Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov

UFC 11-6-1 vs. 2-2-0
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Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

VS

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

11-6-1
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 3 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.2
Layoff (months)Δ 26 mo
38.2
LLWLD
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Abubakar Nurmagomedov owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos rarely shoots — 0.79 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Abubakar Nurmagomedov is accurate with strikes at range — lands 51%, vs a 39% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 20 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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8684.16/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1332.78/min · norm 3.17
7423.56/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1252.61/min · norm 3.06
41.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 44.9%
55.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.2%norm 55.25%
20.14/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Distance 82.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Distance 93.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Head 74.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Head 82.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccWelterweight med Nurmagomedov L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 631 / 1711 36.9% 38.6% 119 / 233 51.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 171 / 243 70.4% 67.8% 13 / 15 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 66 / 117 56.4% 67.2% 1 / 2 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 499 / 1547 32.3% 37.2% 90 / 205 43.9% 37.2%
To the body 198 / 311 63.7% 70.7% 20 / 22 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 171 / 213 80.3% 82.9% 23 / 23 too few to rate 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 Santos L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Nurmagomedov L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 572 / 1438 39.8% 39.0% 89 / 306 29.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 101 / 142 71.1% 68.9% 30 / 43 69.8% 68.9%
On the ground 69 / 93 74.2% 68.0% 6 / 10 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 481 / 1310 36.7% 35.6% 68 / 261 26.1% 35.6%
To the body 131 / 206 63.6% 69.6% 39 / 76 51.3% 69.6%
To the legs 130 / 157 82.8% 82.1% 18 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1120.8% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
422.2% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.27
4767.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
888.9% def · norm 63.9%
30:0514.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
20:1942.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
33:152:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:230:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.43/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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