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Said Nurmagomedov vs.
Mark Striegl

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

7-4-0 Said Nurmagomedov · UFC
0-2-0 Mark Striegl · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.3
AgeΔ 3.8 yrs
38.1
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
12.4
Layoff (months)Δ 41.1 mo
53.5
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Said Nurmagomedov is a submission threat — 1.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Mark Striegl rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Opponents land 59% of their head shots on Mark Striegl, vs a 36% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Said Nurmagomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Mark Striegl

Full career not yet synced for Mark Striegl — 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 +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3213.08/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
111.40/min · norm 3.54
2142.05/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
324.07/min · norm 3.47
48.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 45.0%
55.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
40.7%norm 54.85%
20.29/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Said Nurmagomedov

Distance 84.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.5%)

Mark Striegl

Distance 87.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Said Nurmagomedov

Head 71.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)

Mark Striegl

Head 66.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nurmagomedov L/AAccBantamweight med Striegl L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 556 43.9% 39.0% 10 / 21 too few to rate 40.9%
In the clinch 46 / 63 73.0% 68.7% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 31 / 42 73.8% 70.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 173 / 474 36.5% 34.9% 5 / 16 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 79 / 108 73.1% 66.8% 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 69 / 79 87.3% 79.4% 5 / 5 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Nurmagomedov L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Striegl L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 388 39.9% 39.3% 10 / 26 38.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 32 / 44 72.7% 70.4% 7 / 7 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 50 54.0% 72.4% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 294 30.3% 34.9% 29 / 49 59.2% 35.9%
To the body 52 / 91 57.1% 66.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 79.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

615.4% acc · 0.86/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
2463.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 61.5%
11:4711.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
1:2217.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
38:035:28 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
3:487:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
81.15/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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