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Cyril Asker vs.
Hu Yaozong

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-3-0 Cyril Asker · UFC
0-3-0 Hu Yaozong · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-3-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40.6
AgeΔ 9.3 yrs
31.3
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
101.8
Layoff (months)Δ 44.6 mo
57.2
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
The read

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.

Cyril Asker is a submission threat — 0.88 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Cyril Asker hunts takedowns — 4.41 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Hu Yaozong rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Cyril Asker

Full career not yet synced for Cyril Asker — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Hu Yaozong

Full career not yet synced for Hu Yaozong — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

573.35/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1253.35/min · norm 3.25
995.82/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1905.09/min · norm 3.20
39.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.6%norm 47.4%
35.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
35.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cyril Asker

Distance 58.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.0% (norm 9.3%)

Hu Yaozong

Distance 85.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Cyril Asker

Head 93.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Hu Yaozong

Head 66.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Asker L/AAccHeavyweight med Yaozong L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 86 23.3% 40.1% 99 / 219 45.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 24 / 36 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 33 / 54 61.1% 70.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 136 37.5% 38.9% 56 / 171 32.7% 38.9%
To the body 6 / 10 too few to rate 76.8% 30 / 35 85.7% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8% 39 / 51 76.5% 83.3%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Asker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Yaozong L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 105 57.1% 40.7% 114 / 205 55.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 17 / 20 too few to rate 70.6% 28 / 35 80.0% 70.9%
On the ground 22 / 29 75.9% 72.0% 48 / 54 88.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 120 58.3% 38.8% 159 / 260 61.2% 37.9%
To the body 22 / 26 84.6% 75.1% 23 / 26 88.5% 71.3%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 84.4% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

562.5% acc · 4.41/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
433.3% def · norm 63.1%
8:1048.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
5:4915.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
1:081:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
15:586:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.88/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.40/15 · norm 0.47

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

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