Wellington Turman vs. Misha Cirkunov

UFC 3-6-0 vs. 6-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-6-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
30
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
32.2
Layoff (months)Δ 13.6 mo
45.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Misha Cirkunov is a submission threat — 1.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Misha Cirkunov hunts takedowns — 4.15 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Wellington Turman is a submission threat — 0.78 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Wellington Turman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 152

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Misha Cirkunov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3123.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2373.86/min · norm 3.41
4034.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1883.06/min · norm 3.35
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.9%norm 48.3%
45.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Wellington Turman

Distance 84.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.3%)

Misha Cirkunov

Distance 71.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 10.4%)

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

Wellington Turman

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 8.4%)

Misha Cirkunov

Head 76.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Turman L/AAccMiddleweight med Cirkunov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 516 45.9% 40.5% 135 / 326 41.4% 41.4%
In the clinch 51 / 58 87.9% 70.3% 52 / 74 70.3% 70.9%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 69.1% 50 / 57 87.7% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 435 42.1% 38.9% 153 / 348 44.0% 38.9%
To the body 64 / 100 64.0% 71.7% 57 / 80 71.2% 71.9%
To the legs 65 / 74 87.8% 83.3% 27 / 29 93.1% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 Turman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cirkunov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 261 / 560 46.6% 39.5% 113 / 340 33.2% 40.4%
In the clinch 56 / 64 87.5% 70.9% 28 / 39 71.8% 68.7%
On the ground 86 / 112 76.8% 69.0% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 270 / 573 47.1% 37.9% 119 / 347 34.3% 37.5%
To the body 87 / 116 75.0% 71.3% 40 / 60 66.7% 72.3%
To the legs 46 / 47 97.9% 82.1% 29 / 38 76.3% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1020.8% acc · 1.55/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1739.5% acc · 4.15/15 · norm 0.87
942.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1076.9% def · norm 66.7%
28:0329.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
17:2628.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
26:134:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:252:03 per 15 · norm 2:48
50.78/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
71.71/15 · norm 0.27

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