Skip to content

Kazuki Tokudome vs. Cristiano Marcello

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 9 yrs
48
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
145
Layoff (months)Δ 7.1 mo
152.1
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kazuki Tokudome owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Cristiano Marcello's takedown defense leaks — 17% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Cristiano Marcello rarely shoots — 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kazuki Tokudome

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Cristiano Marcello

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1192.26/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
1703.21/min · norm 3.44
1913.63/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2103.97/min · norm 3.38
41.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
33.5%norm 43.65%
53.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 56.3%
10.29/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kazuki Tokudome

Distance 74.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 8.0%)

Cristiano Marcello

Distance 92.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kazuki Tokudome

Head 85.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Cristiano Marcello

Head 80.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tokudome L/AAccLightweight med Marcello L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 76 / 214 35.5% 38.3% 151 / 468 32.3% 38.3%
In the clinch 20 / 34 58.8% 67.5% 17 / 34 50.0% 67.5%
On the ground 23 / 41 56.1% 68.8% 2 / 5 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 247 34.0% 35.1% 117 / 407 28.7% 35.1%
To the body 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.1% 32 / 64 50.0% 69.1%
To the legs 21 / 25 84.0% 81.8% 21 / 36 58.3% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Tokudome L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Marcello L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 288 38.9% 38.8% 164 / 415 39.5% 38.8%
In the clinch 52 / 79 65.8% 68.6% 30 / 44 68.2% 68.6%
On the ground 27 / 40 67.5% 68.0% 16 / 36 44.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 340 42.6% 35.2% 168 / 437 38.4% 35.2%
To the body 26 / 38 68.4% 68.2% 29 / 37 78.4% 68.2%
To the legs 20 / 29 69.0% 81.5% 13 / 21 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
738.9% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
211.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.34
1578.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
116.7% def · norm 63.7%
21:4441.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
4:248.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
10:443:03 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
11:423:19 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
10.28/15 · norm 0.48

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