Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. War Machine

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
52
AgeΔ 8 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
195
Layoff (months)Δ 23.5 mo
218.5
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LW

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.
War Machine owns the mat — in control 56% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Yoshiyuki Yoshida owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% 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

War Machine

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 19 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

180.85/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
302.32/min · norm 3.17
783.67/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
413.17/min · norm 3.06
36.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
60.0%norm 44.9%
36.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
43.8%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · 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%)

War Machine

Distance 22.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 78.0% (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%)

War Machine

Head 94.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.0% (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 Machine L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 40 22.5% 38.6% 4 / 11 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 26 / 39 66.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 29 27.6% 37.2% 27 / 47 57.4% 37.2%
To the body 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.7% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 8 too few to rate 82.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 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 Machine L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 58 36.2% 39.0% 4 / 14 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 68.9% 5 / 6 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 37 / 37 100.0% 68.0% 32 / 53 60.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 102 56.9% 35.6% 41 / 73 56.2% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 15 too few to rate 69.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.27
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 63.9%
6:4631.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:1355.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:525:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
4:195:00 per 15 · norm 3:15
42.82/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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