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Calvin Kattar vs.
Chris Fishgold

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

7-8-0 Calvin Kattar · UFC
1-3-0 Chris Fishgold · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-8-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.4
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
34.2
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 59.9 mo
72.7
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Chris Fishgold is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Chris Fishgold hunts takedowns — 2.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Calvin Kattar absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Calvin Kattar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Chris Fishgold

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9774.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
702.01/min · norm 3.54
14536.55/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
942.70/min · norm 3.47
38.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
32.3%norm 45.0%
54.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
46.9%norm 54.85%
50.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Calvin Kattar

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Chris Fishgold

Distance 89.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Calvin Kattar

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.8%)

Chris Fishgold

Head 79.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kattar L/AAccFeatherweight med Fishgold L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 908 / 2456 37.0% 40.9% 59 / 195 30.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 30 53.3% 70.8% 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 53 / 87 60.9% 69.2% 2 / 6 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 760 / 2260 33.6% 37.2% 44 / 172 25.6% 37.2%
To the body 131 / 209 62.7% 68.2% 10 / 17 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7% 16 / 28 57.1% 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 Kattar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fishgold L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1416 / 3148 45.0% 39.2% 49 / 113 43.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 39 61.5% 70.3% 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 13 / 27 48.1% 69.4% 42 / 59 71.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 859 / 2446 35.1% 35.9% 78 / 155 50.3% 35.9%
To the body 325 / 450 72.2% 67.9% 11 / 15 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 269 / 318 84.6% 81.5% 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

529.4% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 2.59/15 · norm 1.19
3477.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
444.4% def · norm 61.5%
6:222.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:2312.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:230:54 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
14:446:21 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
31.29/15 · norm 0.46

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

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