Kyler Phillips vs. Song Yadong

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 12-4-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
12-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
28
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.7
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
2.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kyler Phillips hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Song Yadong carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Kyler Phillips outworks the Bantamweight division — 4.68 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kyler Phillips

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Song Yadong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6434.68/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9584.34/min · norm 3.52
5283.84/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
8423.81/min · norm 3.58
42.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 43.4%
59.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 56.6%
20.22/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.48/15 · norm 0.30

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

Kyler Phillips

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 6.5%)

Song Yadong

Distance 91.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kyler Phillips

Head 81.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Song Yadong

Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med Yadong L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 519 / 1324 39.2% 39.0% 824 / 2007 41.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 54 70.4% 68.7% 57 / 79 72.2% 68.7%
On the ground 86 / 121 71.1% 70.2% 77 / 108 71.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 434 / 1226 35.4% 34.9% 587 / 1681 34.9% 34.9%
To the body 118 / 169 69.8% 66.8% 182 / 272 66.9% 66.8%
To the legs 91 / 104 87.5% 79.4% 189 / 241 78.4% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Yadong L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 461 / 1187 38.8% 39.3% 763 / 1771 43.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4% 38 / 52 73.1% 70.4%
On the ground 20 / 34 58.8% 72.4% 41 / 50 82.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 307 / 975 31.5% 34.9% 485 / 1383 35.1% 34.9%
To the body 146 / 223 65.5% 66.0% 172 / 263 65.4% 66.0%
To the legs 75 / 89 84.3% 79.1% 185 / 227 81.5% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2647.3% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1241.4% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
3075.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4873.8% def · norm 66.7%
28:2120.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
29:2713.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
13:451:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
19:111:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.33/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.20/15 · norm 0.28

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