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SeungWoo Choi vs.
Movsar Evloev

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

4-7-0 SeungWoo Choi · UFC
10-0-0 Movsar Evloev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-7-0
UFC record
10-0-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
6'0"
HeightΔ 5"
5'7"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12.2 mo
4.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Movsar Evloev hunts takedowns — 4.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
SeungWoo Choi carries real power — 0.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Movsar Evloev owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

SeungWoo Choi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Movsar Evloev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 100
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.78 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3843.56/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
6253.91/min · norm 3.54
3413.16/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4482.80/min · norm 3.47
38.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 45.0%
47.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.3%norm 54.85%
50.69/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

SeungWoo Choi

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 6.5%)

Movsar Evloev

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

SeungWoo Choi

Head 77.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 7.8%)

Movsar Evloev

Head 86.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Choi L/AAccFeatherweight med Evloev L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 270 / 815 33.1% 40.9% 470 / 1121 41.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 67 / 99 67.7% 70.8% 50 / 66 75.8% 70.8%
On the ground 47 / 73 64.4% 69.2% 105 / 125 84.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 230 / 761 30.2% 37.2% 479 / 1128 42.5% 37.2%
To the body 84 / 134 62.7% 68.2% 94 / 116 81.0% 68.2%
To the legs 70 / 92 76.1% 80.7% 52 / 68 76.5% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Choi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Evloev L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 240 / 519 46.2% 39.2% 379 / 1067 35.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 40 / 51 78.4% 70.3% 39 / 49 79.6% 70.3%
On the ground 61 / 74 82.4% 69.4% 30 / 41 73.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 461 45.8% 35.9% 275 / 909 30.3% 35.9%
To the body 66 / 104 63.5% 67.9% 121 / 178 68.0% 67.9%
To the legs 64 / 79 81.0% 81.5% 52 / 70 74.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

654.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
5152.6% acc · 4.78/15 · norm 1.19
3170.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2261.1% def · norm 61.5%
19:4118.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
57:0635.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
27:043:45 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
12:071:08 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.19/15 · norm 0.46

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

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