Alessio Sakara vs. Nicholas Musoke

UFC 6-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 4 yrs
40
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.4
Layoff (months)Δ 43.1 mo
110.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alessio Sakara carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nicholas Musoke owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Alessio Sakara hunts takedowns — 2.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alessio Sakara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

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

Nicholas Musoke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2993.96/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2773.56/min · norm 3.17
2122.80/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2953.80/min · norm 3.06
47.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 44.9%
59.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 55.25%
40.79/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Nicholas Musoke

Distance 91.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Nicholas Musoke

Head 85.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sakara L/AAccMiddleweight med Musoke L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 133 / 343 38.8% 40.5% 226 / 704 32.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 56 / 87 64.4% 70.3% 36 / 50 72.0% 67.8%
On the ground 110 / 196 56.1% 69.1% 15 / 20 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 552 43.7% 38.9% 189 / 662 28.5% 37.2%
To the body 49 / 64 76.6% 71.7% 59 / 81 72.8% 70.7%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 83.3% 29 / 31 93.5% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Musoke L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 354 30.2% 39.5% 250 / 627 39.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 69 62.3% 70.9% 24 / 39 61.5% 68.9%
On the ground 62 / 97 63.9% 69.0% 21 / 35 60.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 445 33.7% 37.9% 222 / 594 37.4% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 24 too few to rate 71.3% 40 / 67 59.7% 69.6%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1% 33 / 40 82.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1178.6% acc · 2.18/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
619.4% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.27
2262.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1482.4% def · norm 63.9%
20:3327.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
25:0832.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:223:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:181:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.19/15 · norm 0.45

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