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Luiz Dutra vs.
Kiichi Kunimoto

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

0-2-0 Luiz Dutra · UFC
3-2-0 Kiichi Kunimoto · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
45
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.2
Layoff (months)Δ 24.3 mo
109.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Kiichi Kunimoto owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Luiz Dutra rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Luiz Dutra absorbs 4.80 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Luiz Dutra

Full career not yet synced for Luiz Dutra — 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

Kiichi Kunimoto

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

313.92/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
881.87/min · norm 3.17
384.80/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1853.92/min · norm 3.06
50.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.9%
41.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
41.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Luiz Dutra

Distance 70.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 29.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Kiichi Kunimoto

Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Luiz Dutra

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Kiichi Kunimoto

Head 72.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dutra L/AAccWelterweight med Kunimoto L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 19 / 43 44.2% 38.6% 58 / 160 36.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 12 / 18 too few to rate 67.8% 23 / 31 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 38 31.6% 37.2% 42 / 145 29.0% 37.2%
To the body 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.7% 17 / 20 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.9% 29 / 35 82.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Dutra L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Kunimoto L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 34 44.1% 39.0% 115 / 226 50.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 16 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 44 / 61 72.1% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 26 / 28 92.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 42 47.6% 35.6% 111 / 221 50.2% 35.6%
To the body 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.6% 43 / 61 70.5% 69.6%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 31 / 33 93.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
520.0% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.27
5100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 63.9%
0:459.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:0640.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:543:36 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
11:053:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.45

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

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