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Alex Caceres vs.
Kyung Ho Kang

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

16-13-0 (1 NC) Alex Caceres · UFC
8-5-0 (1 NC) Kyung Ho Kang · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

16-13-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-5-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38.1
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
38.9
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
26.8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.3 mo
25.5
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Kyung Ho Kang is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Kyung Ho Kang owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Alex Caceres rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alex Caceres

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1613
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Kyung Ho Kang

Full career not yet synced for Kyung Ho Kang — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15194.21/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5493.13/min · norm 3.52
11153.09/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5813.32/min · norm 3.58
50.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.7%norm 43.4%
62.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 56.6%
50.21/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alex Caceres

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

Kyung Ho Kang

Distance 83.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alex Caceres

Head 75.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)

Kyung Ho Kang

Head 85.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Caceres L/AAccFeatherweight med Kang L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1306 / 2737 47.7% 40.9% 413 / 958 43.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 128 / 177 72.3% 70.8% 23 / 37 62.2% 68.7%
On the ground 85 / 126 67.5% 69.2% 113 / 156 72.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 950 / 2289 41.5% 37.2% 421 / 979 43.0% 34.9%
To the body 381 / 521 73.1% 68.2% 51 / 81 63.0% 66.8%
To the legs 188 / 230 81.7% 80.7% 77 / 91 84.6% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Caceres L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kang L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 957 / 2752 34.8% 39.2% 446 / 1085 41.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 70 / 105 66.7% 70.3% 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4%
On the ground 88 / 144 61.1% 69.4% 99 / 143 69.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 633 / 2305 27.5% 35.9% 337 / 942 35.8% 34.9%
To the body 210 / 358 58.7% 67.9% 101 / 153 66.0% 66.0%
To the legs 272 / 338 80.5% 81.5% 143 / 180 79.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1368.4% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2350.0% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.12
8564.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2868.3% def · norm 66.7%
44:1012.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
58:3633.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
76:363:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
37:513:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
160.67/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
90.77/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Caceres has more cage time on record.

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