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Khamzat Chimaev vs Nassourdine ImavovFantasy matchup — not a booked fight

#1 at Middleweight · #3 at Middleweight
Not a booked fightFANTASY MATCHUP — this fight is not booked. What our two blind models would say if it were.
Khamzat Chimaev
UFC 9-1 · Pro 15-1
#1 at Middleweight
VS
Nassourdine Imavov
UFC 9-2 (1 draw/NC) · Pro 17-4
#3 at Middleweight

If they fought

A statistical read on a fight that does not exist — no market, no booking, nothing to grade it against.

Khamzat Chimaev 70% Nassourdine Imavov 30%

Run as an unbooked fight, the numbers favour Khamzat Chimaev at 70% — a clear lean.

Our two reads agree, and closely. Both land on Khamzat Chimaev — 70% on the first, 64% on the second, 6 points apart.

The same read puts the chance it goes the full distance at 49%.

KO/TKO
24%
Submission
21%
Decision
55%
These figures come from the same statistical reads we run on real cards, with the betting market removed — there is no market on a fight nobody has booked. Nothing here is timestamped against a result, nothing here is graded, and none of it counts towards our public record. It is a thought experiment with real numbers behind it.

Tale of the tape

Khamzat Chimaev vs Nassourdine Imavov — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

UFC 9-1UFC recordUFC 9-2 (1 draw/NC)
15-1Pro record17-4
BorzNicknameThe Sniper
6' 2"Height6' 3"
75"Reach75"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
32Age30
185 lbs.Weight185 lbs.
United Arab EmiratesNationalityFrance
DubaiHometownParis
Allstars Training CenterFighting out ofVenum Training Camp
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

Stat-by-stat

Khamzat Chimaev (left) vs Nassourdine Imavov (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
4.01
vs
4.28
Striking accuracy
54%
vs
54%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.98
vs
3.17
Striking defence
52%
vs
58%
Takedowns / 15 min
5.32
vs
0.74
Takedown accuracy
58%
vs
32%
Takedown defence
87%
vs
81%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
vs
1
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Fights that have happened between them

None.

Khamzat Chimaev and Nassourdine Imavov have never met in the UFC.

Every matchup on this page is a pairing that has never happened. That is how they are chosen: if these two had already met in the Octagon, there would be a real result to read instead, and this page would not exist.

The real fighters

Everything above is hypothetical. These are not.

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