Katsunori Kikuno vs. Quinn Mulhern
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Katsunori Kikuno
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 22 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Quinn Mulhern
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 18 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Katsunori Kikuno
Distance 91.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 6.5%)
Quinn Mulhern
Distance 96.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Katsunori Kikuno
Head 78.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.9%)
Quinn Mulhern
Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Kikuno L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Mulhern L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 71 / 160 | 44.4% | 40.5% | 24 / 109 | 22.0% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.5% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 53 / 137 | 38.7% | 37.1% | 19 / 87 | 21.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 4 / 20 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 80.3% | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 81.8% |
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 · Lightweight: 204 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 Kikuno L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Mulhern L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 87 / 215 | 40.5% | 39.3% | 32 / 78 | 41.0% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 25 | 76.0% | 70.3% | 4 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 79 / 191 | 41.4% | 35.9% | 26 / 73 | 35.6% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 15 / 31 | 48.4% | 68.0% | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 15 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kikuno has more cage time on record.