Kalib Starnes vs. Yushin Okami

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 14-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
14-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
51
AgeΔ 6 yrs
45
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
219.6
Layoff (months)Δ 127.4 mo
92.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yushin Okami owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Kalib Starnes's takedown defense leaks — 25% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Kalib Starnes absorbs 4.43 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kalib Starnes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 158

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 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

1392.71/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5132.03/min · norm 3.25
2274.43/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5672.25/min · norm 3.20
48.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.5%norm 47.4%
53.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.24/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kalib Starnes

Distance 67.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.7% (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)

Kalib Starnes

Head 71.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.4% (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 Starnes L/AAccMiddleweight med Okami L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 192 35.9% 40.5% 285 / 1000 28.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 43 / 49 87.8% 70.3% 69 / 79 87.3% 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 45 60.0% 69.1% 159 / 255 62.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 204 37.3% 38.9% 405 / 1209 33.5% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 58 72.4% 71.7% 73 / 83 88.0% 71.7%
To the legs 21 / 24 too few to rate 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 Starnes L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Okami L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 147 / 354 41.5% 39.5% 361 / 1187 30.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 64 / 106 60.4% 70.9% 164 / 210 78.1% 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 24 too few to rate 69.0% 42 / 57 73.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 352 34.1% 37.9% 299 / 1092 27.4% 37.9%
To the body 43 / 61 70.5% 71.3% 81 / 137 59.1% 71.3%
To the legs 64 / 71 90.1% 82.1% 187 / 225 83.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
533.3% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3337.9% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.42
125.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5584.6% def · norm 63.1%
9:5919.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
95:5538.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:171:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:291:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.59/15 · 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.