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Yui Chul Nam vs.
Mike de la Torre

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

1-2-0 Yui Chul Nam · UFC
2-4-0 (1 NC) Mike de la Torre · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
2-4-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
45
AgeΔ 6 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
128.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.4 mo
111.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

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 17% Featherweight norm.
Mike de la Torre rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Yui Chul Nam

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

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

Mike de la Torre

Full career not yet synced for Mike de la Torre — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1593.53/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1333.21/min · norm 3.54
902.00/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1974.75/min · norm 3.47
51.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.2%norm 45.0%
48.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 54.85%
31.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.36/15 · norm 0.29

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

Yui Chul Nam

Distance 40.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 37.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 6.5%)

Mike de la Torre

Distance 80.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Yui Chul Nam

Head 76.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.8%)

Mike de la Torre

Head 90.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 7.8%)

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 Torre L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 125 34.4% 40.9% 81 / 272 29.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 81 / 116 69.8% 70.8% 37 / 50 74.0% 70.8%
On the ground 35 / 69 50.7% 69.2% 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 237 45.1% 37.2% 105 / 305 34.4% 37.2%
To the body 37 / 55 67.3% 68.2% 25 / 31 80.6% 68.2%
To the legs 15 / 18 too few to rate 80.7% 3 / 3 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Nam L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Torre L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 35 / 93 37.6% 39.2% 82 / 255 32.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 33 / 54 61.1% 70.3% 80 / 103 77.7% 70.3%
On the ground 22 / 27 81.5% 69.4% 35 / 49 71.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 154 46.8% 35.9% 137 / 321 42.7% 35.9%
To the body 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.9% 48 / 72 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 12 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

416.0% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.19
1257.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3583.3% def · norm 61.5%
16:3136.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:4814.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
17:585:59 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
18:346:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.33/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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