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Rustam Khabilov 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.

10-3-0 Rustam Khabilov · 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.

10-3-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39.8
AgeΔ 5.6 yrs
34.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 5"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
80.9
Layoff (months)Δ 29.5 mo
51.4
WLWWW
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.
Rustam Khabilov hunts takedowns — 3.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Sergey Khandozhko rarely shoots — 0.76 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Rustam Khabilov

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

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

3391.98/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1343.41/min · norm 3.17
3692.16/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
932.37/min · norm 3.06
34.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 44.9%
65.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 55.25%
10.09/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
31.15/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rustam Khabilov

Distance 82.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 8.0%)

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)

Rustam Khabilov

Head 84.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

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 Khabilov L/AAccLightweight med Khandozhko L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 815 27.4% 37.9% 125 / 310 40.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 55 54.5% 67.3% 7 / 10 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 86 / 118 72.9% 69.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 252 / 832 30.3% 35.0% 77 / 242 31.8% 37.2%
To the body 49 / 95 51.6% 69.1% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.7%
To the legs 38 / 61 62.3% 81.9% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Khabilov L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Khandozhko L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 982 32.0% 38.9% 77 / 219 35.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 45 / 72 62.5% 68.6% 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 23 too few to rate 68.0% 6 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 775 21.3% 35.1% 71 / 215 33.0% 35.6%
To the body 87 / 153 56.9% 68.1% 14 / 15 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 117 / 149 78.5% 81.5% 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.

4541.7% acc · 3.95/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 1.27
1161.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1161.1% def · norm 63.9%
45:3226.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
1:564.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
11:421:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
14:155:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.09/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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