Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Josh Koscheck

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 15-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
52
AgeΔ 4 yrs
48
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
195
Layoff (months)Δ 58.4 mo
136.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yoshiyuki Yoshida is a submission threat — 2.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 155

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

180.85/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4281.79/min · norm 3.17
783.67/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5272.21/min · norm 3.06
36.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 44.9%
36.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.25/15 · norm 0.38

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

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 8.1%)

Josh Koscheck

Distance 74.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Head 58.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 26.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 8.4%)

Josh Koscheck

Head 88.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yoshida L/AAccWelterweight med Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 40 22.5% 38.6% 204 / 880 23.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.8% 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 179 / 234 76.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 29 27.6% 37.2% 322 / 1041 30.9% 37.2%
To the body 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.7% 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 8 too few to rate 82.9% 26 / 32 81.2% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Yoshida L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 58 36.2% 39.0% 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 68.9% 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9%
On the ground 37 / 37 100.0% 68.0% 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 102 56.9% 35.6% 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 15 too few to rate 69.6% 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 82.1% 163 / 209 78.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.27
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
6:4631.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:525:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
42.82/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.44/15 · norm 0.45

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