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Daiju Takase vs.
Fabiano Iha

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

0-3-0 Daiju Takase · UFC
3-4-0 Fabiano Iha · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
48.3
AgeΔ 7.7 yrs
56
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
307.6
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
298.2
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Fabiano Iha is a submission threat — 3.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Daiju Takase's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Daiju Takase rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Daiju Takase

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Fabiano Iha

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

In the UFC: 1-1 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

50.23/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
451.17/min · norm 3.42
632.85/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
962.50/min · norm 3.37
20.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 43.5%
35.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Daiju Takase

Distance 76.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 8.1%)

Fabiano Iha

Distance 51.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 30.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Daiju Takase

Head 92.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Fabiano Iha

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Takase L/AAccWelterweight med Iha L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 19 too few to rate 38.6% 14 / 53 26.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.8% 19 / 32 59.4% 67.3%
On the ground 5 / 5 too few to rate 67.2% 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 5 / 23 too few to rate 37.2% 28 / 78 35.9% 35.0%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.7% 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 82.9% 12 / 16 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Takase L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Iha L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 21 too few to rate 39.0% 26 / 85 30.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 43 / 68 63.2% 68.6%
On the ground 50 / 71 70.4% 68.0% 27 / 45 60.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 41 / 74 55.4% 35.6% 78 / 176 44.3% 35.1%
To the body 17 / 17 too few to rate 69.6% 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 5 / 6 too few to rate 82.1% 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.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
626.1% acc · 2.34/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 64.0%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
9:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
19:1013:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
17:286:49 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
83.13/15 · norm 0.49

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

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