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Manvel Gamburyan vs.
Michihiro Omigawa

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

6-8-0 (1 NC) Manvel Gamburyan · UFC
1-6-0 Michihiro Omigawa · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
45.2
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
50.6
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
116.5
Layoff (months)Δ 51.5 mo
168
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Manvel Gamburyan hunts takedowns — 3.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Michihiro Omigawa is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Manvel Gamburyan is a submission threat — 0.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Manvel Gamburyan

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Michihiro Omigawa

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

In the UFC: 0-2 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

2821.94/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2172.07/min · norm 3.54
4513.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3563.39/min · norm 3.47
39.8%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 45.0%
54.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 54.85%
10.10/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.29

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

Manvel Gamburyan

Distance 74.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 6.5%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Distance 81.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Manvel Gamburyan

Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.8%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gamburyan L/AAccFeatherweight med Omigawa L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 177 / 527 33.6% 40.9% 155 / 431 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 66 / 96 68.8% 70.8% 35 / 54 64.8% 70.8%
On the ground 39 / 86 45.3% 69.2% 27 / 45 60.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 180 / 574 31.4% 37.2% 174 / 477 36.5% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 67 68.7% 68.2% 24 / 29 82.8% 68.2%
To the legs 56 / 68 82.4% 80.7% 19 / 24 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Gamburyan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Omigawa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 771 37.6% 39.2% 252 / 754 33.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 106 / 144 73.6% 70.3% 25 / 56 44.6% 70.3%
On the ground 55 / 80 68.8% 69.4% 79 / 120 65.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 756 34.3% 35.9% 282 / 824 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 83 / 108 76.9% 67.9% 40 / 66 60.6% 67.9%
To the legs 109 / 131 83.2% 81.5% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3032.6% acc · 3.10/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.19
2569.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2450.0% def · norm 61.5%
37:0225.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:4718.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
32:533:24 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
34:124:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.83/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
81.14/15 · norm 0.46

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

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