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✓ Navajo Stirling won · by TKO · R2 · 3:23
light heavyweight
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Fight Card
UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi
Jun 20, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Corner A
Ion Cutelaba
#28 9-11-1
Elo 1468
VS
Corner B
Navajo Stirling
#4 5-0-0
Elo 1604
Final result · recorded Jun 21, 2026
Navajo Stirling
defeated Ion Cutelaba by TKO in round 2 at 3:23

Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Ion Cutelaba 25.3% · Navajo Stirling 74.7%

Pure Elo pre-fight: Ion Cutelaba 40.1% · Navajo Stirling 59.9%

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Other fights on this card · 8
Manel Kape vs Kyoji Horiguchi Main event · flyweight Vinicius Oliveira vs Andre Fili featherweight Hyder Amil vs Christian Rodriguez featherweight Andre Lima vs Kevin Borjas flyweight Bia Mesquita vs Melissa Mullins women's bantamweight Allan Nascimento vs Mitch Raposo flyweight Gaston Bolanos vs Michael Aswell Jr. featherweight Karol Rosa vs Luana Santos women's bantamweight

Tale of the tape

9-11-1 UFC record 5-0-0
KO 4 · Sub 2 Finishes KO 2 · Sub 0
-1 Streak +5
32 Age 28
6'1" 185 cm Height 6'4" 193 cm
75" 191 cm Reach 79" 201 cm
Southpaw Stance Orthodox
1519 Global Elo 1630
1468 Elo rating 1604
Ion Cutelaba — Notable ▼
At a glance
Navajo Stirling — Notable ▼
At a glance

Ion Cutelaba — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 694 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
69% Head
  • Head 69%
  • Body 18%
  • Leg 13%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
60% Distance
  • Distance 60%
  • Clinch 20%
  • Ground 20%

Navajo Stirling — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 384 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
52% Head
  • Head 52%
  • Body 34%
  • Leg 14%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
78% Distance
  • Distance 78%
  • Clinch 6%
  • Ground 16%

Performance comparison

Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.

4.13
6.15
div avg 4.68
44%
53%
div avg 51%
3.42
2.53
div avg 4.34
46%
59%
div avg 49%
4.02
0.96
div avg 1.23
51%
40%
div avg 37%
76%
70%
div avg 75%
0.27
0.00
div avg 0.61
3
3
div avg 3

Finish & durability

How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.

Ion Cutelaba
67% finish rate
KO 4 · Sub 2
can finish?
Navajo Stirling
finished —
no losses
Navajo Stirling
40% finish rate
KO 2 · Sub 0
can finish?
Ion Cutelaba
finished 73%
8 of 11 losses

Strength of schedule in UFC

Ion Cutelaba has faced the tougher recent slate — last-5 avg 1548 vs 1501, 0 quality wins to 0.

Ion Cutelaba red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1548
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 9 UFC wins
Toughest win
Gadzhimurad Antigulov
Elo 1569 at fight time
Expected wins
9.6
−0.6 below schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 21 fights
1563
1604
Navajo Stirling blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1501
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 5 UFC wins
Toughest win
Ion Cutelaba
Elo 1534 at fight time
Expected wins
2.9
+2.1 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 5 fights
1467
1534

Common opponents

1 shared opponent · Corner A's result on the left, Corner B's on the right.

  • W
    Ivan Erslan
    W
    Decision - Split
    Decision - Unanimous
    Sep 28, 2024
    May 10, 2025
Corner A recent form
Ion Cutelaba
Corner B recent form
Navajo Stirling
Source Per-fighter stats and bout records from Ion Cutelaba & Navajo Stirling on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.