Mostapha Al-Turk vs. Cheick Kongo

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 11-6-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
11-6-1
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
53
AgeΔ 2 yrs
51
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 5"
82"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
195.9
Layoff (months)Δ 36.5 mo
159.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cheick Kongo hunts takedowns — 2.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Cheick Kongo owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Mostapha Al-Turk's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mostapha Al-Turk

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.05 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Cheick Kongo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2410
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 46 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

311.36/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
5743.51/min · norm 3.36
823.61/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2341.43/min · norm 3.19
19.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
58.2%norm 47.8%
53.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
40.37/15 · norm 0.28

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

Mostapha Al-Turk

Distance 97.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Cheick Kongo

Distance 54.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 25.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 20.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Mostapha Al-Turk

Head 86.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 7.6%)

Cheick Kongo

Head 60.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 22.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Al-Turk L/AAccHeavyweight med Kongo L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 157 17.8% 40.1% 213 / 541 39.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 216 / 248 87.1% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 145 / 198 73.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 139 9.4% 38.9% 253 / 592 42.7% 38.9%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 76.8% 153 / 177 86.4% 76.8%
To the legs 15 / 16 too few to rate 87.8% 168 / 218 77.1% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Al-Turk L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Kongo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 48 / 128 37.5% 40.7% 89 / 279 31.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.6% 33 / 68 48.5% 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 36 69.4% 72.0% 112 / 167 67.1% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 156 41.0% 38.8% 105 / 349 30.1% 38.8%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 75.1% 88 / 119 73.9% 75.1%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 84.4% 41 / 46 89.1% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2463.2% acc · 2.20/15 · norm 0.95
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
3253.3% def · norm 64.3%
1:397.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
58:2035.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:381:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
51:104:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
30.28/15 · norm 0.16

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