Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Luan Chagas

UFC 4-4-0 vs. 1-2-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-4-0
UFC record
1-2-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 9 yrs
33
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
82.3
Layoff (months)Δ 17.3 mo
99.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luan Chagas carries real power — 1.29 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Siyar Bahadurzada carries real power — 0.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Luan Chagas rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Siyar Bahadurzada

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 194

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Luan Chagas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 141

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 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

2642.91/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1934.16/min · norm 3.17
2933.23/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1483.19/min · norm 3.06
40.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.9%
49.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.4%norm 55.25%
50.83/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
41.29/15 · norm 0.38

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

Siyar Bahadurzada

Distance 69.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 8.1%)

Luan Chagas

Distance 90.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Siyar Bahadurzada

Head 82.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.4%)

Luan Chagas

Head 76.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bahadurzada L/AAccWelterweight med Chagas L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 130 / 452 28.8% 38.6% 169 / 371 45.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 59 / 86 68.6% 67.8% 9 / 11 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 75 / 110 68.2% 67.2% 15 / 28 53.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 191 / 537 35.6% 37.2% 129 / 315 41.0% 37.2%
To the body 54 / 80 67.5% 70.7% 23 / 47 48.9% 70.7%
To the legs 19 / 31 61.3% 82.9% 41 / 48 85.4% 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 Bahadurzada L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Chagas L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 445 50.1% 39.0% 110 / 333 33.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 68.9% 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 34 / 73 46.6% 68.0% 30 / 50 60.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 390 42.8% 35.6% 106 / 339 31.3% 35.6%
To the body 49 / 86 57.0% 69.6% 29 / 42 69.0% 69.6%
To the legs 77 / 100 77.0% 82.1% 13 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
861.5% acc · 1.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
112.5% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.27
2062.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
685.7% def · norm 63.9%
15:4117.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:0615.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
28:284:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
9:293:03 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.45

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