Quinn Mulhern vs. Katsunori Kikuno

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 3 yrs
44
6'3"
HeightΔ 7"
5'8"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
151.1
Layoff (months)Δ 20.7 mo
130.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Katsunori Kikuno owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Quinn Mulhern rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Katsunori Kikuno hunts takedowns — 2.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Quinn Mulhern

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 182

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Katsunori Kikuno

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 225

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

251.38/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
792.85/min · norm 3.54
432.38/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1093.93/min · norm 3.47
22.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.0%
55.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Quinn Mulhern

Distance 96.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 8.0%)

Katsunori Kikuno

Distance 91.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Quinn Mulhern

Head 77.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Katsunori Kikuno

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mulhern L/AAccLightweight med Kikuno L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 109 22.0% 37.9% 71 / 160 44.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 67.3% 5 / 10 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 87 21.8% 35.0% 53 / 137 38.7% 37.2%
To the body 4 / 20 too few to rate 69.1% 12 / 20 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 81.9% 14 / 18 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Mulhern L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Kikuno L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 78 41.0% 38.9% 87 / 215 40.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.6% 19 / 25 76.0% 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 73 35.6% 35.1% 79 / 191 41.4% 35.9%
To the body 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.1% 15 / 31 48.4% 67.9%
To the legs 5 / 8 too few to rate 81.5% 15 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.19
120.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1090.9% def · norm 61.5%
0:010.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
9:3534.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:297:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:480:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.54/15 · norm 0.46

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