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Julian Erosa 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.

9-9-0 Julian Erosa · 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.

9-9-0
UFC record
3-5-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 85.5 mo
89.8
LLWWW
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.
Julian Erosa absorbs 6.23 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Julian Erosa outworks the Featherweight division — 6.06 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Julian Erosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 213

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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

8556.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2953.26/min · norm 3.54
8786.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.63/min · norm 3.47
48.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
49.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 54.85%
10.11/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
81.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Julian Erosa

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.3% (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)

Julian Erosa

Head 78.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 7.8%)

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 Erosa L/AAccFeatherweight med Ishihara L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 1528 43.5% 40.9% 235 / 560 42.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 139 / 196 70.9% 70.8% 24 / 43 55.8% 70.8%
On the ground 52 / 59 88.1% 69.2% 36 / 57 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 566 / 1394 40.6% 37.2% 167 / 485 34.4% 37.2%
To the body 208 / 292 71.2% 68.2% 52 / 91 57.1% 68.2%
To the legs 81 / 97 83.5% 80.7% 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 (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 Erosa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ishihara L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 738 / 1504 49.1% 39.2% 252 / 600 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 83 / 133 62.4% 70.3% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 93 61.3% 69.4% 23 / 36 63.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 643 / 1431 44.9% 35.9% 196 / 530 37.0% 35.9%
To the body 115 / 153 75.2% 67.9% 68 / 98 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 120 / 146 82.2% 81.5% 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.

1744.7% acc · 1.81/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
316.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
2461.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 61.5%
21:4115.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
19:272:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
22:543:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.74/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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