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Vaughan Lee vs. Nam Phan

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 2-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
2-6-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
66"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
135.1
Layoff (months)Δ 16.6 mo
151.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vaughan Lee is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nam Phan rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vaughan Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 117

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.02 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Nam Phan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1910

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2583.47/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6075.06/min · norm 3.52
1542.07/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8707.25/min · norm 3.50
47.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 44.7%
70.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 54.8%
10.20/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Vaughan Lee

Distance 86.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 6.4%)

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Vaughan Lee

Head 64.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 23.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccBantamweight med Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 470 43.2% 39.2% 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 40 / 52 76.9% 69.0% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 70.2% 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 353 35.7% 35.3% 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.1%
To the body 82 / 126 65.1% 66.9% 134 / 206 65.0% 68.0%
To the legs 50 / 67 74.6% 79.2% 24 / 34 70.6% 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 (Bantamweight: 121 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 Lee L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 432 22.9% 39.4% 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 21 / 37 56.8% 70.6% 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 72.1% 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 409 24.4% 34.9% 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9%
To the body 40 / 73 54.8% 66.1% 167 / 274 60.9% 68.0%
To the legs 14 / 35 40.0% 78.8% 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
433.3% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.17
2672.2% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
8:0610.9% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
26:545:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:11
51.01/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.45

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