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Nassourdine Imavov

17-4-0 (1 NC)
30y·6' 3"·75" reach·Orthodox
2:21
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.11
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
44%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
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 January 2023, 79 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 12 recorded bouts, 784 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 68%Body 20%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 15%Ground 12%
And how often each lands
Head48%
Body74%
Legs86%
Distance50%
Clinch88%
Ground67%

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.

9Wins4 KO · 5 DEC
2Losses2 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.

32%
Williams
1%
Hawes
15%
Heinisch
40%
Shahbazyan
26%
Buckley
1%
Strickland
29%
Curtis
15%
Dolidze
7%
Cannonier
39%
Allen
13%
Adesanya
2%
Borralho

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
R13.33100%12
R24.57137%12
R34.85145%8
R44.82145%4
R54.93148%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.28
Strikes absorbed / min3.17
Striking accuracyof everything thrown54%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed58%
Takedowns / 15 min0.74
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land32%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed81%
Sub attempts / 15 min1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.45
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 12 bouts15.3m

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.

49.7%
Landed at range
1,153 thrown over 12 bouts
39.6%
Expected
against these opponents
+10.1pp
Gap
above expected
81.2%
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

WCaio BorralhoSep 2025U-DEC0:29 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 162 · 50%
Total strikes
89 of 170 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 17%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIsrael AdesanyaFeb 2025KO R20:44 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 31 · 48%
Total strikes
18 of 34 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:30
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 60%Body 0%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrendan AllenSep 2024U-DEC5:47 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 86 · 66%
Total strikes
79 of 114 · 69%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
5:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 89%Body 9%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 12%Ground 23%
This fight on UFCStats
WJared CannonierJun 2024KO R41:10 ctrl82 str2 td
Significant strikes
82 of 134 · 61%
Total strikes
106 of 159 · 67%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
1:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 1:34
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 74%Body 20%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 21%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoman DolidzeFeb 2024M-DEC3:52 ctrl112 str0 td
Significant strikes
112 of 189 · 59%
Total strikes
154 of 248 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:52
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 21%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 12%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
NCChris CurtisJun 2023NC R22:22 ctrl57 str3 td
Significant strikes
57 of 84 · 68%
Total strikes
59 of 86 · 69%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
2:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Could not continue, R2 3:04
Accidental Head Butt
Target
Head 47%Body 14%Legs 39%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LSean StricklandJan 2023U-DEC0:12 ctrl123 str0 td
Significant strikes
123 of 269 · 46%
Total strikes
131 of 277 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 33%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoaquin BuckleySep 2022U-DEC3:56 ctrl51 str2 td
Significant strikes
51 of 109 · 47%
Total strikes
68 of 142 · 48%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
3:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 18%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 16%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WEdmen ShahbazyanNov 2021KO R23:56 ctrl42 str0 td
Significant strikes
42 of 63 · 67%
Total strikes
64 of 87 · 74%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
3:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:52
Elbows to Head From Crucifix
Target
Head 81%Body 10%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 12%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WIan HeinischJul 2021KO R21:11 ctrl39 str1 td
Significant strikes
39 of 96 · 41%
Total strikes
46 of 103 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:09
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 82%Body 18%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 15%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LPhil HawesFeb 2021M-DEC0:07 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 93 · 61%
Total strikes
87 of 124 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 25%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 47%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WJordan WilliamsOct 2020U-DEC4:51 ctrl68 str1 td
Significant strikes
68 of 110 · 62%
Total strikes
81 of 126 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 8 · 13%
Control
4:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 19%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 18%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats

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