Boston Salmon vs. Khalid Taha
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Boston Salmon
Full career not yet synced for Boston Salmon — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500
Khalid Taha
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Boston Salmon
Distance 95.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
Khalid Taha
Distance 88.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Boston Salmon
Head 59.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 36.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)
Khalid Taha
Head 81.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Salmon L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Taha L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 11 / 21 | too few to rate | 39.0% | 127 / 442 | 28.7% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 16 / 29 | 55.2% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 20 / 31 | 64.5% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 13 | too few to rate | 34.9% | 112 / 411 | 27.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 66.8% | 25 / 53 | 47.2% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 79.4% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Salmon L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Taha L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 21 / 38 | 55.3% | 39.3% | 180 / 381 | 47.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 19 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 55 / 73 | 75.3% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 26 / 46 | 56.5% | 34.9% | 193 / 391 | 49.4% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 66.0% | 32 / 51 | 62.7% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 79.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Taha has more cage time on record.