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Jason Young vs.
Michihiro Omigawa

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

1-3-0 Jason Young · UFC
1-6-0 Michihiro Omigawa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40.1
AgeΔ 10.5 yrs
50.6
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
166.2
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
168
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Michihiro Omigawa is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Jason Young hunts takedowns — 1.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Michihiro Omigawa defends clinch strikes well — opponents land just 45%, vs a 70% 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.

Jason Young

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Michihiro Omigawa

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

In the UFC: 0-2 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

1352.97/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2172.07/min · norm 3.54
1453.20/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3563.39/min · norm 3.47
37.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 45.0%
50.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jason Young

Distance 82.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 6.5%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Distance 81.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jason Young

Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 7.8%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Young L/AAccFeatherweight med Omigawa L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 88 / 299 29.4% 40.9% 155 / 431 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 23 / 33 69.7% 70.8% 35 / 54 64.8% 70.8%
On the ground 24 / 32 75.0% 69.2% 27 / 45 60.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 279 24.0% 37.2% 174 / 477 36.5% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 31 80.6% 68.2% 24 / 29 82.8% 68.2%
To the legs 43 / 54 79.6% 80.7% 19 / 24 too few to rate 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 Young L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Omigawa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 247 45.7% 39.2% 252 / 754 33.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 15 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 25 / 56 44.6% 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate 69.4% 79 / 120 65.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 239 40.6% 35.9% 282 / 824 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 20 / 21 too few to rate 67.9% 40 / 66 60.6% 67.9%
To the legs 28 / 31 90.3% 81.5% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

666.7% acc · 1.98/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.19
1155.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2450.0% def · norm 61.5%
10:1122.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:4718.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:024:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
34:124:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
81.14/15 · norm 0.46

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

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