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Jose Quinonez vs.
Teruto Ishihara

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

5-4-0 Jose Quinonez · UFC
3-5-1 Teruto Ishihara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-4-0
UFC record
3-5-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 1 yrs
35
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
68
Layoff (months)Δ 21.8 mo
89.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Teruto Ishihara carries real power — 1.33 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jose Quinonez hunts takedowns — 2.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Jose Quinonez

Full career not yet synced for Jose Quinonez — 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 +0.4 wins over .500

Teruto Ishihara

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

In the UFC: 1-3 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

3413.60/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2953.26/min · norm 3.54
2843.00/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.63/min · norm 3.47
45.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
64.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 54.85%
30.48/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
81.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jose Quinonez

Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

Teruto Ishihara

Distance 84.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jose Quinonez

Head 69.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 8.4%)

Teruto Ishihara

Head 73.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med Ishihara L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 644 42.1% 39.0% 235 / 560 42.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 20 / 35 57.1% 68.7% 24 / 43 55.8% 70.8%
On the ground 50 / 71 70.4% 70.2% 36 / 57 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 519 33.7% 34.9% 167 / 485 34.4% 37.2%
To the body 66 / 110 60.0% 66.8% 52 / 91 57.1% 68.2%
To the legs 100 / 121 82.6% 79.4% 76 / 84 90.5% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ishihara L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 707 33.5% 39.3% 252 / 600 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 27 / 47 57.4% 70.4% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.3%
On the ground 20 / 35 57.1% 72.4% 23 / 36 63.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 563 25.6% 34.9% 196 / 530 37.0% 35.9%
To the body 57 / 110 51.8% 66.0% 68 / 98 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 83 / 116 71.6% 79.1% 65 / 82 79.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1747.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
316.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
642.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 61.5%
23:0624.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
3:450:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
22:543:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.63/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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