Rodrigo Damm vs. Mizuto Hirota
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Rodrigo Damm
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Mizuto Hirota
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rodrigo Damm
Distance 97.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 8.0%)
Mizuto Hirota
Distance 88.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rodrigo Damm
Head 83.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.0%)
Mizuto Hirota
Head 85.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Damm L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Hirota L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 332 / 923 | 36.0% | 38.3% | 306 / 823 | 37.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 17 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 26 / 44 | 59.1% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 35 / 60 | 58.3% | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 246 / 792 | 31.1% | 35.1% | 264 / 791 | 33.4% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 40 / 69 | 58.0% | 69.1% | 53 / 79 | 67.1% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 60 / 84 | 71.4% | 81.8% | 50 / 57 | 87.7% | 80.3% |
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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Damm L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Hirota L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 505 / 1213 | 41.6% | 38.8% | 297 / 707 | 42.0% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 18 / 31 | 58.1% | 68.6% | 29 / 41 | 70.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 48 / 76 | 63.2% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 331 / 969 | 34.2% | 35.2% | 243 / 643 | 37.8% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 99 / 159 | 62.3% | 68.2% | 66 / 103 | 64.1% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 99 / 124 | 79.8% | 81.5% | 65 / 78 | 83.3% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Damm has more cage time on record.