Kyung Ho Kang

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Kyung Ho Kang

Nickname“Mr. Perfect”

Record

19-11, 1 NC

Streak

L2

Age

38

Date of birth

Sep 9, 1987

Fighting out of: Busan, Yeongnam
Born: South Korea
Camp: Busan Team MAD
Weight class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'9" · 175 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jun 22, 2024
Cut risk: 42%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Muin Gafurov

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · Jun 22, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov

John Castaneda

Catch Weight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira · Nov 11, 2023

UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira

Cristian Quinonez

Cristian Quinonez

Bantamweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 2:25

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · Jun 17, 2023

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier

Batgerel Danaa

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka · Jun 11, 2022

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka

Rani Yahya

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate · Nov 20, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate

Pingyuan Liu

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie · Dec 21, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

Brandon Davis

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 · Aug 17, 2019

UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2

Teruto Ishihara

Teruto Ishihara

Bantamweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 3:59

UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva · Feb 9, 2019

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva

Ricardo Ramos

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 · Aug 4, 2018

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2

Guido Cannetti

Bantamweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom · R1 · 4:53

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi · Jan 14, 2018

Triangle Choke From Bottom

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi

Michinori Tanaka

Michinori Tanaka

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson · Sep 20, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson

Shunichi Shimizu

Shunichi Shimizu

Bantamweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Mount · R3 · 3:53

UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim · Jan 4, 2014

Arm Triangle From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim

Chico Camus

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2 · Aug 31, 2013

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2

Alex Caceres

Bantamweight · No Contest · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann · Mar 2, 2013

UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann

Outside the UFC

11-6across 17 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 8 sub · 1 decRoad FC 8 · Road FC 7 · Road FC 6 · Road FC 5 · Road FC 3 +11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Andrew Leone8-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:19	Road FC 8	Jun 16, 2012
W	Jae Hoon Moon11-15	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:27	Road FC 8	Jun 16, 2012
W	Shoko Sato38-17-2	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:38	Road FC 7	Mar 24, 2012
L	Andrew Leone8-4	Decision	—	R3	5:00	Road FC 6	Feb 5, 2012
W	Min Jong Song13-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:55	Road FC 5	Dec 3, 2011
W	Kil Woo Lee5-6	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	0:52	Road FC 3	Jul 24, 2011
L	Bae Yong Kwon9-4	Submission	Triangle Armbar	R1	4:05	Road FC 2	Apr 16, 2011
W	Katsutoshi Fujita3-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:10	Grachan	Nov 7, 2010
L	Munehiro Fujita9-9-2	Disqualification	Illegal Knee	R1	4:56	Gladiator 11	Oct 9, 2010
W	Makoto Kamaya26-16-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	4:19	KOF	Apr 24, 2010
L	Shigeki Osawa19-8-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SRC	Mar 7, 2010
L	Atsushi Yamamoto19-12-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Deep	Nov 10, 2009
W	Guangyou Ning5-4-1	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	7:34	AOW 13	Jul 18, 2009
W	Nam Sun Kim5-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	4:08	Spirit MC 17	Jun 29, 2008
L	Kwang Hee Lee8-6	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	4:17	Spirit MC 14	Jan 20, 2008
W	Duk Young Jang6-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:45	Spirit MC 13	Oct 14, 2007
W	Jae Hyun So12-17	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Spirit MC 11	Apr 22, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC47th

47%533 / 1,108

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.19 differential

Landed3.13

Absorbed3.32

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%68th410
Body9%22nd49
Leg14%51st74

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

75%Standing

Standing75%402
Clinch4%22
Ground20%109

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Kyung Ho Kang

Kyung Ho Kang

Landed per 15

Head

A

73rd

38.4

73rd

Body

F

15th

4.6

15th

Leg

C

47th

6.9

47th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

58th

29.9

58th

Body

B

65th

8.6

65th

Leg

F

18th

13.1

18th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.4	410	944	43%
Body	4.6	49	77	64%
Leg	6.9	74	87	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.9	319	900	35%
Body	8.6	92	142	65%
Leg	13.1	140	177	79%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Kyung Ho Kang

Kyung Ho Kang

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 160 min

112%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Kang builds (+4% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kang lifts to 112% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Kyung Ho Kang

Kang ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Kyung Ho Kang

Kanglanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kyung Ho Kang

Kangattempts / min

Control time

Kyung Ho Kang

Kang% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.5	3.5	3.4	0.26	30%	13
R2	4.6	2.7	3.6	0.16	34%	10
R3	5.9	3.7	3.3	0.27	34%	10

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Kyung Ho Kang

Kyung Ho Kang

14 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

20th

21%

20th

Win quality

A

70th

46%

70th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

1

7

3

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	2	0-1, 1 NC	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	7	5-2	71%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Muin Gafurov	Building	15	Jun 22, 2024
L	John Castaneda	Building	18	Nov 11, 2023
W	Cristian Quinonez	Building	15	Jun 17, 2023
W	Batgerel Danaa	Building	18	Jun 11, 2022
L	Rani Yahya#15	Ranked 6–15	62	Nov 20, 2021
W	Pingyuan Liu	Building	18	Dec 21, 2019
W	Brandon Davis	Unproven	12	Aug 17, 2019
W	Teruto Ishihara	Unproven	12	Feb 9, 2019
L	Ricardo Ramos	Established	22	Aug 4, 2018
W	Guido Cannetti	Building	15	Jan 14, 2018
W	Michinori Tanaka	Building	15	Sep 20, 2014
W	Shunichi Shimizu	Unproven	8	Jan 4, 2014
L	Chico Camus	Cross-div ranked	32	Aug 31, 2013
NC	Alex Caceres	Ranked 6–15	51	Mar 2, 2013

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.