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Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Elves Brener

UFC 5-3-1 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-1
UFC record
4-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
35
AgeΔ 6 yrs
29
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
44.3
Layoff (months)Δ 43.5 mo
0.8
LWLWD
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Elves Brener carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Zubaira Tukhugov hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Elves Brener absorbs 5.67 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Zubaira Tukhugov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Elves Brener

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3573.17/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3864.82/min · norm 3.44
3463.07/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4545.67/min · norm 3.38
39.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 43.65%
63.8%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 56.3%
30.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.56/15 · norm 0.25

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

Zubaira Tukhugov

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

Elves Brener

Distance 94.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 8.0%)

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

Zubaira Tukhugov

Head 91.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.9%)

Elves Brener

Head 72.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tukhugov L/AAccFeatherweight med Brener L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 302 / 805 37.5% 40.5% 354 / 749 47.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 24 / 41 58.5% 70.5% 12 / 19 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 31 / 48 64.6% 69.3% 20 / 28 71.4% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 312 / 817 38.2% 37.1% 218 / 574 38.0% 35.1%
To the body 36 / 67 53.7% 68.0% 74 / 112 66.1% 69.1%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.3% 94 / 110 85.5% 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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Tukhugov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brener L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 930 35.5% 39.3% 356 / 797 44.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 54 / 64 84.4% 68.6%
On the ground 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.4% 44 / 64 68.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 687 25.5% 35.9% 329 / 760 43.3% 35.2%
To the body 85 / 148 57.4% 68.0% 93 / 121 76.9% 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 121 71.1% 81.5% 32 / 44 72.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1639.0% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
516.7% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.34
8100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2071.4% def · norm 63.7%
18:1016.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
6:137.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
0:370:04 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
14:122:39 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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