Naoyuki Kotani vs Thiago Tavares
Side-by-side breakdown of stats, skills, and fight history
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Tale of the Tape
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Naoyuki Kotani vs Thiago Tavares: Matchup Breakdown
Naoyuki Kotani is 0-5 in the Lightweight division with a 0% win rate. Thiago Tavares is 10-7-1 at Lightweight, winning 55.6% of the time. Both are listed as retired.
They have met 1 time. Thiago Tavares leads the series 1-0. Their most recent meeting was UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard on Apr 5, 2007, won by Thiago Tavares by Decision - Unanimous in round 3.
Thiago Tavares holds the higher ELO rating, 947 to 838. Career peaks are 1,000 for Naoyuki Kotani and 1,046 for Thiago Tavares. Naoyuki Kotani has 0 KO/TKO and 0 submission wins from 0 victories, a 0% finish rate. Thiago Tavares has 1 KO/TKO and 5 submission wins, finishing 60% of the time.
Naoyuki Kotani stands 5' 8" with a reach of 66" and fights southpaw. Thiago Tavares is 5' 7" with a reach of 70", orthodox. That is a 4-inch reach advantage for Thiago Tavares. Naoyuki Kotani is 44, Thiago Tavares is 41.
Across the bouts with round-by-round data recorded, Naoyuki Kotani has landed 55 significant strikes at 31.3% accuracy with 3 takedowns and 10:51 of control time. Thiago Tavares has landed 329 at 40.1% with 42 takedowns and 1h 3m of control.
They have no opponents in common.