Sergio Moraes vs. Omari Akhmedov

UFC 8-5-1 vs. 9-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-1
UFC record
9-5-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44
AgeΔ 6 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
80.7
Layoff (months)Δ 19.8 mo
60.9
LLLWW
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.
Sergio Moraes is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 48% land, vs a 68% Welterweight norm.
Omari Akhmedov is wasteful with strikes at range — only 29% land, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sergio Moraes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 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

4232.42/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5352.97/min · norm 3.25
6523.73/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5122.84/min · norm 3.20
42.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.32

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

Sergio Moraes

Distance 93.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.6% (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)

Sergio Moraes

Head 85.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (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 Moraes L/AAccWelterweight med Akhmedov L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 385 / 932 41.3% 38.6% 389 / 1335 29.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 12 / 25 48.0% 67.8% 65 / 100 65.0% 70.3%
On the ground 26 / 36 72.2% 67.2% 81 / 121 66.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 848 38.2% 37.2% 383 / 1320 29.0% 38.9%
To the body 73 / 114 64.0% 70.7% 89 / 148 60.1% 71.7%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 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 Moraes L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Akhmedov L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 609 / 1563 39.0% 39.0% 386 / 990 39.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 17 / 22 too few to rate 68.9% 82 / 114 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 44 59.1% 68.0% 44 / 54 81.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 413 / 1291 32.0% 35.6% 340 / 907 37.5% 37.9%
To the body 108 / 176 61.4% 69.6% 84 / 141 59.6% 71.3%
To the legs 131 / 162 80.9% 82.1% 88 / 110 80.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1438.9% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3145.6% acc · 2.58/15 · norm 1.42
375.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
29:5317.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:4821.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
10:360:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:431:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.43/15 · 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 — Akhmedov has more cage time on record.