Drew Fickett vs. Keita Nakamura

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 4-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 4 yrs
42
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
232.1
Layoff (months)Δ 144.5 mo
87.6
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Drew Fickett is a submission threat — 1.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Drew Fickett's takedown defense leaks — 30% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Keita Nakamura hunts takedowns — 1.72 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Drew Fickett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3420

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 32 finish wins over 63 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Keita Nakamura

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 3 — regional circuit 303

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 51 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.45/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3372.14/min · norm 3.17
1412.23/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5243.33/min · norm 3.06
41.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
35.7%norm 44.9%
57.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 55.25%
10.24/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.38/15 · norm 0.38

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

Drew Fickett

Distance 53.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 27.1% (norm 8.1%)

Keita Nakamura

Distance 88.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Drew Fickett

Head 72.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Keita Nakamura

Head 87.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fickett L/AAccWelterweight med Nakamura L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 199 28.6% 38.6% 267 / 834 32.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 50 / 73 68.5% 67.8% 37 / 56 66.1% 67.8%
On the ground 48 / 101 47.5% 67.2% 33 / 54 61.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 271 27.3% 37.2% 267 / 830 32.2% 37.2%
To the body 54 / 65 83.1% 70.7% 49 / 79 62.0% 70.7%
To the legs 27 / 37 73.0% 82.9% 21 / 35 60.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Fickett L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Nakamura L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 63 / 193 32.6% 39.0% 379 / 994 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 58 55.2% 68.9% 76 / 114 66.7% 68.9%
On the ground 46 / 84 54.8% 68.0% 69 / 129 53.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 307 37.8% 35.6% 346 / 1016 34.1% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.6% 104 / 141 73.8% 69.6%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 74 / 80 92.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
637.5% acc · 1.42/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1851.4% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.27
730.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2363.9% def · norm 63.9%
11:4618.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
23:4415.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:257:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
33:303:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
81.90/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.38/15 · norm 0.45

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