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Rei Tsuruya vs. Kevin Borjas

UFC 3-1-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-1-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
24
AgeΔ 4 yrs
28
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.7
WWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Borjas carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Rei Tsuruya hunts takedowns — 3.99 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Rei Tsuruya owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rei Tsuruya

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Kevin Borjas

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1052.80/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2653.31/min · norm 3.48
762.02/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4755.93/min · norm 3.24
50.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.6%
42.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.56/15 · norm 0.18

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

Rei Tsuruya

Distance 49.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 49.0% (norm 7.3%)

Kevin Borjas

Distance 96.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 7.3%)

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

Rei Tsuruya

Head 95.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 3.3% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 9.3%)

Kevin Borjas

Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tsuruya L/AAccFlyweight med Borjas L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 103 35.9% 39.9% 247 / 602 41.0% 39.9%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 70.1% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.1%
On the ground 66 / 103 64.1% 69.7% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 201 49.3% 37.6% 194 / 525 37.0% 37.6%
To the body 4 / 7 too few to rate 68.5% 44 / 65 67.7% 68.5%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 80.0% 27 / 36 75.0% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Tsuruya L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Borjas L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 115 53.9% 39.9% 387 / 795 48.7% 39.9%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 68.8% 15 / 24 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 73 / 112 65.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 97 47.4% 35.4% 278 / 664 41.9% 35.4%
To the body 24 / 28 85.7% 67.9% 99 / 145 68.3% 67.9%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.2% 98 / 122 80.3% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1027.8% acc · 3.99/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
150.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1976.0% def · norm 62.5%
16:2343.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
4:005.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
5:192:07 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
12:122:16 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.80/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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