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Tanner Boser vs. Ion Cutelaba

UFC 6-6-0 vs. 9-11-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-6-0
UFC record
9-11-1
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 3 yrs
32
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.9 mo
4
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ion Cutelaba hunts takedowns — 4.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Tanner Boser outworks the Heavyweight division — 4.63 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Ion Cutelaba

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 911
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6204.63/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
6944.13/min · norm 3.48
3732.78/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5753.42/min · norm 3.37
54.1%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 48.45%
58.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
46.1%norm 52.75%
20.22/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.18/15 · norm 0.40

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

Tanner Boser

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 9.3%)

Ion Cutelaba

Distance 76.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.6%)

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

Tanner Boser

Head 68.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 7.6%)

Ion Cutelaba

Head 82.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 9.7%)

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 Cutelaba L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 514 / 1012 50.8% 40.1% 416 / 1209 34.4% 41.5%
In the clinch 53 / 68 77.9% 70.4% 138 / 198 69.7% 70.8%
On the ground 53 / 67 79.1% 70.2% 140 / 184 76.1% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 311 / 786 39.6% 39.0% 480 / 1308 36.7% 39.2%
To the body 120 / 154 77.9% 77.0% 124 / 174 71.3% 72.0%
To the legs 189 / 207 91.3% 87.8% 90 / 109 82.6% 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Boser L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Cutelaba L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 301 / 805 37.4% 40.7% 445 / 888 50.1% 40.6%
In the clinch 46 / 58 79.3% 70.6% 71 / 99 71.7% 68.8%
On the ground 26 / 27 96.3% 72.2% 59 / 80 73.8% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 232 / 694 33.4% 39.3% 429 / 897 47.8% 37.7%
To the body 89 / 127 70.1% 75.1% 74 / 93 79.6% 72.9%
To the legs 52 / 69 75.4% 84.4% 72 / 77 93.5% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
375.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
4551.1% acc · 4.02/15 · norm 0.87
1669.6% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
3276.2% def · norm 66.7%
19:1814.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
38:5823.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
18:292:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
30:442:44 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.11/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
30.27/15 · norm 0.28

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