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Yui Chul Nam vs. Kazuki Tokudome

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
45
AgeΔ 6 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
—
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
130.7
Layoff (months)Δ 14.3 mo
145
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yui Chul Nam carries real power — 1.00 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Yui Chul Nam owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Kazuki Tokudome owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yui Chul Nam

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 178

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.24 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Kazuki Tokudome

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1593.53/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1192.26/min · norm 3.44
902.00/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1913.63/min · norm 3.38
51.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
41.2%norm 43.65%
48.3%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 56.3%
31.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.29/15 · norm 0.25

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

Yui Chul Nam

Distance 40.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 37.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 6.5%)

Kazuki Tokudome

Distance 74.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Yui Chul Nam

Head 76.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.9%)

Kazuki Tokudome

Head 85.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Nam L/AAccFeatherweight med Tokudome L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 125 34.4% 40.5% 76 / 214 35.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 81 / 116 69.8% 70.5% 20 / 34 58.8% 67.5%
On the ground 35 / 69 50.7% 69.3% 23 / 41 56.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 237 45.1% 37.1% 84 / 247 34.0% 35.1%
To the body 37 / 55 67.3% 68.0% 14 / 17 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 15 / 18 too few to rate 80.3% 21 / 25 84.0% 81.8%

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: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Nam L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Tokudome L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 35 / 93 37.6% 39.3% 112 / 288 38.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 33 / 54 61.1% 70.3% 52 / 79 65.8% 68.6%
On the ground 22 / 27 81.5% 69.4% 27 / 40 67.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 154 46.8% 35.9% 145 / 340 42.6% 35.2%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 68.0% 26 / 38 68.4% 68.2%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 20 / 29 69.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
416.0% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
738.9% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.34
1257.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1578.9% def · norm 63.7%
16:3136.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
21:4441.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
17:585:59 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
10:443:03 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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