Jefferson Nascimento vs Tahir Abdullayev — Compare

Compare any two UFC fighters

Jefferson Nascimento

13-0Lightweight

Renovacao Fight Team

Anchored to Lightweight

Tahir Abdullayev

19-3Lightweight

Phuket Top Team

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Jefferson NascimentovsTahir Abdullayev

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Age

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5'7"

170cm

Height

taller

5'8"

173cm

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Reach

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Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Matchup-relevant delta

Tahir has 7 months more layoff

Time since last UFC bout

Jefferson4 weeks

Tahir7 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Jefferson Nascimento

Active

4 weekssince last bout

vs Gian Maurente · May 29, 2026

Tahir Abdullayev

Within a year

7 monthssince last bout

vs Siavash Dadras · Oct 25, 2025

Division context

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Lightweight roster (470 fighters).

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

Jefferson Nascimento

Tahir Abdullayev

Nascimento — pre-UFC · last 5

recent → old

WLFA

KO R4

Maurente

May ’26

WLFA

DEC

Makaev

Sep ’25

WLFA

KO R2

Costa

Nov ’23

WLFA

DEC

Gomes

Jul ’23

WLFA

KO R1

Rocha

Jan ’23

Abdullayev — pre-UFC · last 5

recent → old

WGFC 33

SUB R2

Dadras

Oct ’25

WNGF 5

SUB R1

Shadmanov

Sep ’25

WFIGHT

SUB R1

Rakhmatov

Aug ’25

WURAL

KO R1

Kosinov

Jun ’25

LUAE

DEC

Boynazarov

Oct ’24

Last 5 record

5-0

4-1

Current streak

Ranked opps

0 of 5

Even

0 of 5

Layoff

26 d

8 mo

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

Jefferson Nascimento

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Schedule Score

Tahir Abdullayev

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Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

UFC debut

Octagon time

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UFC debut

Schedule strength

—%

Win quality

—%

Ranked opponents

Even

Title-holder bouts

Even

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

Jefferson Nascimento

0 bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

Tahir Abdullayev

0 bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

Pre-UFC opposition

non-UFC slate for each fighter, from opponents’ full pro records

Comparable level of opposition — both faced slates around .602 opponent win rate.

Jefferson Nascimento

Strong

Opponents' combined record

39-26

.600 win rate

Winning-record opponents

3 of 3

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

3 opponents with records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Tahir Abdullayev

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

98-64

.605 win rate

Winning-record opponents

5 of 11

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

11 opponents with records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Jefferson Nascimento	Tahir Abdullayev

Jefferson Nascimento — bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

Tahir Abdullayev — bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

41st

+14

55th

Abdullayev has the striking edge (+14).

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Nascimento’s offensevsAbdullayev’s defense

Head

54th

30.1

45th

33.0

Body

57th

10.1

+14

43rd

10.5

Leg

57th

8.0

+15

42nd

8.3

Abdullayev’s offensevsNascimento’s defense

Head

54th

30.1

45th

33.0

Body

57th

10.1

+14

43rd

10.5

Leg

57th

8.0

+15

42nd

8.3

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15
Head	Jefferson Nascimento	around division average30.1	—	around division average33.0
Head	Tahir Abdullayev	around division average30.1	—	around division average33.0
Body	Jefferson Nascimento	above division average10.1	—	below division average10.5
Body	Tahir Abdullayev	above division average10.1	—	below division average10.5
Leg	Jefferson Nascimento	above division average8.0	—	below division average8.3
Leg	Tahir Abdullayev	above division average8.0	—	below division average8.3

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

Jefferson Nascimento

Tahir Abdullayev

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

62nd

Even

62nd

Evenly matched grappling — no clear edge either way.

Takedowns

63rd

0.0

Even

63rd

0.0

Takedown accuracy

—

Takedown defense

—

Submission threat

67th

0.0

Even

67th

0.0

Control time

56th

0.0 min

Even

56th

0.0 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Jefferson Nascimento	Tahir Abdullayev
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	0.00	0.00
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	—0 / 0	—0 / 0
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	—0 / 0	—0 / 0
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.00	0.00
Control time / 15 (min)career total	0.0 min0:00	0.0 min0:00
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	0.0 min0:00	0.0 min0:00

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

Jefferson Nascimento

Tahir Abdullayev

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Nascimento8W–0L by finish

Abdullayev17W–1L by finish

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

20:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

↑27%·Abdullayev

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

↑27%·Abdullayev

35th

62%

+40

76th

89%

Goes the distance

Even

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Even

38%

18%

KO durability

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

Even

78th

Even

78th

Submission defense

↑5%·Nascimento

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

↑5%·Nascimento

65th

+12

53rd

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Jefferson Nascimento	Tahir Abdullayev
Wins
by KO / TKO	5(38%)	10(53%)
by submission	3(23%)	7(37%)
by decision	5(38%)	2(11%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	0	0(0%)
by submission	0	1(33%)
by decision	0	2(67%)

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

Jefferson Nascimento

Tahir Abdullayev

0 KO/TKO in 0 bouts

Knockout rate

0 KO/TKO in 0 bouts

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Knockdowns dealt

—

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

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Knockdowns absorbed

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Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Jefferson NascimentoFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Tahir AbdullayevFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Tale of the Tape

Activity & layoff

Recent form

Schedule Score

Career splits

Striking matchup

Grappling matchup

Finishing & durability

When their fights end

Finish & durability rates

KO history

Pace & fade

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