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Kyung Ho Kang 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.

8-5-0 (1 NC) Kyung Ho Kang · 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.

8-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-5-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.9
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
35
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
25.5
Layoff (months)Δ 64.3 mo
89.8
LLWWL
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.
Kyung Ho Kang is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Kyung Ho Kang owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight 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.

Kyung Ho Kang

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

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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

5493.13/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2953.26/min · norm 3.54
5813.32/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.63/min · norm 3.47
47.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
54.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 54.85%
40.34/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
81.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kyung Ho Kang

Distance 83.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.6% (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)

Kyung Ho Kang

Head 85.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

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 Kang L/AAccBantamweight med Ishihara L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 958 43.1% 39.0% 235 / 560 42.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 23 / 37 62.2% 68.7% 24 / 43 55.8% 70.8%
On the ground 113 / 156 72.4% 70.2% 36 / 57 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 979 43.0% 34.9% 167 / 485 34.4% 37.2%
To the body 51 / 81 63.0% 66.8% 52 / 91 57.1% 68.2%
To the legs 77 / 91 84.6% 79.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Kang L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ishihara L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 446 / 1085 41.1% 39.3% 252 / 600 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 47 76.6% 70.4% 54 / 74 73.0% 70.3%
On the ground 99 / 143 69.2% 72.4% 23 / 36 63.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 337 / 942 35.8% 34.9% 196 / 530 37.0% 35.9%
To the body 101 / 153 66.0% 66.0% 68 / 98 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 143 / 180 79.4% 79.1% 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.

2350.0% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
316.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
2868.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 61.5%
58:3633.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:319.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
37:513:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
22:543:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
90.77/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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