Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jon Fitch

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 14-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
14-3-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
219.6
Layoff (months)Δ 57.5 mo
162.1
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLDW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jon Fitch owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Jon Fitch hunts takedowns — 3.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Kuniyoshi Hironaka is a submission threat — 0.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 226

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Jon Fitch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

661.43/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6302.64/min · norm 3.17
1302.81/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3711.55/min · norm 3.06
43.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 44.9%
54.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 55.25%
10.32/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.13/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Distance 57.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 35.1% (norm 8.1%)

Jon Fitch

Distance 44.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 37.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Head 86.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jon Fitch

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hironaka L/AAccWelterweight med Fitch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 87 29.9% 38.6% 186 / 540 34.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 7 / 11 too few to rate 67.8% 136 / 231 58.9% 67.8%
On the ground 33 / 53 62.3% 67.2% 308 / 454 67.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 130 36.9% 37.2% 414 / 945 43.8% 37.2%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.7% 129 / 169 76.3% 70.7%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 82.9% 87 / 111 78.4% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Hironaka L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fitch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 185 37.3% 39.0% 171 / 517 33.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 49 55.1% 68.9% 125 / 177 70.6% 68.9%
On the ground 34 / 54 63.0% 68.0% 75 / 107 70.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 86 / 232 37.1% 35.6% 211 / 604 34.9% 35.6%
To the body 12 / 17 too few to rate 69.6% 69 / 96 71.9% 69.6%
To the legs 32 / 39 82.1% 82.1% 91 / 101 90.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
832.0% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
5854.7% acc · 3.64/15 · norm 1.27
116.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3355.9% def · norm 63.9%
13:4529.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
128:2653.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:014:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
55:033:27 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.97/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
140.88/15 · norm 0.45

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