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Hyun Gyu Lim vs.
Daichi Abe

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 Hyun Gyu Lim · UFC
1-2-0 Daichi Abe · 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
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41.6
AgeΔ 6.9 yrs
34.7
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
77"
ReachΔ 6"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
106.4
Layoff (months)Δ 9 mo
97.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Hyun Gyu Lim carries real power — 0.93 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Daichi Abe's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Hyun Gyu Lim rarely shoots — 0.23 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.

Hyun Gyu Lim

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Daichi Abe

Full career not yet synced for Daichi Abe — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2864.45/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1713.80/min · norm 3.17
3265.07/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2024.49/min · norm 3.06
41.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
33.7%norm 44.9%
51.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 55.25%
40.93/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.33/15 · norm 0.38

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

Hyun Gyu Lim

Distance 93.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.1%)

Daichi Abe

Distance 92.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Hyun Gyu Lim

Head 86.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)

Daichi Abe

Head 79.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lim L/AAccWelterweight med Abe L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 252 / 654 38.5% 38.6% 146 / 470 31.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 15 / 21 too few to rate 67.8% 11 / 20 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 19 / 22 too few to rate 67.2% 14 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 213 / 600 35.5% 37.2% 102 / 404 25.2% 37.2%
To the body 45 / 62 72.6% 70.7% 12 / 27 44.4% 70.7%
To the legs 28 / 35 80.0% 82.9% 57 / 77 74.0% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Lim L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Abe L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 260 / 574 45.3% 39.0% 196 / 456 43.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.9% 3 / 8 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 53 / 78 67.9% 68.0% 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 482 38.2% 35.6% 93 / 312 29.8% 35.6%
To the body 32 / 43 74.4% 69.6% 28 / 49 57.1% 69.6%
To the legs 110 / 146 75.3% 82.1% 81 / 108 75.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.27
1773.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
1:182.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:220.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:062:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:130:04 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.23/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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