Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Amir Sadollah
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Yoshihiro Akiyama
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500
Amir Sadollah
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 11 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Distance 85.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)
Amir Sadollah
Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Head 89.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)
Amir Sadollah
Head 65.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Akiyama L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Sadollah L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 239 / 656 | 36.4% | 40.5% | 420 / 1019 | 41.2% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 149 / 232 | 64.2% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 53 / 94 | 56.4% | 69.1% | 52 / 85 | 61.2% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 242 / 690 | 35.1% | 38.9% | 286 / 874 | 32.7% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 71.7% | 162 / 257 | 63.0% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 39 / 51 | 76.5% | 83.3% | 173 / 205 | 84.4% | 82.9% |
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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Akiyama L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Sadollah L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 388 / 897 | 43.3% | 39.5% | 303 / 900 | 33.7% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 78 | 56.4% | 70.9% | 89 / 153 | 58.2% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 22 / 33 | 66.7% | 69.0% | 77 / 140 | 55.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 289 / 784 | 36.9% | 37.9% | 361 / 1033 | 34.9% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 58 / 80 | 72.5% | 71.3% | 64 / 111 | 57.7% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 107 / 144 | 74.3% | 82.1% | 44 / 49 | 89.8% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sadollah has more cage time on record.