Evan Tanner vs. Yushin Okami

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 14-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
14-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
55
AgeΔ 10 yrs
45
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
217.5
Layoff (months)Δ 125.3 mo
92.2
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Evan Tanner is a submission threat — 1.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Evan Tanner owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Yushin Okami owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Evan Tanner

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 152

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Yushin Okami

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 235

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 54 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3883.16/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5132.03/min · norm 3.25
3012.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5672.25/min · norm 3.20
60.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 47.4%
57.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 53.8%
10.12/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.24/15 · norm 0.32

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

Evan Tanner

Distance 46.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.5% (norm 10.3%)

Yushin Okami

Distance 75.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Evan Tanner

Head 70.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Yushin Okami

Head 90.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tanner L/AAccMiddleweight med Okami L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 301 42.9% 40.5% 285 / 1000 28.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 95 / 123 77.2% 70.3% 69 / 79 87.3% 70.3%
On the ground 164 / 223 73.5% 69.1% 159 / 255 62.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 455 52.1% 38.9% 405 / 1209 33.5% 38.9%
To the body 97 / 131 74.0% 71.7% 73 / 83 88.0% 71.7%
To the legs 54 / 61 88.5% 83.3% 35 / 42 83.3% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Tanner L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Okami L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 173 / 528 32.8% 39.5% 361 / 1187 30.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 103 / 135 76.3% 70.9% 164 / 210 78.1% 70.9%
On the ground 25 / 46 54.3% 69.0% 42 / 57 73.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 616 36.2% 37.9% 299 / 1092 27.4% 37.9%
To the body 52 / 62 83.9% 71.3% 81 / 137 59.1% 71.3%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 82.1% 187 / 225 83.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2145.7% acc · 2.57/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3337.9% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.42
222.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5584.6% def · norm 63.1%
51:2146.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
95:5538.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
10:241:16 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:291:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
151.83/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
90.54/15 · norm 0.47

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