Keita Nakamura vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Keita Nakamura
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 30 | 3 |
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
Anthony Rocco Martin
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Keita Nakamura
Distance 88.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 8.1%)
Anthony Rocco Martin
Distance 91.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Keita Nakamura
Head 87.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 8.4%)
Anthony Rocco Martin
Head 87.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Nakamura L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Martin L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 267 / 834 | 32.0% | 38.6% | 428 / 1254 | 34.1% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 37 / 56 | 66.1% | 67.8% | 42 / 64 | 65.6% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 33 / 54 | 61.1% | 67.2% | 41 / 56 | 73.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 267 / 830 | 32.2% | 37.2% | 371 / 1202 | 30.9% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 49 / 79 | 62.0% | 70.7% | 47 / 62 | 75.8% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 21 / 35 | 60.0% | 82.9% | 93 / 110 | 84.5% | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Nakamura L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Martin L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 379 / 994 | 38.1% | 39.0% | 415 / 1086 | 38.2% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 76 / 114 | 66.7% | 68.9% | 69 / 84 | 82.1% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 69 / 129 | 53.5% | 68.0% | 10 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 346 / 1016 | 34.1% | 35.6% | 228 / 821 | 27.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 104 / 141 | 73.8% | 69.6% | 151 / 211 | 71.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 74 / 80 | 92.5% | 82.1% | 115 / 152 | 75.7% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Martin has more cage time on record.