Dean Lister vs.
Yuki Sasaki
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.
Dean Lister
Full career not yet synced for Dean Lister — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Yuki Sasaki
Full career not yet synced for Yuki Sasaki — 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
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)
Dean Lister
Distance 83.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 10.3%)
Yuki Sasaki
Distance 84.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dean Lister
Head 79.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 8.4%)
Yuki Sasaki
Head 86.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Lister L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Sasaki L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 66 / 213 | 31.0% | 40.5% | 22 / 56 | 39.3% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 22 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 4 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 16 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 53 / 203 | 26.1% | 38.9% | 19 / 57 | 33.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 11 / 24 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 83.3% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Lister L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Sasaki L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 81 / 265 | 30.6% | 39.5% | 13 / 32 | 40.6% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 25 / 39 | 64.1% | 70.9% | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 35 / 57 | 61.4% | 69.0% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 108 / 315 | 34.3% | 37.9% | 19 / 44 | 43.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 18 / 26 | 69.2% | 82.1% | 3 / 4 | 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 — Lister has more cage time on record.