Victor Valimaki vs. Alessio Sakara

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 6-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
6-8-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
Age
44
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
231.6
Layoff (months)Δ 78.2 mo
153.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

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.
Alessio Sakara hunts takedowns — 2.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Victor Valimaki is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 39% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Victor Valimaki

Full career not yet synced for Victor Valimaki — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

663.94/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
2993.96/min · norm 3.25
502.99/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2122.80/min · norm 3.20
30.1%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 47.4%
67.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.79/15 · norm 0.32

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

Victor Valimaki

Distance 88.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 10.4%)

Alessio Sakara

Distance 54.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 31.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Victor Valimaki

Head 87.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.9% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 9.7%)

Alessio Sakara

Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Valimaki L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Sakara L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 53 / 193 27.5% 41.4% 133 / 343 38.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 8 / 17 too few to rate 70.9% 56 / 87 64.4% 70.3%
On the ground 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.3% 110 / 196 56.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 191 24.1% 38.9% 241 / 552 43.7% 38.9%
To the body 8 / 13 too few to rate 71.9% 49 / 64 76.6% 71.7%
To the legs 12 / 15 too few to rate 81.8% 9 / 10 too few to rate 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Valimaki L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Sakara L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 138 29.7% 40.4% 107 / 354 30.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 16 too few to rate 68.7% 43 / 69 62.3% 70.9%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4% 62 / 97 63.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 126 23.8% 37.5% 150 / 445 33.7% 37.9%
To the body 9 / 15 too few to rate 72.3% 21 / 24 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 11 / 14 too few to rate 83.0% 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
114.3% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1178.6% acc · 2.18/15 · norm 1.42
0— def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2262.9% def · norm 63.1%
1:046.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
20:3327.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:050:04 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
16:223:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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