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Artem Lobov vs.
Teruto Ishihara

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

2-5-0 Artem Lobov · UFC
3-5-1 Teruto Ishihara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
3-5-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 5 yrs
35
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
93.3
Layoff (months)Δ 3.5 mo
89.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Teruto Ishihara carries real power — 1.33 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Artem Lobov rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Teruto Ishihara rarely shoots — 0.50 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.

Artem Lobov

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Teruto Ishihara

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4053.52/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2953.26/min · norm 3.54
5544.82/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.63/min · norm 3.47
41.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
50.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
81.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Artem Lobov

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Teruto Ishihara

Distance 84.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Artem Lobov

Head 71.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 7.8%)

Teruto Ishihara

Head 73.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lobov L/AAccFeatherweight med Ishihara L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 382 / 931 41.0% 40.9% 235 / 560 42.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 17 / 39 43.6% 70.8% 24 / 43 55.8% 70.8%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.2% 36 / 57 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 700 29.0% 37.2% 167 / 485 34.4% 37.2%
To the body 71 / 121 58.7% 68.2% 52 / 91 57.1% 68.2%
To the legs 131 / 156 84.0% 80.7% 76 / 84 90.5% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Lobov L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ishihara L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 475 / 1008 47.1% 39.2% 252 / 600 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 45 / 68 66.2% 70.3% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 44 77.3% 69.4% 23 / 36 63.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 290 / 776 37.4% 35.9% 196 / 530 37.0% 35.9%
To the body 133 / 202 65.8% 67.9% 68 / 98 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 131 / 142 92.3% 81.5% 65 / 82 79.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

325.0% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
316.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
1352.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 61.5%
11:5810.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
17:352:17 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
22:543:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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