Brandon Wolff vs.
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
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.
Brandon Wolff
Full career not yet synced for Brandon Wolff — 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 +1.0 wins over .500
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Full career not yet synced for Yoshiyuki Yoshida — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 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)
Brandon Wolff
Distance 66.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 33.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Brandon Wolff
Head 66.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 33.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Head 58.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 26.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Wolff L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Yoshida L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 38.6% | 9 / 40 | 22.5% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 4 | too few to rate | 37.2% | 8 / 29 | 27.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 3 / 8 | 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 Wolff L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Yoshida L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 39.0% | 21 / 58 | 36.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 39 / 45 | 86.7% | 68.9% | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 37 / 37 | 100.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 44 | 79.5% | 35.6% | 58 / 102 | 56.9% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 15 / 15 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
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 — Yoshida has more cage time on record.