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Melsik Baghdasaryan

Featherweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #81; v1.1 (shadow) #82

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 80-81: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,449, deviation 177: measured from 6 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 34 (born 1992-01-28) · Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) · Reach 70 in (178 cm) · Stance Southpaw · 134 days since last bout (2026-06-20) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L2

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,449 is the division's 82nd highest of 94 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 2.0 for blowout losses; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score -0.46 = -0.24 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.08 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put him at #81.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.4670% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.24resume rating 1,449, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.08quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #81v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#82score -0.70; score order #82

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 6 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-06-20UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. HoriguchiMurtazali MagomedovunrankedLsubmission1 (1:17)52%
2025-02-22UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. SongJean SilvaunrankedLKO/TKO1 (4:15)42%
2023-07-15UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno SilvaTucker LutzunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)65%
2023-02-11UFC 284: Makhachev vs. VolkanovskiJosh CulibaounrankedLsubmission2 (2:02)57%
2021-11-06UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2Bruno SouzaunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)60%
2021-07-31UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. StricklandCollin AnglinunrankedWKO/TKO2 (1:50)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 94 board fighters at Featherweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.43(64th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike accuracy56%(86th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.30(52nd percentile at Featherweight)
Share of wins by finish33%(28th percentile at Featherweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.96(27th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike defence57%(67th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.30(55th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career146(48th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2025-02-22, 617 days ago)(74th percentile at Featherweight)
Submission losses2(97th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.050(51st percentile at Featherweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.00(23rd percentile at Featherweight)
Takedown defence69%(62nd percentile at Featherweight)
Share of cage time in control4%(21st percentile at Featherweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground16%(48th percentile at Featherweight)
Stylestriker (0.0 takedown attempts per 15 min; 4% control)
Career stage
Age34.8(77th percentile at Featherweight)
Age at UFC debut29.5(69th percentile at Featherweight)
Years since UFC debut5.3(76th percentile at Featherweight)
UFC bouts6(63rd percentile at Featherweight)
Cage time, minutes49(55th percentile at Featherweight)
Bouts per year, last three years0.7(5th percentile at Featherweight)
Days since last bout134(57th percentile at Featherweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #43, Featherweight2023-10-13: #43, Featherweight2023-10-20: #43, Featherweight2023-11-03: #44, Featherweight2023-11-10: #44, Featherweight2023-11-17: #45, Featherweight2023-12-01: #45, Featherweight2023-12-08: #45, Featherweight2023-12-15: #44, Featherweight2024-01-12: #42, Featherweight2024-01-19: #43, Featherweight2024-02-02: #42, Featherweight2024-02-09: #42, Featherweight2024-02-16: #44, Featherweight2024-02-23: #44, Featherweight2024-03-01: #45, Featherweight2024-03-08: #45, Featherweight2024-03-15: #44, Featherweight2024-03-22: #44, Featherweight2024-03-29: #44, Featherweight2024-04-05: #43, Featherweight2024-04-12: #43, Featherweight2024-04-26: #42, Featherweight2024-05-03: #42, Featherweight2024-05-10: #43, Featherweight2024-05-17: #43, Featherweight2024-05-31: #43, Featherweight2024-06-07: #43, Featherweight2024-06-14: #43, Featherweight2024-06-21: #42, Featherweight2024-06-28: #43, Featherweight2024-07-12: #43, Featherweight2024-07-19: #44, Featherweight2024-07-26: #45, Featherweight2024-08-02: #44, Featherweight2024-08-09: #48, Featherweight2024-08-16: #47, Featherweight2024-08-23: #47, Featherweight2024-09-06: #47, Featherweight2024-09-13: #48, Featherweight2024-09-27: #53, Featherweight2024-10-04: #53, Featherweight2024-10-11: #53, Featherweight2024-10-18: #54, Featherweight2024-10-25: #54, Featherweight2024-11-01: #54, Featherweight2024-11-08: #55, Featherweight2024-11-15: #55, Featherweight2024-11-22: #57, Featherweight2024-12-06: #58, Featherweight2024-12-13: #59, Featherweight2025-02-28: #59, Featherweight2025-03-07: #59, Featherweight2025-03-14: #58, Featherweight2025-03-21: #59, Featherweight2025-03-28: #58, Featherweight2025-04-04: #57, Featherweight2025-04-11: #58, Featherweight2025-04-25: #59, Featherweight2025-05-02: #60, Featherweight2025-05-09: #60, Featherweight2025-05-16: #60, Featherweight2025-05-30: #61, Featherweight2025-06-06: #61, Featherweight2025-06-13: #61, Featherweight2025-06-20: #62, Featherweight2025-06-27: #62, Featherweight2025-07-11: #61, Featherweight2025-07-18: #60, Featherweight2025-07-25: #59, Featherweight2025-08-01: #61, Featherweight2025-08-08: #60, Featherweight2025-08-15: #60, Featherweight2025-08-22: #61, Featherweight2025-09-05: #62, Featherweight2025-09-12: #63, Featherweight2025-09-26: #62, Featherweight2025-10-03: #62, Featherweight2025-10-10: #61, Featherweight2025-10-17: #63, Featherweight2025-10-24: #61, Featherweight2025-10-31: #61, Featherweight2025-11-07: #60, Featherweight2025-11-14: #60, Featherweight2025-11-21: #61, Featherweight2025-12-05: #62, Featherweight2025-12-12: #61, Featherweight2026-01-23: #60, Featherweight2026-01-30: #60, Featherweight2026-02-06: #62, Featherweight2026-02-20: #51, Featherweight2026-02-27: #50, Featherweight2026-03-06: #54, Featherweight2026-03-13: #54, Featherweight2026-03-20: #55, Featherweight2026-03-27: #57, Featherweight2026-04-03: #56, Featherweight2026-04-10: #58, Featherweight2026-04-17: #60, Featherweight2026-04-24: #60, Featherweight2026-05-01: #62, Featherweight2026-05-08: #64, Featherweight2026-05-15: #65, Featherweight2026-05-29: #65, Featherweight2026-06-05: #68, Featherweight2026-06-13: #68, Featherweight2026-06-19: #68, Featherweight2026-06-26: #81, Featherweight2026-07-10: #81, Featherweight2026-07-17: #81, Featherweight2026-07-24: #84, Featherweight2026-07-31: #83, Featherweight2026-08-07: #82, Featherweight2026-08-14: #82, Featherweight2026-08-21: #82, Featherweight2026-08-28: #83, Featherweight2026-09-04: #83, Featherweight2026-09-11: #84, Featherweight2026-09-18: #86, Featherweight2026-09-25: #85, Featherweight2026-09-26: #84, Featherweight2026-10-03: #85, Featherweight2026-10-10: #84, Featherweight2026-10-17: #83, Featherweight2026-10-24: #83, Featherweight2026-10-31: #81, Featherweight#81

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 6 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,6002023202420252026Jul 2021Oct 20262021-07-31: 1,570 (W vs Collin Anglin)2021-11-06: 1,599 (W vs Bruno Souza)2023-02-11: 1,579 (L vs Josh Culibao)2023-07-15: 1,584 (W vs Tucker Lutz)2025-02-22: 1,512 (L vs Jean Silva)2026-06-20: 1,453 (L vs Murtazali Magomedov)1,453

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

Recent performances run about 65 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 40 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 25 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-40what fighters aged 34.8 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-25his recency-weighted mean and trend over 6 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -5 points a year
Combined-65the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.029303132333435362021-07-31 (age 29.5): W vs Collin Anglin, residual +0.532021-11-06 (age 29.8): W vs Bruno Souza, residual +0.072023-02-11 (age 31.0): L vs Josh Culibao, residual -0.562023-07-15 (age 31.5): W vs Tucker Lutz, residual +0.082025-02-22 (age 33.1): L vs Jean Silva, residual -0.292026-06-20 (age 34.4): L vs Murtazali Magomedov, residual -0.50-0.09

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

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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