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Carls John De Tomas vs.
Naoki Inoue

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

0-2-0 Carls John De Tomas · UFC
1-1-0 Naoki Inoue · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
29.9
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
29.1
5'5"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
103.9
Layoff (months)Δ 6.5 mo
97.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Naoki Inoue is a submission threat — 2.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Naoki Inoue rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Opponents land 50% of their head shots on Carls John De Tomas, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Carls John De Tomas

Full career not yet synced for Carls John De Tomas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Naoki Inoue

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

In the UFC: 0-0 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

381.74/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1103.67/min · norm 3.49
863.93/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1013.37/min · norm 3.24
37.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.3%norm 44.6%
44.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Carls John De Tomas

Distance 84.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Naoki Inoue

Distance 84.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 7.3%)

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

Carls John De Tomas

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 8.4%)

Naoki Inoue

Head 85.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 2.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tomas L/AAccBantamweight med Inoue L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 86 32.6% 39.0% 77 / 265 29.1% 40.0%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.7% 13 / 14 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.2% 20 / 33 60.6% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 80 32.5% 34.9% 82 / 267 30.7% 37.6%
To the body 1 / 3 too few to rate 66.8% 4 / 7 too few to rate 68.5%
To the legs 11 / 19 too few to rate 79.4% 24 / 38 63.2% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Tomas L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Inoue L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 96 45.8% 39.3% 89 / 236 37.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 10 / 16 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 28 / 44 63.6% 72.4% 2 / 5 too few to rate 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 60 / 120 50.0% 34.9% 62 / 194 32.0% 35.2%
To the body 7 / 11 too few to rate 66.0% 6 / 15 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 19 / 25 76.0% 79.1% 33 / 48 68.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 62.5%
2:1110.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
9:1530.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
12:168:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
1:170:38 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
52.50/15 · norm 0.58

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

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