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Nam Phan vs.
Vaughan Lee

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

2-6-0 Nam Phan · UFC
3-5-0 Vaughan Lee · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-6-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
43.4
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
43.8
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
149.2
Layoff (months)Δ 16.6 mo
132.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Vaughan Lee is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nam Phan rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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.

Nam Phan

Full career not yet synced for Nam Phan — 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 +0.6 wins over .500

Vaughan Lee

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6075.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2583.47/min · norm 3.52
8707.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1542.07/min · norm 3.58
35.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
47.3%norm 43.4%
62.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
70.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.30

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

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

Vaughan Lee

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.8%)

Vaughan Lee

Head 64.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med Lee L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.9% 203 / 470 43.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8% 40 / 52 76.9% 68.7%
On the ground 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.2% 15 / 24 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.2% 126 / 353 35.7% 34.9%
To the body 134 / 206 65.0% 68.2% 82 / 126 65.1% 66.8%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 80.7% 50 / 67 74.6% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lee L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.2% 99 / 432 22.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3% 21 / 37 56.8% 70.4%
On the ground 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4% 34 / 48 70.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9% 100 / 409 24.4% 34.9%
To the body 167 / 274 60.9% 67.9% 40 / 73 54.8% 66.0%
To the legs 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5% 14 / 35 40.0% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2672.2% def · norm 66.7%
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:0610.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
26:545:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.13/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
51.01/15 · norm 0.28

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

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