Masutatsu Yano vs. Katsuhisa Fujii

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
51
AgeΔ 2 yrs
53
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
320.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
320.6
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Katsuhisa Fujii owns the mat — in control 50% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.
Katsuhisa Fujii outworks the Open Weight division — 2.58 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 1.46 norm.
Masutatsu Yano hunts takedowns — 1.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Masutatsu Yano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 23

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.73 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 0 finish wins over 7 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Katsuhisa Fujii

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 817

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.79 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

182.20/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
452.58/min · norm 1.46
182.20/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
191.09/min · norm 1.68
36.7%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 45.8%
56.1%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
64.2%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.86/15 · norm 0.00

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

Masutatsu Yano

Distance 38.8% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 61.2% (norm 28.7%)

Katsuhisa Fujii

Distance 35.6% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 58.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Masutatsu Yano

Head 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Body 2.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 5.2%)

Katsuhisa Fujii

Head 90.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yano L/AAccOpen Weight med Fujii L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 19 too few to rate 27.8% 15 / 37 40.5% 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 63.8% 5 / 6 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 15 / 30 50.0% 65.8% 25 / 61 41.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 42 35.7% 39.3% 35 / 94 37.2% 39.3%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 90.5% 5 / 5 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 53.5% 5 / 5 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Yano L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Fujii L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 36 38.9% 37.0% 3 / 22 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 66.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.1% 15 / 30 50.0% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 33 30.3% 47.0% 15 / 45 33.3% 47.0%
To the body 4 / 4 too few to rate 87.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 61.2% 2 / 6 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 1.72/15 · norm 1.15
0— def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 66.7%
2:0224.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
8:4950.5% of cage time · norm 21.95%
0:030:05 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
2:021:44 per 15 · norm 0:39
00.00/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 1.34

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