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Tucker Lutz vs.
Melsik Baghdasaryan

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

1-3-0 Tucker Lutz · UFC
3-3-0 Melsik Baghdasaryan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.1
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
34.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
36.7
Layoff (months)Δ 35.2 mo
1.5
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Melsik Baghdasaryan rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tucker Lutz hunts takedowns — 1.99 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Opponents land 55% of their strikes at range on Tucker Lutz, vs a 39% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Tucker Lutz

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Melsik Baghdasaryan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2194.43/min · norm 3.54
1853.50/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1462.96/min · norm 3.47
45.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
56.3%norm 45.0%
42.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.30/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tucker Lutz

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)

Melsik Baghdasaryan

Distance 88.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tucker Lutz

Head 71.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)

Melsik Baghdasaryan

Head 58.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 26.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lutz L/AAccFeatherweight med Baghdasaryan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 158 / 372 42.5% 40.9% 184 / 346 53.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 23 too few to rate 70.8% 30 / 36 83.3% 70.8%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.2% 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 284 33.5% 37.2% 97 / 229 42.4% 37.2%
To the body 54 / 76 71.1% 68.2% 78 / 103 75.7% 68.2%
To the legs 31 / 39 79.5% 80.7% 44 / 57 77.2% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Lutz L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Baghdasaryan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 156 / 284 54.9% 39.2% 125 / 312 40.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 31 77.4% 70.3% 14 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 7 / 9 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 205 46.8% 35.9% 72 / 223 32.3% 35.9%
To the body 69 / 93 74.2% 67.9% 48 / 83 57.8% 67.9%
To the legs 20 / 23 too few to rate 81.5% 26 / 36 72.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

738.9% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
960.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1168.8% def · norm 61.5%
12:0722.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
2:034.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
14:494:12 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:092:28 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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