Don Shainis vs.
Sodiq Yusuff
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.
Don Shainis
Full career not yet synced for Don Shainis — 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 +2.0 wins over .500
Sodiq Yusuff
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 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)
Don Shainis
Distance 70.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 21.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)
Sodiq Yusuff
Distance 85.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Don Shainis
Head 64.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 24.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.8%)
Sodiq Yusuff
Head 73.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Shainis L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Yusuff L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 30 / 74 | 40.5% | 40.9% | 423 / 947 | 44.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 68 / 94 | 72.3% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 48 / 71 | 67.6% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 26 / 68 | 38.2% | 37.2% | 308 / 812 | 37.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 20 / 26 | 76.9% | 68.2% | 98 / 138 | 71.0% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 133 / 162 | 82.1% | 80.7% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Shainis L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Yusuff L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 55 / 92 | 59.8% | 39.2% | 368 / 878 | 41.9% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 31 | 90.3% | 70.3% | 60 / 75 | 80.0% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 46 / 82 | 56.1% | 35.9% | 241 / 706 | 34.1% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 31 / 34 | 91.2% | 67.9% | 167 / 225 | 74.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 14 / 16 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 44 / 54 | 81.5% | 81.5% |
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 — Yusuff has more cage time on record.