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Siyar Bahadurzada vs.
Rob Wilkinson

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

4-4-0 Siyar Bahadurzada · UFC
0-2-0 Rob Wilkinson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42.3
AgeΔ 7.8 yrs
34.5
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
82.3
Layoff (months)Δ 19.5 mo
101.8
LLWWW
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.

Rob Wilkinson hunts takedowns — 4.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Siyar Bahadurzada carries real power — 0.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Rob Wilkinson owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Siyar Bahadurzada

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Rob Wilkinson

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2642.91/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
462.74/min · norm 3.25
2933.23/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
955.66/min · norm 3.20
40.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 47.4%
49.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
39.1%norm 53.8%
50.83/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Siyar Bahadurzada

Distance 69.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 8.1%)

Rob Wilkinson

Distance 75.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Siyar Bahadurzada

Head 82.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.4%)

Rob Wilkinson

Head 56.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 26.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bahadurzada L/AAccWelterweight med Wilkinson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 130 / 452 28.8% 38.6% 29 / 69 42.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 59 / 86 68.6% 67.8% 17 / 23 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 75 / 110 68.2% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 191 / 537 35.6% 37.2% 17 / 52 32.7% 38.9%
To the body 54 / 80 67.5% 70.7% 9 / 16 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 19 / 31 61.3% 82.9% 20 / 24 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Bahadurzada L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Wilkinson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 445 50.1% 39.0% 46 / 88 52.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.9% 38 / 46 82.6% 70.9%
On the ground 34 / 73 46.6% 68.0% 11 / 22 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 390 42.8% 35.6% 71 / 130 54.6% 37.9%
To the body 49 / 86 57.0% 69.6% 20 / 20 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 77 / 100 77.0% 82.1% 4 / 6 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.

861.5% acc · 1.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
525.0% acc · 4.47/15 · norm 1.42
2062.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.1%
15:4117.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:2438.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
28:284:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:280:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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