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Khamzat Chimaev

15-1-0
32y·6' 2"·75" reach·Orthodox
8:29
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.03
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in September 2022, 90 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 396 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 76%Body 15%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 3%Ground 41%
And how often each lands
Head51%
Body56%
Legs97%
Distance44%
Clinch81%
Ground78%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins2 KO · 4 SUB · 3 DEC
1Losses1 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

95%
Phillips
95%
McKee
12%
Meerschaert
92%
Jingliang
16%
Burns
87%
Holland
48%
Usman
93%
Whittaker
87%
Plessis
29%
Strickland

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R14.16100%10
R22.9771%5
R35.25126%4
R44.102
R53.102

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.01
Strikes absorbed / min2.98
Striking accuracyof everything thrown54%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed52%
Takedowns / 15 min5.32
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land58%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed87%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.4
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.99
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts9.9m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

43.6%
Landed at range
507 thrown over 9 bouts
40.2%
Expected
against these opponents
+3.4pp
Gap
above expected
96.6%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LSean StricklandMay 2026S-DEC7:16 ctrl98 str9 td
Significant strikes
98 of 240 · 41%
Total strikes
137 of 283 · 48%
Takedowns
9 of 13 · 69%
Control
7:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 36%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDricus Du PlessisAug 2025U-DEC21:40 ctrl37 str12 td
Significant strikes
37 of 47 · 79%
Total strikes
529 of 567 · 93%
Takedowns
12 of 17 · 71%
Control
21:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 8%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 0%Ground 68%
This fight on UFCStats
WRobert WhittakerOct 2024SUB R13:20 ctrl3 str2 td
Significant strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Total strikes
25 of 31 · 81%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
3:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:34
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WKamaru UsmanOct 2023M-DEC7:16 ctrl38 str4 td
Significant strikes
38 of 70 · 54%
Total strikes
107 of 143 · 75%
Takedowns
4 of 12 · 33%
Control
7:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 8%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 0%Ground 42%
This fight on UFCStats
WKevin HollandSep 2022SUB R11:56 ctrl0 str2 td
Significant strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Total strikes
1 of 2 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
1:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:13
D'Arce Choke On Ground
This fight on UFCStats
WGilbert BurnsApr 2022U-DEC2:23 ctrl108 str2 td
Significant strikes
108 of 223 · 48%
Total strikes
124 of 239 · 52%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
2:23
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 13%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 10%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WLi JingliangOct 2021SUB R13:01 ctrl25 str1 td
Significant strikes
25 of 25 · 100%
Total strikes
58 of 62 · 94%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
3:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:16
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 0%Ground 96%
This fight on UFCStats
WGerald MeerschaertSep 2020KO R10:02 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Total strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:17
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WRhys McKeeJul 2020KO R12:59 ctrl40 str1 td
Significant strikes
40 of 62 · 65%
Total strikes
68 of 98 · 69%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
2:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:09
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohn PhillipsJul 2020SUB R25:54 ctrl43 str2 td
Significant strikes
43 of 52 · 83%
Total strikes
124 of 140 · 89%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
5:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:12
D'Arce Choke On Ground
Target
Head 93%Body 2%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 2%Clinch 0%Ground 98%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.