Nasrat Haqparast vs. John Makdessi

UFC 10-5-0 vs. 11-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-0
UFC record
11-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 11 yrs
41
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 25.6 mo
35
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nasrat Haqparast carries real power — 0.60 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
John Makdessi rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Nasrat Haqparast outworks the Lightweight division — 6.36 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nasrat Haqparast

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

John Makdessi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 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

11206.36/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
13405.52/min · norm 3.42
10566.00/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
10084.15/min · norm 3.37
45.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 43.5%
63.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
68.0%norm 56.3%
70.60/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.37/15 · norm 0.25

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

Nasrat Haqparast

Distance 92.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.0%)

John Makdessi

Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Nasrat Haqparast

Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.9%)

John Makdessi

Head 63.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Haqparast L/AAccLightweight med Makdessi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1004 / 2272 44.2% 37.9% 1249 / 2520 49.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 62 / 86 72.1% 67.3% 64 / 115 55.7% 67.3%
On the ground 54 / 95 56.8% 69.1% 27 / 55 49.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 835 / 2078 40.2% 35.0% 678 / 1707 39.7% 35.0%
To the body 244 / 322 75.8% 69.1% 325 / 567 57.3% 69.1%
To the legs 41 / 53 77.4% 81.9% 337 / 416 81.0% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Haqparast L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Makdessi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 989 / 2793 35.4% 38.9% 942 / 3050 30.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 48 / 69 69.6% 68.6% 41 / 66 62.1% 68.6%
On the ground 19 / 23 too few to rate 68.0% 25 / 38 65.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 714 / 2426 29.4% 35.1% 572 / 2497 22.9% 35.1%
To the body 206 / 304 67.8% 68.1% 204 / 363 56.2% 68.1%
To the legs 136 / 155 87.7% 81.5% 232 / 294 78.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
420.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
4386.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4486.3% def · norm 64.0%
6:543.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:481.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
19:181:38 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
9:310:35 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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