Alessio Sakara vs. James Lee
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Alessio Sakara
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 37 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500
James Lee
Full career not yet synced for James Lee — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alessio Sakara
Distance 54.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 31.3% (norm 10.3%)
James Lee
Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alessio Sakara
Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)
James Lee
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sakara L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Lee L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 133 / 343 | 38.8% | 40.5% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 56 / 87 | 64.4% | 70.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 110 / 196 | 56.1% | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 241 / 552 | 43.7% | 38.9% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 49 / 64 | 76.6% | 71.7% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.8% |
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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Sakara L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Lee L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 107 / 354 | 30.2% | 39.5% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 69 | 62.3% | 70.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 62 / 97 | 63.9% | 69.0% | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 150 / 445 | 33.7% | 37.9% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 37.5% |
| To the body | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 41 / 51 | 80.4% | 82.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sakara has more cage time on record.