Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Dennis Bermudez

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 10-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
10-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
48
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
120
Layoff (months)Δ 29.4 mo
90.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Bermudez hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Tatsuya Kawajiri owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Tatsuya Kawajiri hunts takedowns — 3.34 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 317

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Dennis Bermudez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.81 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1361.68/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
8704.42/min · norm 3.54
2443.02/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6053.07/min · norm 3.47
46.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.3%norm 45.0%
36.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Distance 71.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 24.7% (norm 6.5%)

Dennis Bermudez

Distance 66.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.8%)

Dennis Bermudez

Head 80.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kawajiri L/AAccFeatherweight med Bermudez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 207 33.3% 40.9% 461 / 1248 36.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 70.8% 159 / 257 61.9% 70.8%
On the ground 57 / 72 79.2% 69.2% 250 / 376 66.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 107 / 248 43.1% 37.2% 583 / 1505 38.7% 37.2%
To the body 13 / 24 too few to rate 68.2% 127 / 194 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 16 / 19 too few to rate 80.7% 160 / 182 87.9% 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 Kawajiri L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bermudez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 228 42.5% 39.2% 411 / 1183 34.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 41 / 46 89.1% 70.3% 145 / 217 66.8% 70.3%
On the ground 106 / 111 95.5% 69.4% 49 / 76 64.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 306 56.2% 35.9% 422 / 1215 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 29 / 33 87.9% 67.9% 125 / 180 69.4% 67.9%
To the legs 43 / 46 93.5% 81.5% 58 / 81 71.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1831.0% acc · 3.34/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
5140.2% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.19
850.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4882.8% def · norm 61.5%
41:5751.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
71:3236.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
15:282:52 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
29:402:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.37/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
141.07/15 · norm 0.46

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