Andrey Pulyaev vs. Ateba Gautier

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
5-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28
AgeΔ 4 yrs
24
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
81"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
1.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
3
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ateba Gautier carries real power — 3.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Andrey Pulyaev rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Ateba Gautier rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andrey Pulyaev

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Ateba Gautier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.9 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1022.52/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1103.99/min · norm 3.25
1182.91/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
843.05/min · norm 3.20
47.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
37.5%norm 47.4%
57.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.8%norm 53.8%
10.37/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
63.27/15 · norm 0.32

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

Andrey Pulyaev

Distance 89.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.3%)

Ateba Gautier

Distance 91.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Andrey Pulyaev

Head 70.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Ateba Gautier

Head 86.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pulyaev L/AAccMiddleweight med Gautier L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 193 44.0% 40.5% 93 / 268 34.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.3% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 8 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 57 / 152 37.5% 38.9% 83 / 254 32.7% 38.9%
To the body 36 / 51 70.6% 71.7% 23 / 35 65.7% 71.7%
To the legs 9 / 12 too few to rate 83.3% 4 / 4 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Pulyaev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gautier L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 222 36.5% 39.5% 82 / 180 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 37 / 55 67.3% 70.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 199 32.2% 37.9% 46 / 125 36.8% 37.9%
To the body 32 / 51 62.7% 71.3% 26 / 42 61.9% 71.3%
To the legs 22 / 27 81.5% 82.1% 12 / 15 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.42
545.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5100.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:514.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:050.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:494:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
1:090:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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