Alessio Sakara vs.
Elvis Sinosic
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Alessio Sakara
Full career not yet synced for Alessio Sakara — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500
Elvis Sinosic
Full career not yet synced for Elvis Sinosic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alessio Sakara
Distance 54.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 31.3% (norm 10.3%)
Elvis Sinosic
Distance 89.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alessio Sakara
Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)
Elvis Sinosic
Head 67.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.9% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 25.5% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sakara L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Sinosic L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 133 / 343 | 38.8% | 40.5% | 43 / 129 | 33.3% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 56 / 87 | 64.4% | 70.3% | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 110 / 196 | 56.1% | 69.1% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 241 / 552 | 43.7% | 38.9% | 19 / 98 | 19.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 49 / 64 | 76.6% | 71.7% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 27 / 37 | 73.0% | 81.8% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Sakara L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Sinosic L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 107 / 354 | 30.2% | 39.5% | 66 / 167 | 39.5% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 69 | 62.3% | 70.9% | 10 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 62 / 97 | 63.9% | 69.0% | 148 / 292 | 50.7% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 150 / 445 | 33.7% | 37.9% | 189 / 431 | 43.9% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 41 / 51 | 80.4% | 82.1% | 14 / 16 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sakara has more cage time on record.