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Umar Nurmagomedov vs.
Deiveson Figueiredo

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

8-1-0 Umar Nurmagomedov · UFC
14-7-1 Deiveson Figueiredo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-1-0
UFC record
14-7-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
30.6
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38.6
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'5"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
2.2
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Umar Nurmagomedov hunts takedowns — 4.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Umar Nurmagomedov owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight 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.

Umar Nurmagomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Deiveson Figueiredo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 147
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4893.86/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7182.57/min · norm 3.49
2361.86/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
9613.43/min · norm 3.24
56.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.9%norm 44.6%
61.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 56.4%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
120.64/15 · norm 0.18

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

Umar Nurmagomedov

Distance 75.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Umar Nurmagomedov

Head 76.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nurmagomedov L/AAccBantamweight med Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 329 / 654 50.3% 39.0% 544 / 1092 49.8% 40.0%
In the clinch 29 / 39 74.4% 68.7% 52 / 75 69.3% 70.4%
On the ground 131 / 173 75.7% 70.2% 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 334 / 662 50.5% 34.9% 431 / 953 45.2% 37.6%
To the body 99 / 140 70.7% 66.8% 202 / 271 74.5% 68.5%
To the legs 56 / 64 87.5% 79.4% 85 / 108 78.7% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Nurmagomedov L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 206 / 557 37.0% 39.3% 783 / 1633 47.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 28 / 47 59.6% 70.4% 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 72.4% 96 / 154 62.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 117 / 438 26.7% 34.9% 622 / 1464 42.5% 35.2%
To the body 74 / 111 66.7% 66.0% 151 / 217 69.6% 68.2%
To the legs 45 / 59 76.3% 79.1% 188 / 227 82.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3446.6% acc · 4.03/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3034.9% acc · 1.61/15 · norm 1.30
2779.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
49:0538.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
43:4815.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
3:350:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
47:482:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
221.18/15 · norm 0.58

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

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