Takeya Mizugaki vs. Nam Phan

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 2-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
2-6-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.7
Layoff (months)Δ 33.5 mo
149.2
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

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.
Takeya Mizugaki owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Takeya Mizugaki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 157

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6133.79/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6075.06/min · norm 3.54
5173.20/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
8707.25/min · norm 3.47
40.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 45.0%
58.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
62.2%norm 54.85%
30.28/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Takeya Mizugaki

Distance 77.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)

Nam Phan

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

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

Takeya Mizugaki

Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Nam Phan

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mizugaki L/AAccBantamweight med Phan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 421 / 1193 35.3% 39.0% 595 / 1669 35.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 99 / 179 55.3% 68.7% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 93 / 159 58.5% 70.2% 8 / 15 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 443 / 1306 33.9% 34.9% 449 / 1450 31.0% 37.2%
To the body 121 / 154 78.6% 66.8% 134 / 206 65.0% 68.2%
To the legs 49 / 71 69.0% 79.4% 24 / 34 70.6% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Mizugaki L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Phan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 354 / 1020 34.7% 39.3% 708 / 2094 33.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 128 / 167 76.6% 70.4% 33 / 45 73.3% 70.3%
On the ground 35 / 48 72.9% 72.4% 129 / 163 79.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 998 32.5% 34.9% 613 / 1919 31.9% 35.9%
To the body 149 / 187 79.7% 66.0% 167 / 274 60.9% 67.9%
To the legs 44 / 50 88.0% 79.1% 90 / 109 82.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1650.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.19
4070.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3459.6% def · norm 61.5%
42:5726.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
5:024.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
34:543:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
30:583:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.09/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.46

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