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Brandon Davis 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.

2-7-0 Brandon Davis · 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.

2-7-0
UFC record
8-5-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
45.7
Layoff (months)Δ 20.2 mo
25.5
LLLLW
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.
Brandon Davis rarely shoots — 0.84 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.

Brandon Davis

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

In the UFC: 0-4 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

4374.08/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5493.13/min · norm 3.52
4594.29/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5813.32/min · norm 3.58
38.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.7%norm 43.4%
58.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.30

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

Brandon Davis

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (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)

Brandon Davis

Head 76.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.1% (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 Davis L/AAccFeatherweight med Kang L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 389 / 1068 36.4% 40.9% 413 / 958 43.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.8% 23 / 37 62.2% 68.7%
On the ground 20 / 32 62.5% 69.2% 113 / 156 72.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 870 28.4% 37.2% 421 / 979 43.0% 34.9%
To the body 73 / 116 62.9% 68.2% 51 / 81 63.0% 66.8%
To the legs 117 / 149 78.5% 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 Davis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kang L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 374 / 968 38.6% 39.2% 446 / 1085 41.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 28 / 52 53.8% 70.3% 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4%
On the ground 57 / 78 73.1% 69.4% 99 / 143 69.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 335 / 915 36.6% 35.9% 337 / 942 35.8% 34.9%
To the body 68 / 111 61.3% 67.9% 101 / 153 66.0% 66.0%
To the legs 56 / 72 77.8% 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.

642.9% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2350.0% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.12
3457.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2868.3% def · norm 66.7%
7:537.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
58:3633.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
25:523:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
37:513:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.14/15 · 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 — Kang has more cage time on record.

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