Issei Tamura vs. Zhang Tiequan

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
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 6 yrs
48
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
63"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
160.7
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
164.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Issei Tamura carries real power — 1.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Zhang Tiequan is a submission threat — 2.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Issei Tamura's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Issei Tamura

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1410

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.11 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

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

Zhang Tiequan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 141

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

311.89/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
521.43/min · norm 3.54
754.58/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
802.20/min · norm 3.47
53.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
36.9%norm 45.0%
44.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 54.85%
21.83/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Issei Tamura

Distance 65.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 6.5%)

Zhang Tiequan

Distance 98.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Issei Tamura

Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zhang Tiequan

Head 89.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tamura L/AAccBantamweight med Tiequan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 16 / 38 42.1% 39.0% 52 / 139 37.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 68.7% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 47 51.1% 34.9% 42 / 126 33.3% 37.2%
To the body 4 / 7 too few to rate 66.8% 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 79.4% 8 / 12 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Tamura L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Tiequan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 100 45.0% 39.3% 46 / 112 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.4% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 72.4% 33 / 47 70.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 80 37.5% 34.9% 64 / 140 45.7% 35.9%
To the body 14 / 19 too few to rate 66.0% 13 / 18 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 31 / 37 83.8% 79.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.92/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2100.0% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
133.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
675.0% def · norm 61.5%
4:1025.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
2:015.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
3:373:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
24:079:57 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
52.06/15 · norm 0.46

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