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Tyrell Fortune vs.
Rizvan Kuniev

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

1-1-0 Tyrell Fortune · UFC
2-1-0 Rizvan Kuniev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
Age
34.4
Height
6'4"
Reach
76"
Stance
Orthodox
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.4
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWL
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.

Rizvan Kuniev rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Tyrell Fortune hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Tyrell Fortune absorbs 4.31 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Tyrell Fortune

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 154
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.64 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Rizvan Kuniev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

501.91/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1543.74/min · norm 3.36
1134.31/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1072.60/min · norm 3.19
49.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.8%
50.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
47.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.36/15 · norm 0.28

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

Tyrell Fortune

Distance 71.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 9.3%)

Rizvan Kuniev

Distance 72.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 27.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Tyrell Fortune

Head 84.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 7.6%)

Rizvan Kuniev

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fortune L/AAccHeavyweight med Kuniev L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 73 38.4% 40.1% 92 / 233 39.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.6% 61 / 87 70.1% 70.6%
On the ground 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 86 41.9% 38.9% 115 / 271 42.4% 38.9%
To the body 10 / 11 too few to rate 76.8% 35 / 46 76.1% 76.8%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 87.8% 4 / 4 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 Fortune L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Kuniev L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 71 / 171 41.5% 40.7% 77 / 169 45.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 41 / 58 70.7% 70.6% 30 / 36 83.3% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 171 39.8% 38.8% 63 / 154 40.9% 38.8%
To the body 40 / 53 75.5% 75.1% 19 / 24 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 84.4% 25 / 27 92.6% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2392.0% def · norm 64.3%
5:0719.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
9:2222.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
3:021:44 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
6:452:27 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 — Kuniev has more cage time on record.

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