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Dan Ige vs.
Kevin Aguilar

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

11-10-0 Dan Ige · UFC
2-4-0 Kevin Aguilar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-10-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
37.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 57.2 mo
62.7
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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.

Kevin Aguilar rarely shoots — 0.19 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Aguilar absorbs 5.02 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Dan Ige carries real power — 0.40 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 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.

Dan Ige

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Kevin Aguilar

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9333.58/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3204.08/min · norm 3.54
9553.67/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3935.02/min · norm 3.47
45.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.9%norm 45.0%
55.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 54.85%
70.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dan Ige

Distance 85.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 6.5%)

Kevin Aguilar

Distance 91.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dan Ige

Head 78.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.8%)

Kevin Aguilar

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ige L/AAccFeatherweight med Aguilar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 730 / 1769 41.3% 40.9% 272 / 754 36.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 73 / 116 62.9% 70.8% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.8%
On the ground 130 / 177 73.4% 69.2% 20 / 27 74.1% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 607 / 1624 37.4% 37.2% 187 / 644 29.0% 37.2%
To the body 210 / 301 69.8% 68.2% 114 / 152 75.0% 68.2%
To the legs 116 / 137 84.7% 80.7% 19 / 26 73.1% 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 Ige L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Aguilar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 752 / 1866 40.3% 39.2% 332 / 743 44.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 98 / 136 72.1% 70.3% 24 / 35 68.6% 70.3%
On the ground 105 / 163 64.4% 69.4% 37 / 46 80.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 686 / 1786 38.4% 35.9% 248 / 631 39.3% 35.9%
To the body 174 / 265 65.7% 67.9% 70 / 105 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 95 / 114 83.3% 81.5% 75 / 88 85.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1322.0% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.19/15 · norm 1.19
4256.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1781.0% def · norm 61.5%
30:3611.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:226.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
52:083:00 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:201:35 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.06/15 · 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 — Ige has more cage time on record.

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