Joshua Van vs. Felipe Bunes

UFC 10-1-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-1-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
24
AgeΔ 12 yrs
36
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 4"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
5.3
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joshua Van carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Felipe Bunes is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Joshua Van outworks the Flyweight division — 8.43 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.49 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joshua Van

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Felipe Bunes

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12308.43/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1323.17/min · norm 3.49
8495.82/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1904.57/min · norm 3.24
57.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
46.2%norm 44.6%
58.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
47.4%norm 56.4%
70.72/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Joshua Van

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 7.3%)

Felipe Bunes

Distance 97.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)

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

Joshua Van

Head 81.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 9.3%)

Felipe Bunes

Head 78.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Van L/AAccFlyweight med Bunes L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1070 / 1929 55.5% 40.0% 128 / 280 45.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 94 / 116 81.0% 70.4% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 66 / 99 66.7% 69.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 892 / 1746 51.1% 37.6% 90 / 225 40.0% 37.6%
To the body 235 / 285 82.5% 68.5% 21 / 37 56.8% 68.5%
To the legs 103 / 113 91.2% 80.0% 21 / 24 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Van L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Bunes L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 812 / 1973 41.2% 40.1% 156 / 316 49.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 27 / 45 60.0% 68.8% 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 10 / 16 too few to rate 71.1% 23 / 30 76.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 571 / 1647 34.7% 35.2% 129 / 278 46.4% 35.2%
To the body 132 / 204 64.7% 68.2% 41 / 60 68.3% 68.2%
To the legs 146 / 183 79.8% 80.3% 20 / 23 too few to rate 80.3%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
861.5% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
325.0% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.30
5675.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 62.5%
10:407.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
6:0614.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
22:242:18 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
12:444:35 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.21/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
41.44/15 · norm 0.58

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