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Katsuhisa Fujii vs.
Kenichi Yamamoto

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

1-1-0 Katsuhisa Fujii · UFC
2-1-0 Kenichi Yamamoto · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
54
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
50.1
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
320.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12.9 mo
307.6
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW
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.

Kenichi Yamamoto owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Katsuhisa Fujii owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.
Kenichi Yamamoto rarely shoots — 0.00 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.

Katsuhisa Fujii

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Kenichi Yamamoto

Full career not yet synced for Kenichi Yamamoto — 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 +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

452.58/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
240.77/min · norm 3.17
191.09/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
481.54/min · norm 3.06
43.3%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
64.9%norm 44.9%
64.2%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
52.0%norm 55.25%
10.86/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Katsuhisa Fujii

Distance 35.6% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 58.7% (norm 28.7%)

Kenichi Yamamoto

Distance 35.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 59.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Katsuhisa Fujii

Head 90.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 5.2%)

Kenichi Yamamoto

Head 48.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 45.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fujii L/AAccOpen Weight med Yamamoto L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 37 40.5% 27.8% 4 / 13 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 63.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 25 / 61 41.0% 65.8% 18 / 22 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 94 37.2% 39.3% 6 / 18 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 5 / 5 too few to rate 90.5% 17 / 17 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 53.5% 1 / 2 too few to rate 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 Fujii L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Yamamoto L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 22 too few to rate 37.0% 6 / 19 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 15 / 30 50.0% 67.1% 40 / 78 51.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 45 33.3% 47.0% 45 / 93 48.4% 35.6%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 61.2% 2 / 5 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
266.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
116.7% def · norm 63.9%
8:4950.5% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
14:1745.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:021:44 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
13:096:19 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
10.48/15 · norm 0.45

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

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