Warlley Alves vs.
Abus Magomedov
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.
Warlley Alves
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
Abus Magomedov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 21 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 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)
Warlley Alves
Distance 85.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)
Abus Magomedov
Distance 92.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.3% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Warlley Alves
Head 70.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)
Abus Magomedov
Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 22.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Alves L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Magomedov L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 379 / 861 | 44.0% | 38.6% | 207 / 452 | 45.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 71 / 97 | 73.2% | 67.8% | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 35 / 51 | 68.6% | 67.2% | 24 / 31 | 77.4% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 268 / 715 | 37.5% | 37.2% | 135 / 346 | 39.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 111 / 157 | 70.7% | 70.7% | 74 / 109 | 67.9% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 106 / 137 | 77.4% | 82.9% | 30 / 36 | 83.3% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Alves L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Magomedov L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 466 / 1046 | 44.6% | 39.0% | 239 / 565 | 42.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 128 / 168 | 76.2% | 68.9% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 35 / 62 | 56.5% | 68.0% | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 423 / 995 | 42.5% | 35.6% | 174 / 457 | 38.1% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 150 / 210 | 71.4% | 69.6% | 54 / 88 | 61.4% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 56 / 71 | 78.9% | 82.1% | 33 / 54 | 61.1% | 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 — Alves has more cage time on record.