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Takeya Mizugaki vs.
Nam Phan

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

8-6-0 Takeya Mizugaki · UFC
2-6-0 Nam Phan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-6-0
UFC record
2-6-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.6
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
43.4
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.6
Layoff (months)Δ 33.6 mo
149.2
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nam Phan rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Takeya Mizugaki owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight 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.

Takeya Mizugaki

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Nam Phan

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6133.79/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6075.06/min · norm 3.54
5173.20/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
8707.25/min · norm 3.47
40.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 45.0%
58.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 54.85%
30.28/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Takeya Mizugaki

Distance 77.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Takeya Mizugaki

Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mizugaki L/AAccBantamweight med Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 421 / 1193 35.3% 39.0% 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 99 / 179 55.3% 68.7% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 93 / 159 58.5% 70.2% 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 443 / 1306 33.9% 34.9% 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.2%
To the body 121 / 154 78.6% 66.8% 134 / 206 65.0% 68.2%
To the legs 49 / 71 69.0% 79.4% 24 / 34 70.6% 80.7%

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: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Mizugaki L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 354 / 1020 34.7% 39.3% 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 128 / 167 76.6% 70.4% 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3%
On the ground 35 / 48 72.9% 72.4% 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 998 32.5% 34.9% 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9%
To the body 149 / 187 79.7% 66.0% 167 / 274 60.9% 67.9%
To the legs 44 / 50 88.0% 79.1% 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1650.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.19
4070.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
42:5726.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
34:543:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.09/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.46

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

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