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Jimy Hettes vs. Nam Phan

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 2-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
2-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
138.1
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
151.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jimy Hettes hunts takedowns — 5.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Jimy Hettes is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jimy Hettes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Nam Phan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1910

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2203.47/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6075.06/min · norm 3.52
2223.50/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8707.25/min · norm 3.50
57.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 44.7%
57.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jimy Hettes

Distance 60.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jimy Hettes

Head 86.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.9%)

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hettes L/AAccFeatherweight med Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 232 47.0% 40.5% 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 43 / 64 67.2% 70.5% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 68 / 88 77.3% 69.3% 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 177 / 332 53.3% 37.1% 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.1%
To the body 34 / 41 82.9% 68.0% 134 / 206 65.0% 68.0%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 80.3% 24 / 34 70.6% 80.3%

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: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Hettes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 393 38.9% 39.3% 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 41 / 70 58.6% 70.3% 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3%
On the ground 28 / 64 43.8% 69.4% 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 121 / 367 33.0% 35.9% 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9%
To the body 70 / 126 55.6% 68.0% 167 / 274 60.9% 68.0%
To the legs 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5% 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2244.9% acc · 5.20/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.17
1361.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
25:4440.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
14:223:23 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
61.42/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.45

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