Valeri Ignatov vs.
Evan Tanner
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Valeri Ignatov
Full career not yet synced for Valeri Ignatov — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Evan Tanner
Full career not yet synced for Evan Tanner — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Valeri Ignatov
Distance 87.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)
Evan Tanner
Distance 46.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Valeri Ignatov
Head 93.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)
Evan Tanner
Head 70.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ignatov L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Tanner L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 29 | 20.7% | 37.9% | 129 / 301 | 42.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 95 / 123 | 77.2% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 164 / 223 | 73.5% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 31 | 22.6% | 35.0% | 237 / 455 | 52.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 97 / 131 | 74.0% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 54 / 61 | 88.5% | 83.3% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Ignatov L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Tanner L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 16 / 35 | 45.7% | 38.9% | 173 / 528 | 32.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 103 / 135 | 76.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 80 / 107 | 74.8% | 68.0% | 25 / 46 | 54.3% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 66 / 114 | 57.9% | 35.1% | 223 / 616 | 36.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 33 / 34 | 97.1% | 68.1% | 52 / 62 | 83.9% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 26 / 31 | 83.9% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tanner has more cage time on record.