Nam Phan vs. Vaughan Lee
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Nam Phan
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 10 |
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
Vaughan Lee
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 7 |
Tier-weighted record quality: -0.02 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Vaughan Lee
Distance 86.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.4% (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%)
Vaughan Lee
Head 64.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Phan L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Lee L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 595 / 1669 | 35.7% | 40.9% | 203 / 470 | 43.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 40 / 52 | 76.9% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 8 / 15 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 15 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 449 / 1450 | 31.0% | 37.2% | 126 / 353 | 35.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 134 / 206 | 65.0% | 68.2% | 82 / 126 | 65.1% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 80.7% | 50 / 67 | 74.6% | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Phan L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Lee L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 708 / 2094 | 33.8% | 39.2% | 99 / 432 | 22.9% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 45 | 73.3% | 70.3% | 21 / 37 | 56.8% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 129 / 163 | 79.1% | 69.4% | 34 / 48 | 70.8% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 613 / 1919 | 31.9% | 35.9% | 100 / 409 | 24.4% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 167 / 274 | 60.9% | 67.9% | 40 / 73 | 54.8% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 90 / 109 | 82.6% | 81.5% | 14 / 35 | 40.0% | 79.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Phan has more cage time on record.