Nam Phan vs. Leonard Garcia

UFC 2-6-0 vs. 2-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-6-0
UFC record
2-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
43
AgeΔ 4 yrs
47
5'6"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
149.2
Layoff (months)Δ 10.2 mo
159.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nam Phan absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Nam Phan rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Leonard Garcia rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

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

Leonard Garcia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6075.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3342.80/min · norm 3.54
8707.25/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6275.25/min · norm 3.47
35.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
24.3%norm 45.0%
62.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · 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%)

Leonard Garcia

Distance 94.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.0% (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%)

Leonard Garcia

Head 87.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (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 Garcia L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.9% 289 / 1297 22.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8% 27 / 51 52.9% 70.8%
On the ground 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.2% 18 / 27 66.7% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.2% 218 / 1199 18.2% 37.2%
To the body 134 / 206 65.0% 68.2% 57 / 98 58.2% 68.2%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 80.7% 59 / 78 75.6% 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 Garcia L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.2% 447 / 1049 42.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3% 33 / 63 52.4% 70.3%
On the ground 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4% 147 / 249 59.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9% 490 / 1175 41.7% 35.9%
To the body 167 / 274 60.9% 67.9% 110 / 151 72.8% 67.9%
To the legs 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5% 27 / 35 77.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1441.2% def · norm 61.5%
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:046.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
49:536:16 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.13/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.38/15 · norm 0.46

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