Akira Corassani vs. Sam Sicilia

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 5-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
5-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
43
AgeΔ 3 yrs
40
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
138.4
Layoff (months)Δ 24.8 mo
113.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sam Sicilia is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Akira Corassani absorbs 4.91 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Sam Sicilia owns the mat — in control 24% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Akira Corassani

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Sam Sicilia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 710
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.64 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1393.25/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2552.46/min · norm 3.54
2104.91/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3683.55/min · norm 3.47
45.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
33.5%norm 45.0%
50.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.29

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

Akira Corassani

Distance 90.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Sam Sicilia

Distance 82.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Akira Corassani

Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.8%)

Sam Sicilia

Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Corassani L/AAccFeatherweight med Sicilia L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 121 / 279 43.4% 40.9% 168 / 626 26.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 18 / 28 64.3% 70.8% 32 / 56 57.1% 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 55 / 79 69.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 229 34.9% 37.2% 175 / 641 27.3% 37.2%
To the body 28 / 39 71.8% 68.2% 50 / 81 61.7% 68.2%
To the legs 31 / 39 79.5% 80.7% 30 / 39 76.9% 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 Corassani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Sicilia L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 121 / 314 38.5% 39.2% 318 / 832 38.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 56 / 71 78.9% 70.3% 25 / 41 61.0% 70.3%
On the ground 33 / 37 89.2% 69.4% 25 / 30 83.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 138 / 328 42.1% 35.9% 237 / 699 33.9% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 61 70.5% 67.9% 61 / 117 52.1% 67.9%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 81.5% 70 / 87 80.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1043.5% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.19
1386.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 61.5%
4:5411.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
24:2923.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
9:323:20 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
8:421:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
60.87/15 · norm 0.46

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