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Tanner Boser vs.
Gokhan Saricam

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

5-6-0 Tanner Boser · UFC
1-0-0 Gokhan Saricam · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-6-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 0 yrs
35
6'2"
Height
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.6
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
W
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.

Gokhan Saricam carries real power — 1.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Gokhan Saricam rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Tanner Boser

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

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

Gokhan Saricam

Full career not yet synced for Gokhan Saricam — 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

5764.82/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
575.87/min · norm 3.36
3593.00/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
606.17/min · norm 3.19
53.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 47.8%
57.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
38.1%norm 52.5%
20.25/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
11.54/15 · norm 0.28

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%)

Gokhan Saricam

Distance 81.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 7.4% (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%)

Gokhan Saricam

Head 83.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.3% (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/AAccHeavyweight med Saricam L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 498 / 974 51.1% 40.1% 39 / 99 39.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 52 / 67 77.6% 70.6% 10 / 13 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 26 / 35 74.3% 70.2% 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 727 38.2% 38.9% 40 / 101 39.6% 38.9%
To the body 112 / 146 76.7% 76.8% 8 / 10 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 186 / 203 91.6% 87.8% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Saricam L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 288 / 762 37.8% 40.7% 47 / 82 57.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 45 / 56 80.4% 70.6% 13 / 14 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 26 / 27 96.3% 72.0% 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 659 34.0% 38.8% 30 / 64 46.9% 38.8%
To the body 86 / 123 69.9% 75.1% 9 / 12 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 49 / 63 77.8% 84.4% 21 / 21 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
1669.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
9:007.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:2013.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:292:19 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
1:302:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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