Kenichi Yamamoto vs. Katsuhisa Fujii

UFC 2-1-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
50
AgeΔ 3 yrs
53
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
307.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12.9 mo
320.6
LWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kenichi Yamamoto owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Katsuhisa Fujii owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.
Kenichi Yamamoto rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kenichi Yamamoto

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 311

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.8 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Katsuhisa Fujii

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 817

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.79 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 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

240.77/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
452.58/min · norm 1.46
481.54/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
191.09/min · norm 1.68
64.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 45.8%
52.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
64.2%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.86/15 · norm 0.00

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

Kenichi Yamamoto

Distance 35.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 59.5% (norm 8.1%)

Katsuhisa Fujii

Distance 35.6% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 58.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Kenichi Yamamoto

Head 48.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 45.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Katsuhisa Fujii

Head 90.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yamamoto L/AAccWelterweight med Fujii L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 4 / 13 too few to rate 38.6% 15 / 37 40.5% 27.8%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 18 / 22 too few to rate 67.2% 25 / 61 41.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 18 too few to rate 37.2% 35 / 94 37.2% 39.3%
To the body 17 / 17 too few to rate 70.7% 5 / 5 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.9% 5 / 5 too few to rate 53.5%

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 · Open Weight: 11 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 Yamamoto L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fujii L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 19 too few to rate 39.0% 3 / 22 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 68.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 40 / 78 51.3% 68.0% 15 / 30 50.0% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 93 48.4% 35.6% 15 / 45 33.3% 47.0%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.6% 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 2 / 5 too few to rate 82.1% 2 / 6 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.15
116.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 66.7%
14:1745.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
8:4950.5% of cage time · norm 21.95%
13:096:19 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:021:44 per 15 · norm 0:39
10.48/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 1.34

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