Teruto Ishihara vs.
Kyung Ho Kang
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Teruto Ishihara
Full career not yet synced for Teruto Ishihara — 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 +0.3 wins over .500
Kyung Ho Kang
Full career not yet synced for Kyung Ho Kang — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Teruto Ishihara
Distance 84.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 6.5%)
Kyung Ho Kang
Distance 83.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Teruto Ishihara
Head 73.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.8%)
Kyung Ho Kang
Head 85.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ishihara L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Kang L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 235 / 560 | 42.0% | 40.9% | 413 / 958 | 43.1% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 43 | 55.8% | 70.8% | 23 / 37 | 62.2% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 36 / 57 | 63.2% | 69.2% | 113 / 156 | 72.4% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 167 / 485 | 34.4% | 37.2% | 421 / 979 | 43.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 52 / 91 | 57.1% | 68.2% | 51 / 81 | 63.0% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 76 / 84 | 90.5% | 80.7% | 77 / 91 | 84.6% | 79.4% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Ishihara L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Kang L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 252 / 600 | 42.0% | 39.2% | 446 / 1085 | 41.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 54 / 74 | 73.0% | 70.3% | 36 / 47 | 76.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 69.4% | 99 / 143 | 69.2% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 196 / 530 | 37.0% | 35.9% | 337 / 942 | 35.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 68 / 98 | 69.4% | 67.9% | 101 / 153 | 66.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 65 / 82 | 79.3% | 81.5% | 143 / 180 | 79.4% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kang has more cage time on record.