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Alessio Sakara vs. Victor Valimaki

UFC 6-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
45
Age
—
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.8
Layoff (months)Δ 78.2 mo
234
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alessio Sakara carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Alessio Sakara hunts takedowns — 2.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Victor Valimaki is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 39% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alessio Sakara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Victor Valimaki

Full career not yet synced for Victor Valimaki — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 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

2993.96/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
663.94/min · norm 3.48
2122.80/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
502.99/min · norm 3.37
47.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
30.1%norm 48.45%
59.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
67.7%norm 52.75%
40.79/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Alessio Sakara

Distance 54.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 31.3% (norm 10.0%)

Victor Valimaki

Distance 88.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 10.6%)

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%)

Victor Valimaki

Head 87.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 5.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 6.8% (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/AAccMiddleweight med Valimaki L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 133 / 343 38.8% 40.5% 53 / 193 27.5% 41.5%
In the clinch 56 / 87 64.4% 70.6% 8 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 110 / 196 56.1% 69.4% 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 552 43.7% 38.8% 46 / 191 24.1% 39.2%
To the body 49 / 64 76.6% 71.6% 8 / 13 too few to rate 72.0%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 83.3% 12 / 15 too few to rate 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Valimaki L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 354 30.2% 39.5% 41 / 138 29.7% 40.6%
In the clinch 43 / 69 62.3% 70.4% 8 / 16 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 62 / 97 63.9% 69.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 445 33.7% 37.9% 30 / 126 23.8% 37.7%
To the body 21 / 24 too few to rate 71.3% 9 / 15 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1% 11 / 14 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1178.6% acc · 2.18/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.87
2262.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
20:3327.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:046.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
16:223:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
0:050:04 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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