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Tafon Nchukwi vs. Carlos Ulberg

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 10-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
10-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
32
AgeΔ 3 yrs
35
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
38.3
Layoff (months)Δ 32 mo
6.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Carlos Ulberg carries real power — 1.25 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Carlos Ulberg outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 6.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.48 norm.
Tafon Nchukwi outworks the Middleweight division — 5.46 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tafon Nchukwi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Carlos Ulberg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.2 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3935.46/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
5536.61/min · norm 3.48
2703.75/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3384.04/min · norm 3.37
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
56.0%norm 48.45%
54.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 52.75%
10.21/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
71.25/15 · norm 0.40

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

Tafon Nchukwi

Distance 79.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.0%)

Carlos Ulberg

Distance 91.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 10.6%)

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

Tafon Nchukwi

Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Carlos Ulberg

Head 74.0% (norm 78.5%) · Body 12.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nchukwi L/AAccMiddleweight med Ulberg L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 273 / 575 47.5% 40.5% 488 / 906 53.9% 41.5%
In the clinch 107 / 131 81.7% 70.6% 23 / 27 85.2% 70.8%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.4% 42 / 54 77.8% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 466 42.1% 38.8% 338 / 730 46.3% 39.2%
To the body 128 / 172 74.4% 71.6% 90 / 118 76.3% 72.0%
To the legs 69 / 85 81.2% 83.3% 125 / 139 89.9% 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Nchukwi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ulberg L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 231 / 532 43.4% 39.5% 324 / 663 48.9% 40.6%
In the clinch 12 / 21 too few to rate 70.4% 7 / 14 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 27 / 39 69.2% 69.0% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 455 35.4% 37.9% 178 / 462 38.5% 37.7%
To the body 47 / 65 72.3% 71.3% 49 / 90 54.4% 72.9%
To the legs 62 / 72 86.1% 82.1% 111 / 133 83.5% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
457.1% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
360.0% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 0.87
1164.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
685.7% def · norm 66.7%
8:2411.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:354.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
9:412:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:450:08 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.28

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