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Riki Fukuda vs.
Tom DeBlass

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

2-3-0 Riki Fukuda · UFC
0-2-0 Tom DeBlass · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
161.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
164.8
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Riki Fukuda hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Tom DeBlass's takedown defense leaks — 29% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Riki Fukuda outworks the Middleweight division — 4.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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.

Riki Fukuda

Full career not yet synced for Riki Fukuda — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Tom DeBlass

Full career not yet synced for Tom DeBlass — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3504.67/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
451.50/min · norm 3.25
2903.87/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1334.43/min · norm 3.20
46.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.7%norm 47.4%
64.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
37.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Riki Fukuda

Distance 85.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.3%)

Tom DeBlass

Distance 92.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Riki Fukuda

Head 72.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 8.4%)

Tom DeBlass

Head 81.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fukuda L/AAccMiddleweight med DeBlass L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 646 42.1% 40.5% 36 / 117 30.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 63 / 89 70.8% 70.3% 9 / 9 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 22 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 546 35.9% 38.9% 27 / 103 26.2% 38.9%
To the body 54 / 79 68.4% 71.7% 9 / 12 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 100 / 132 75.8% 83.3% 9 / 11 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Fukuda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs DeBlass L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 257 / 760 33.8% 39.5% 57 / 135 42.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 33 / 49 67.3% 70.9% 32 / 34 94.1% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 44 / 45 97.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 191 / 663 28.8% 37.9% 66 / 135 48.9% 37.9%
To the body 50 / 74 67.6% 71.3% 33 / 41 80.5% 71.3%
To the legs 49 / 72 68.1% 82.1% 34 / 38 89.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1344.8% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
250.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
375.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 63.1%
18:2424.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:2024.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:230:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:256:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.47

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

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