Wallid Ismail vs. Yoshiki Takahashi

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
58
AgeΔ 1 yrs
57
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
353.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
353.9
L
Last 5 (newest first)
W

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Wallid Ismail's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Yoshiki Takahashi is hard to hit — absorbs 0.13 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Yoshiki Takahashi hunts takedowns — 1.88 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Wallid Ismail

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

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

Yoshiki Takahashi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2927

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.3 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 61 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

10.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
202.50/min · norm 3.42
202.50/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
10.13/min · norm 3.37
5.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 43.5%
53.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
94.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Wallid Ismail

Distance 100.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Yoshiki Takahashi

Distance 62.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 23.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Wallid Ismail

Head 100.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Yoshiki Takahashi

Head 100.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ismail L/AAccLightweight med Takahashi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 17 too few to rate 37.9% 9 / 27 33.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 3 / 6 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 8 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 17 too few to rate 35.0% 20 / 43 46.5% 35.0%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Ismail L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Takahashi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 27 33.3% 38.9% 1 / 17 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 8 / 10 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 43 46.5% 35.1% 1 / 17 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
110.0% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.38
00.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
990.0% def · norm 64.0%
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 19.5%
— per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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