Kyoji Horiguchi vs.
Dustin Pague
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Kyoji Horiguchi
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 24 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.66 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 42 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
Dustin Pague
Full career not yet synced for Dustin Pague — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kyoji Horiguchi
Distance 78.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 7.3%)
Dustin Pague
Distance 74.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kyoji Horiguchi
Head 83.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 11.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 9.3%)
Dustin Pague
Head 71.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Horiguchi L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Pague L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 389 / 917 | 42.4% | 40.0% | 58 / 133 | 43.6% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 72 / 100 | 72.0% | 70.4% | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 94 / 149 | 63.1% | 69.7% | 25 / 31 | 80.6% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 417 / 968 | 43.1% | 37.6% | 54 / 128 | 42.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 90 / 136 | 66.2% | 68.5% | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 48 / 62 | 77.4% | 80.0% | 24 / 28 | 85.7% | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Horiguchi L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Pague L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 237 / 766 | 30.9% | 40.1% | 81 / 166 | 48.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 55 / 82 | 67.1% | 68.8% | 25 / 27 | 92.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 25 / 33 | 75.8% | 71.1% | 67 / 101 | 66.3% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 176 / 660 | 26.7% | 35.2% | 121 / 236 | 51.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 80 / 138 | 58.0% | 68.2% | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 61 / 83 | 73.5% | 80.3% | 38 / 39 | 97.4% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Horiguchi has more cage time on record.