / 175 80.0% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4541.7% acc · 3.95/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1753.1% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.31
1161.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
8569.7% def · norm 63.9%
45:3226.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
43:1614.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
11:421:01 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
75:303:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.09/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
70.36/15 · norm 0.44

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