Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Full career not yet synced for Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Kazuhiro Nakamura
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 21 | 11 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.1 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Distance 90.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.4%)
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Distance 66.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 31.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Head 73.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 9.7%)
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Head 72.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sokoudjou L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Nakamura L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 51 / 138 | 37.0% | 41.4% | 9 / 36 | 25.0% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 27 / 112 | 24.1% | 38.9% | 7 / 39 | 17.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 14 / 16 | too few to rate | 71.9% | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 19 / 24 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 81.8% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Sokoudjou L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Nakamura L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 44 / 100 | 44.0% | 40.4% | 37 / 62 | 59.7% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 6 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 36 / 39 | 92.3% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 22 / 43 | 51.2% | 70.4% | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 50 / 126 | 39.7% | 37.5% | 43 / 80 | 53.8% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 11 / 15 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 32 / 33 | 97.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 21 / 22 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sokoudjou has more cage time on record.