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Phillipe Nover vs.
Yui Chul Nam

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

1-6-0 Phillipe Nover · UFC
1-2-0 Yui Chul Nam · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-6-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.5
AgeΔ 2.6 yrs
45.1
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
113.8
Layoff (months)Δ 14.5 mo
128.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Yui Chul Nam carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Yui Chul Nam owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Phillipe Nover is a submission threat — 0.66 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.

Phillipe Nover

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Yui Chul Nam

Full career not yet synced for Yui Chul Nam — 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 -1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1631.79/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1593.53/min · norm 3.54
2262.48/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
902.00/min · norm 3.47
35.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
51.3%norm 45.0%
56.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
31.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Phillipe Nover

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)

Yui Chul Nam

Distance 40.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 37.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Phillipe Nover

Head 76.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

Yui Chul Nam

Head 76.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nover L/AAccFeatherweight med Nam L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 382 29.8% 40.9% 43 / 125 34.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 44 / 60 73.3% 70.8% 81 / 116 69.8% 70.8%
On the ground 5 / 16 too few to rate 69.2% 35 / 69 50.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 348 27.6% 37.2% 107 / 237 45.1% 37.2%
To the body 47 / 81 58.0% 68.2% 37 / 55 67.3% 68.2%
To the legs 20 / 29 69.0% 80.7% 15 / 18 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 Nover L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Nam L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 360 33.3% 39.2% 35 / 93 37.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 61 / 77 79.2% 70.3% 33 / 54 61.1% 70.3%
On the ground 45 / 81 55.6% 69.4% 22 / 27 81.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 341 28.7% 35.9% 72 / 154 46.8% 35.9%
To the body 55 / 86 64.0% 67.9% 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 73 / 91 80.2% 81.5% 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

628.6% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
416.0% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.19
1744.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1257.1% def · norm 61.5%
9:1910.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
16:3136.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
31:525:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
17:585:59 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.66/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.46

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

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