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Shinsho Anzai vs.
Alberto Mina

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

2-2-0 Shinsho Anzai · UFC
3-1-0 Alberto Mina · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 7"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
97.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
98.8
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW
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.

Alberto Mina carries real power — 1.11 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Shinsho Anzai owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Shinsho Anzai is accurate with head shots — lands 54%, vs a 37% Welterweight 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.

Shinsho Anzai

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Alberto Mina

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1063.23/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1313.23/min · norm 3.17
1233.75/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1503.70/min · norm 3.06
58.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.0%norm 44.9%
45.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
47.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
31.11/15 · norm 0.38

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

Shinsho Anzai

Distance 66.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 30.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 8.1%)

Alberto Mina

Distance 82.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Shinsho Anzai

Head 74.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 8.4%)

Alberto Mina

Head 83.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anzai L/AAccWelterweight med Mina L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 121 48.8% 38.6% 96 / 277 34.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 56 80.4% 67.8% 14 / 26 53.8% 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 67.2% 21 / 33 63.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 136 54.4% 37.2% 93 / 279 33.3% 37.2%
To the body 23 / 30 76.7% 70.7% 13 / 26 50.0% 70.7%
To the legs 9 / 16 too few to rate 82.9% 25 / 31 80.6% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Anzai L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Mina L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 145 40.0% 39.0% 118 / 235 50.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 50 / 63 79.4% 68.9% 10 / 19 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 15 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 22 / 30 73.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 186 48.4% 35.6% 110 / 230 47.8% 35.6%
To the body 20 / 27 74.1% 69.6% 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 13 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 28 / 35 80.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

416.0% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
520.8% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 1.27
375.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
450.0% def · norm 63.9%
12:1737.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
4:1010.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
4:021:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:202:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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