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Artur Minev

Lightweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #71; v1.1 (shadow) #66

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 66-73: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,455, deviation 291: measured from 1 UFC bout; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 1 UFC bout; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age unknown · Height unknown · Reach unknown · Stance unknown · 169 days since last bout (2026-05-16) · Last five 0-1 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,455 is the division's 80th highest of 96 board fighters; the ledger stands at -1.0 (less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (0-1 last five). Score -0.25 = -0.25 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.00 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #71.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.2570% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.25resume rating 1,455, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.00quality ledger -1.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 0-1
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #71v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#66score -0.35; score order #66

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 1 UFC bout

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-05-16UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. CostaTommy GanttunrankedLKO/TKO2 (2:51)50%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 96 board fighters at Lightweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute1.02(2nd percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strike accuracy62%(98th percentile at Lightweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(24th percentile at Lightweight)
Share of wins by finishn/a
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.57(27th percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strike defence26%(1st percentile at Lightweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(35th percentile at Lightweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career28(6th percentile at Lightweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-05-16, 169 days ago)(62nd percentile at Lightweight)
Submission losses0(52nd percentile at Lightweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.425(98th percentile at Lightweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.00(16th percentile at Lightweight)
Takedown defence65%(39th percentile at Lightweight)
Share of cage time in control11%(33rd percentile at Lightweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground62%(99th percentile at Lightweight)
Stylestriker (1.9 takedown attempts per 15 min; 11% control)
Career stage
Agen/a
Age at UFC debutn/a
Years since UFC debut0.5(10th percentile at Lightweight)
UFC bouts1(11th percentile at Lightweight)
Cage time, minutes8(6th percentile at Lightweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.0(29th percentile at Lightweight)
Days since last bout169(67th percentile at Lightweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262026-05-29: #67, Lightweight2026-06-05: #67, Lightweight2026-06-13: #67, Lightweight2026-06-19: #67, Lightweight2026-06-26: #67, Lightweight2026-07-10: #66, Lightweight2026-07-17: #65, Lightweight2026-07-24: #64, Lightweight2026-07-31: #69, Lightweight2026-08-07: #71, Lightweight2026-08-14: #72, Lightweight2026-08-21: #72, Lightweight2026-08-28: #72, Lightweight2026-09-04: #72, Lightweight2026-09-11: #73, Lightweight2026-09-18: #74, Lightweight2026-09-25: #74, Lightweight2026-09-26: #73, Lightweight2026-10-03: #73, Lightweight2026-10-10: #73, Lightweight2026-10-17: #75, Lightweight2026-10-24: #74, Lightweight2026-10-31: #71, Lightweight#71

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 109 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4001,450May 2026Oct 20262026-05-16: 1,418 (L vs Tommy Gantt)1,418

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

No trajectory index: it needs three decided UFC bouts and a bout within the last three years (config/decline.yaml).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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