Augusto Sakai vs. Chase Sherman

UFC 5-4-0 vs. 4-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-4-0
UFC record
4-11-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
41.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
38.9
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chase Sherman absorbs 6.65 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Chase Sherman rarely shoots — 0.09 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Augusto Sakai rarely shoots — 0.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Augusto Sakai

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Chase Sherman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 411
Tier 3 — regional circuit 143

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.42 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4304.32/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
9696.04/min · norm 3.36
4304.32/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
10666.65/min · norm 3.19
49.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 47.8%
45.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
10.15/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
30.28/15 · norm 0.28

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

Augusto Sakai

Distance 75.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 21.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 9.3%)

Chase Sherman

Distance 94.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Augusto Sakai

Head 72.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)

Chase Sherman

Head 74.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sakai L/AAccHeavyweight med Sherman L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 260 / 661 39.3% 40.1% 882 / 2010 43.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 150 / 187 80.2% 70.6% 67 / 92 72.8% 70.6%
On the ground 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.2% 20 / 29 69.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 633 40.3% 38.9% 531 / 1594 33.3% 38.9%
To the body 121 / 168 72.0% 76.8% 199 / 262 76.0% 76.8%
To the legs 54 / 71 76.1% 87.8% 239 / 275 86.9% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Sakai L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Sherman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 285 / 610 46.7% 40.7% 941 / 2069 45.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 70 / 86 81.4% 70.6% 74 / 102 72.5% 70.6%
On the ground 75 / 95 78.9% 72.0% 51 / 66 77.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 249 / 581 42.9% 38.8% 823 / 1918 42.9% 38.8%
To the body 125 / 144 86.8% 75.1% 145 / 200 72.5% 75.1%
To the legs 56 / 66 84.8% 84.4% 98 / 119 82.4% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.09/15 · norm 0.95
637.5% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2374.2% def · norm 64.3%
17:0917.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
6:083.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
19:372:57 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
13:041:13 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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