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Rinya Nakamura vs. Nathan Fletcher

UFC 4-2-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
28
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
14.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rinya Nakamura is a submission threat — 1.08 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Nathan Fletcher hunts takedowns — 3.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Rinya Nakamura carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rinya Nakamura

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.64 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Nathan Fletcher

Full career not yet synced for Nathan Fletcher — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1572.82/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
763.41/min · norm 3.52
971.74/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
482.16/min · norm 3.58
50.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
59.8%norm 43.5%
61.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.5%norm 56.6%
30.81/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rinya Nakamura

Distance 68.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 25.2% (norm 6.4%)

Nathan Fletcher

Distance 55.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 31.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 6.4%)

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

Rinya Nakamura

Head 71.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 8.4%)

Nathan Fletcher

Head 77.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nakamura L/AAccBantamweight med Fletcher L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 96 / 211 45.5% 39.2% 34 / 71 47.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 69.0% 33 / 40 82.5% 69.0%
On the ground 46 / 78 59.0% 70.2% 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 221 38.0% 35.3% 54 / 98 55.1% 35.3%
To the body 38 / 43 88.4% 66.9% 13 / 17 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 35 / 45 77.8% 79.2% 9 / 12 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 121 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 Nakamura L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Fletcher L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 219 36.1% 39.4% 34 / 95 35.8% 39.4%
In the clinch 10 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 10 / 14 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 8 / 17 too few to rate 72.1% 4 / 4 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 61 / 197 31.0% 34.9% 33 / 88 37.5% 34.9%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 66.1% 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.1%
To the legs 17 / 30 56.7% 78.8% 3 / 6 too few to rate 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
857.1% acc · 2.15/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
538.5% acc · 3.37/15 · norm 1.12
10100.0% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
650.0% def · norm 65.7%
25:4746.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
7:2433.2% of cage time · norm 17.8%
4:281:12 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
7:515:17 per 15 · norm 2:24
41.08/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.67/15 · norm 0.28

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