Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Omari Akhmedov

UFC 11-6-1 vs. 9-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-1
UFC record
9-5-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.2
Layoff (months)Δ 48.7 mo
60.9
LLWLD
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Omari Akhmedov hunts takedowns — 2.58 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos rarely shoots — 0.79 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos outworks the Welterweight division — 4.16 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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

Omari Akhmedov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 127
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8684.16/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5352.97/min · norm 3.25
7423.56/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5122.84/min · norm 3.20
41.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 47.4%
55.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 53.8%
20.14/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Omari Akhmedov

Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.8% (norm 10.3%)

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%)

Omari Akhmedov

Head 84.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (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 Akhmedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 631 / 1711 36.9% 38.6% 389 / 1335 29.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 171 / 243 70.4% 67.8% 65 / 100 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 66 / 117 56.4% 67.2% 81 / 121 66.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 499 / 1547 32.3% 37.2% 383 / 1320 29.0% 38.9%
To the body 198 / 311 63.7% 70.7% 89 / 148 60.1% 71.7%
To the legs 171 / 213 80.3% 82.9% 63 / 88 71.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Santos L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Akhmedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 572 / 1438 39.8% 39.0% 386 / 990 39.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 101 / 142 71.1% 68.9% 82 / 114 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 69 / 93 74.2% 68.0% 44 / 54 81.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 481 / 1310 36.7% 35.6% 340 / 907 37.5% 37.9%
To the body 131 / 206 63.6% 69.6% 84 / 141 59.6% 71.3%
To the legs 130 / 157 82.8% 82.1% 88 / 110 80.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1120.8% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3145.6% acc · 2.58/15 · norm 1.42
4767.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
30:0514.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:4821.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
33:152:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:431:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.43/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.25/15 · norm 0.47

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