Elves Brener vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
5-3-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
28
AgeΔ 7 yrs
35
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.2
Layoff (months)Δ 29.7 mo
41.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zubaira Tukhugov hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Elves Brener absorbs 5.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Elves Brener carries real power — 0.40 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Elves Brener

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Zubaira Tukhugov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3614.76/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3573.17/min · norm 3.54
4455.86/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3463.07/min · norm 3.47
47.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 45.0%
50.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
63.8%norm 54.85%
20.40/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Elves Brener

Distance 94.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Elves Brener

Head 72.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zubaira Tukhugov

Head 91.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brener L/AAccLightweight med Tukhugov L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 333 / 717 46.4% 37.9% 302 / 805 37.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 67.3% 24 / 41 58.5% 70.8%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 69.1% 31 / 48 64.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 552 37.5% 35.0% 312 / 817 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 69 / 107 64.5% 69.1% 36 / 67 53.7% 68.2%
To the legs 85 / 101 84.2% 81.9% 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Brener L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Tukhugov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 776 44.7% 38.9% 330 / 930 35.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 54 / 64 84.4% 68.6% 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 44 / 64 68.8% 68.0% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 746 43.4% 35.1% 175 / 687 25.5% 35.9%
To the body 91 / 119 76.5% 68.1% 85 / 148 57.4% 67.9%
To the legs 30 / 39 76.9% 81.5% 86 / 121 71.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
516.7% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1639.0% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.19
1976.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
8100.0% def · norm 61.5%
6:088.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
18:1016.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:392:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:370:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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