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Asaf Chopurov vs Colby Thicknesse

Bantamweight · 3 rounds · Volkanovski vs Evloev
AC
Pro 11-0
Red corner
VS
UFC 2-1 · Pro 9-1
Blue corner

The prediction

Our pick, its confidence, the method read and the time we published it are on the bout’s own page — the one URL that carries the prediction before the fight and the graded result after it.

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Tale of the tape

Asaf Chopurov vs Colby Thicknesse — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

—UFC recordUFC 2-1
11-0Pro record9-1
—NicknameSlickness
—Height5' 7"
—Reach69"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
24Age27
135 lbs.Weight135 lbs.
AzerbaijanNationalityAustralia
—Born inWollongong, New South Wales, Australia
—Fights out ofWindang, New South Wales, Australia
Sambo 34CampFreestyle Fighting Gym
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Asaf ChopurovColby Thicknesse
n/a
Striking
52
n/a
Defence
60
n/a
Grappling / TD
34
n/a
Cardio
17
n/a
Chin
65 limited sample
n/a
Fight IQ
46
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Colby Thicknesse

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD55.5%ACC 31%BODY28.1%ACC 59%LEGS16.4%ACC 89%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 56% head / 28% body / 16% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
55.5% acc 31%−6.1 vs field
BODY
28.1% acc 59%+6.2 vs field
LEGS
16.4% acc 89%−0.1 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 64%CLINCH 7%GROUND 30%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

3 UFC fights · 146 landed

Stat-by-stat

Asaf Chopurov (left) vs Colby Thicknesse (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
0
vs
3.24
Striking accuracy
0%
vs
41%
Strikes absorbed / min
0
vs
2.93
Striking defence
0%
vs
54%
Takedowns / 15 min
0
vs
0.67
Takedown accuracy
0%
vs
7%
Takedown defence
0%
vs
33%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
1.7
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Live market

The market line next to the live prediction-market price — information only, not a bet call.

Sportsbook line
Asaf Chopurov-500
Colby Thicknesse+400
Live · Polymarket
Asaf Chopurov82% · -471
Colby Thicknesse18% · +471
as of 2026-10-20T10:51:02Z · $873 liquidity. The implied chance is the market's number, not ours.

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