Nam Phan vs. Jimy Hettes

UFC 2-6-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-6-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
43
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
149.2
Layoff (months)Δ 13.5 mo
135.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jimy Hettes hunts takedowns — 5.20 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jimy Hettes is a submission threat — 1.42 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nam Phan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1910

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Jimy Hettes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 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

6075.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2203.47/min · norm 3.54
8707.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2223.50/min · norm 3.47
35.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
57.3%norm 45.0%
62.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Nam Phan

Distance 98.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 6.5%)

Jimy Hettes

Distance 60.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Nam Phan

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 7.8%)

Jimy Hettes

Head 86.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med Hettes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.9% 109 / 232 47.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8% 43 / 64 67.2% 70.8%
On the ground 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.2% 68 / 88 77.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.2% 177 / 332 53.3% 37.2%
To the body 134 / 206 65.0% 68.2% 34 / 41 82.9% 68.2%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 80.7% 9 / 11 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Hettes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.2% 153 / 393 38.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3% 41 / 70 58.6% 70.3%
On the ground 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4% 28 / 64 43.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9% 121 / 367 33.0% 35.9%
To the body 167 / 274 60.9% 67.9% 70 / 126 55.6% 67.9%
To the legs 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5% 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2244.9% acc · 5.20/15 · norm 1.19
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1361.9% def · norm 61.5%
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
25:4440.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
14:223:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.13/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
61.42/15 · norm 0.46

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