Tanner Boser vs.
Andrei Arlovski
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Tanner Boser
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Andrei Arlovski
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 23 | 18 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 23 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 59 documented bouts
In the UFC: 15-16 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Tanner Boser
Distance 90.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 9.3%)
Andrei Arlovski
Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Tanner Boser
Head 67.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.9% (norm 7.6%)
Andrei Arlovski
Head 72.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Boser L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Arlovski L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 498 / 974 | 51.1% | 40.1% | 1352 / 3136 | 43.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 52 / 67 | 77.6% | 70.6% | 191 / 280 | 68.2% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 26 / 35 | 74.3% | 70.2% | 42 / 63 | 66.7% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 278 / 727 | 38.2% | 38.9% | 875 / 2536 | 34.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 112 / 146 | 76.7% | 76.8% | 339 / 475 | 71.4% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 186 / 203 | 91.6% | 87.8% | 371 / 468 | 79.3% | 87.8% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Boser L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Arlovski L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 288 / 762 | 37.8% | 40.7% | 995 / 2590 | 38.4% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 45 / 56 | 80.4% | 70.6% | 191 / 284 | 67.3% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 26 / 27 | 96.3% | 72.0% | 160 / 239 | 66.9% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 224 / 659 | 34.0% | 38.8% | 853 / 2459 | 34.7% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 86 / 123 | 69.9% | 75.1% | 244 / 357 | 68.3% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 49 / 63 | 77.8% | 84.4% | 249 / 297 | 83.8% | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Arlovski has more cage time on record.