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Rafael Fiziev

14-5-0
33y·5' 8"·71" reach·Switch
1:05
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.10
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
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.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss April 2019. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Jan 2026

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 706 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 43%Body 39%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 10%Ground 3%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body71%
Legs76%
Distance50%
Clinch78%
Ground74%

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.

8Wins4 KO · 4 DEC
5Losses3 KO · 2 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.

0%
Mustafaev
11%
White
19%
Diakiese
2%
Moicano
1%
Green
1%
Riddell
15%
Anjos
0%
Gaethje
0%
Gamrot
4%
Gaethje
11%
Bahamondes
0%
Ruffy
13%
Torres

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
R13.90100%13
R24.83124%11
R36.11157%8
R42.401
R513.331

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.71
Strikes absorbed / min4.81
Striking accuracyof everything thrown52%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min1
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land71%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed90%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.52
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts11.5m

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.

50.5%
Landed at range
1,212 thrown over 13 bouts
38.4%
Expected
against these opponents
+12.1pp
Gap
above expected
92.6%
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

WManuel TorresJun 2026KO R20:42 ctrl25 str2 td
Significant strikes
25 of 39 · 64%
Total strikes
28 of 43 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:42
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:15
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 52%Body 8%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 12%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
LMauricio RuffyJan 2026KO R20:00 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 66 · 55%
Total strikes
37 of 67 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:30
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 25%Body 42%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIgnacio BahamondesJun 2025U-DEC1:43 ctrl62 str4 td
Significant strikes
62 of 113 · 55%
Total strikes
87 of 141 · 62%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
1:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 40%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 8%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LJustin GaethjeMar 2025U-DEC0:40 ctrl68 str2 td
Significant strikes
68 of 119 · 57%
Total strikes
81 of 134 · 60%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 29%Body 63%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 21%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LMateusz GamrotSep 2023KO R20:00 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 32 · 56%
Total strikes
19 of 34 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:03
to Leg Injury
Target
Head 22%Body 67%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJustin GaethjeMar 2023M-DEC0:00 ctrl97 str0 td
Significant strikes
97 of 169 · 57%
Total strikes
97 of 169 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 39%Body 54%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 16%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRafael Dos AnjosJul 2022KO R52:59 ctrl64 str0 td
Significant strikes
64 of 159 · 40%
Total strikes
92 of 192 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
2:59
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 0:18
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 42%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrad RiddellDec 2021KO R30:09 ctrl66 str0 td
Significant strikes
66 of 123 · 54%
Total strikes
66 of 123 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:20
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick
Target
Head 55%Body 33%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKing GreenAug 2021U-DEC0:08 ctrl104 str0 td
Significant strikes
104 of 223 · 47%
Total strikes
104 of 223 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 25%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRenato MoicanoDec 2020KO R10:04 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 35 · 60%
Total strikes
21 of 35 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:05
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarc DiakieseJul 2020U-DEC2:49 ctrl78 str1 td
Significant strikes
78 of 124 · 63%
Total strikes
82 of 128 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
2:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 36%Body 42%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 12%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlex WhiteOct 2019U-DEC1:35 ctrl66 str1 td
Significant strikes
66 of 131 · 50%
Total strikes
73 of 138 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 18%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMagomed MustafaevApr 2019KO R10:00 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Total strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:26
Spinning Back Kick Head
Target
Head 0%Body 0%Legs 100%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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