Aleksei Kunchenko vs. Gilbert Burns

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 15-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 2 yrs
40
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
76.8
Layoff (months)Δ 73.1 mo
3.7
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Aleksei Kunchenko rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Gilbert Burns hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Aleksei Kunchenko defends head shots well — opponents land just 23%, vs a 36% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Aleksei Kunchenko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 233

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.8 wins over .500

Gilbert Burns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2203.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9743.16/min · norm 3.17
1702.83/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
11353.68/min · norm 3.06
44.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 44.9%
63.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.19/15 · norm 0.38

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

Aleksei Kunchenko

Distance 87.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 8.1%)

Gilbert Burns

Distance 84.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Aleksei Kunchenko

Head 73.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)

Gilbert Burns

Head 74.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kunchenko L/AAccWelterweight med Burns L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 172 / 432 39.8% 38.6% 737 / 1708 43.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 38 / 50 76.0% 67.8% 99 / 144 68.8% 67.8%
On the ground 10 / 14 too few to rate 67.2% 138 / 173 79.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 125 / 362 34.5% 37.2% 571 / 1506 37.9% 37.2%
To the body 34 / 58 58.6% 70.7% 216 / 279 77.4% 70.7%
To the legs 61 / 76 80.3% 82.9% 187 / 240 77.9% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Kunchenko L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Burns L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 444 34.5% 39.0% 957 / 2144 44.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.9% 89 / 121 73.6% 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 17 too few to rate 68.0% 89 / 126 70.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 317 23.0% 35.6% 766 / 1896 40.4% 35.6%
To the body 37 / 72 51.4% 69.6% 196 / 298 65.8% 69.6%
To the legs 60 / 81 74.1% 82.1% 173 / 197 87.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4235.6% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.27
2180.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2253.7% def · norm 63.9%
2:093.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
70:2122.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
13:063:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
36:521:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
90.44/15 · norm 0.45

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