Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Kevin Aguilar

UFC 5-3-1 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-1
UFC record
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
41.9
Layoff (months)Δ 20.9 mo
62.8
LWLWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Aguilar rarely shoots — 0.19 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Zubaira Tukhugov hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Aguilar absorbs 5.02 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Zubaira Tukhugov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Kevin Aguilar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3573.17/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3204.08/min · norm 3.54
3463.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3935.02/min · norm 3.47
39.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.9%norm 45.0%
63.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 54.85%
30.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.29

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

Zubaira Tukhugov

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.5%)

Kevin Aguilar

Distance 91.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Zubaira Tukhugov

Head 91.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.8%)

Kevin Aguilar

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tukhugov L/AAccFeatherweight med Aguilar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 302 / 805 37.5% 40.9% 272 / 754 36.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 24 / 41 58.5% 70.8% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.8%
On the ground 31 / 48 64.6% 69.2% 20 / 27 74.1% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 312 / 817 38.2% 37.2% 187 / 644 29.0% 37.2%
To the body 36 / 67 53.7% 68.2% 114 / 152 75.0% 68.2%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.7% 19 / 26 73.1% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Tukhugov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Aguilar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 930 35.5% 39.2% 332 / 743 44.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 35 68.6% 70.3%
On the ground 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.4% 37 / 46 80.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 687 25.5% 35.9% 248 / 631 39.3% 35.9%
To the body 85 / 148 57.4% 67.9% 70 / 105 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 86 / 121 71.1% 81.5% 75 / 88 85.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1639.0% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.19
8100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1781.0% def · norm 61.5%
18:1016.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:226.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
0:370:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:201:35 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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