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Fabiano Iha vs.
Phil Johns

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

3-4-0 Fabiano Iha · UFC
0-1-0 Phil Johns · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
56
AgeΔ 1 yrs
57
5'8"
HeightΔ 6"
5'2"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
298.2
Layoff (months)Δ 7.2 mo
305.4
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.
Phil Johns rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Fabiano Iha hunts takedowns — 2.34 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

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

Phil Johns

Full career not yet synced for Phil Johns — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

451.17/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
21.20/min · norm 3.17
962.50/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
31.80/min · norm 3.06
43.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
66.7%norm 44.9%
51.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Fabiano Iha

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

Phil Johns

Distance 66.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 33.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Fabiano Iha

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

Phil Johns

Head 0.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 33.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 66.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Iha L/AAccLightweight med Johns L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 53 26.4% 37.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 19 / 32 59.4% 67.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 78 35.9% 35.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 16 too few to rate 81.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Iha L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Johns L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 85 30.6% 38.9% 2 / 5 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 68 63.2% 68.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 27 / 45 60.0% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 176 44.3% 35.1% 0 / 3 too few to rate 35.6%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

626.1% acc · 2.34/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
350.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 63.9%
9:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:1616.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
17:286:49 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:517:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
83.13/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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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