Fabiano Iha vs. Daiju Takase

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
56
AgeΔ 8 yrs
48
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
298.3
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
307.7
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Fabiano Iha is a submission threat — 3.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Daiju Takase's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Daiju Takase rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Fabiano Iha

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Daiju Takase

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1212

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.34 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

451.17/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
50.23/min · norm 3.17
962.50/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
632.85/min · norm 3.06
43.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
20.0%norm 44.9%
51.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
35.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Fabiano Iha

Distance 51.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 30.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.3% (norm 8.0%)

Daiju Takase

Distance 76.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Fabiano Iha

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.9%)

Daiju Takase

Head 92.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Iha L/AAccLightweight med Takase L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 53 26.4% 37.9% 0 / 19 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 19 / 32 59.4% 67.3% 0 / 1 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 5 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 78 35.9% 35.0% 5 / 23 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 5 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 16 too few to rate 81.9% 0 / 1 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Iha L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Takase L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 85 30.6% 38.9% 10 / 21 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 68 63.2% 68.6% 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 27 / 45 60.0% 68.0% 50 / 71 70.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 176 44.3% 35.1% 41 / 74 55.4% 35.6%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.1% 17 / 17 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 5 / 6 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
626.1% acc · 2.34/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
350.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
9:1825.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
17:286:49 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
19:1013:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
83.13/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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