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Walt Harris vs.
Nikita Krylov

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

6-9-0 (1 NC) Walt Harris · UFC
12-10-0 Nikita Krylov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
12-10-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
43.2
AgeΔ 8.8 yrs
34.4
6'5"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
62
Layoff (months)Δ 61.1 mo
0.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Walt Harris carries real power — 1.30 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Nikita Krylov is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Nikita Krylov hunts takedowns — 2.19 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Walt Harris

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Nikita Krylov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 192

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3173.05/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
6894.38/min · norm 3.41
3463.33/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4332.75/min · norm 3.35
39.2%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 48.3%
54.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
48.1%norm 52.9%
91.30/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
60.57/15 · norm 0.40

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

Walt Harris

Distance 80.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Nikita Krylov

Distance 72.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Walt Harris

Head 79.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 7.6%)

Nikita Krylov

Head 69.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Harris L/AAccHeavyweight med Krylov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 648 32.3% 40.1% 408 / 916 44.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 29 / 55 52.7% 70.6% 156 / 199 78.4% 70.9%
On the ground 79 / 106 74.5% 70.2% 125 / 156 80.1% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 215 / 643 33.4% 38.9% 406 / 883 46.0% 38.9%
To the body 78 / 139 56.1% 76.8% 171 / 255 67.1% 71.9%
To the legs 24 / 27 88.9% 87.8% 112 / 133 84.2% 81.8%

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 · Light 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 Harris L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Krylov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 252 / 622 40.5% 40.7% 274 / 608 45.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 17 / 35 48.6% 70.6% 68 / 98 69.4% 68.7%
On the ground 77 / 107 72.0% 72.0% 91 / 129 70.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 208 / 568 36.6% 38.8% 374 / 761 49.1% 37.5%
To the body 67 / 106 63.2% 75.1% 37 / 50 74.0% 72.3%
To the legs 71 / 90 78.9% 84.4% 22 / 24 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

228.6% acc · 0.29/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2338.3% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 0.87
1470.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2553.2% def · norm 66.7%
5:545.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
55:3835.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
14:122:03 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
36:413:29 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.14/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
121.14/15 · norm 0.27

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

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