Saygid Izagakhmaev vs. Abubakar Vagaev

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 1-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
33
Height
Reach
Stance
0.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.5
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
W

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Saygid Izagakhmaev is a submission threat — 1.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Abubakar Vagaev hunts takedowns — 4.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Abubakar Vagaev owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Saygid Izagakhmaev

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Abubakar Vagaev

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

531.77/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
271.80/min · norm 3.17
531.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
332.20/min · norm 3.06
45.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
38.6%norm 44.9%
60.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Saygid Izagakhmaev

Distance 75.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

Abubakar Vagaev

Distance 84.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Saygid Izagakhmaev

Head 73.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)

Abubakar Vagaev

Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Izagakhmaev L/AAccWelterweight med Vagaev L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 88 35.2% 38.6% 18 / 59 30.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 18 / 23 too few to rate 67.8% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 86 31.4% 37.2% 16 / 52 30.8% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 19 too few to rate 70.7% 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 10 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 4 / 5 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 Izagakhmaev L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Vagaev L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 99 29.3% 39.0% 23 / 69 33.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 30 66.7% 68.9% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 68.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 93 31.2% 35.6% 16 / 63 25.4% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 29 51.7% 69.6% 7 / 9 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
635.3% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
440.0% acc · 4.00/15 · norm 1.27
866.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 63.9%
8:0426.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:4651.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:157:07 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:462:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
31.50/15 · 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 — Izagakhmaev has more cage time on record.