Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Alexandre Pantoja
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.51 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500
Kai Asakura
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 13 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alexandre Pantoja
Distance 88.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 7.3%)
Kai Asakura
Distance 94.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.1% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alexandre Pantoja
Head 75.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 14.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 9.3%)
Kai Asakura
Head 82.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pantoja L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Asakura L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 888 / 1899 | 46.8% | 39.9% | 67 / 176 | 38.1% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 110 / 144 | 76.4% | 70.1% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 90 / 111 | 81.1% | 69.7% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 688 / 1634 | 42.1% | 37.6% | 52 / 154 | 33.8% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 232 / 311 | 74.6% | 68.5% | 15 / 21 | too few to rate | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 168 / 209 | 80.4% | 80.0% | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 79.2% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Pantoja L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Asakura L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 879 / 1767 | 49.7% | 39.9% | 73 / 154 | 47.4% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 74 / 111 | 66.7% | 68.8% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 61 / 88 | 69.3% | 70.4% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 835 / 1742 | 47.9% | 35.4% | 41 / 95 | 43.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 113 / 143 | 79.0% | 67.9% | 12 / 33 | 36.4% | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 66 / 81 | 81.5% | 80.2% | 23 / 30 | 76.7% | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pantoja has more cage time on record.