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Nam Phan vs. Vaughan Lee

UFC 2-6-0 vs. 3-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-6-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
43
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
151.6
Layoff (months)Δ 16.5 mo
135.1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nam Phan rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nam Phan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1910

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Vaughan Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.02 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6075.06/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2583.47/min · norm 3.52
8707.25/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1542.07/min · norm 3.58
35.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
47.3%norm 43.5%
62.2%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
70.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.29

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

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

Vaughan Lee

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.4%)

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

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.9%)

Vaughan Lee

Head 64.7% (norm 77.5%) · 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% 40.5% 203 / 470 43.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.5% 40 / 52 76.9% 69.0%
On the ground 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.3% 15 / 24 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.1% 126 / 353 35.7% 35.3%
To the body 134 / 206 65.0% 68.0% 82 / 126 65.1% 66.9%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 80.3% 50 / 67 74.6% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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% 39.3% 99 / 432 22.9% 39.4%
In the clinch 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3% 21 / 37 56.8% 70.6%
On the ground 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4% 34 / 48 70.8% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9% 100 / 409 24.4% 34.9%
To the body 167 / 274 60.9% 68.0% 40 / 73 54.8% 66.1%
To the legs 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5% 14 / 35 40.0% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2672.2% def · norm 65.7%
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
8:0610.9% of cage time · norm 17.8%
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
26:545:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.13/15 · norm 0.45
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.