Eddie Yagin vs.
Junior Assuncao
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.
Eddie Yagin
Full career not yet synced for Eddie Yagin — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Junior Assuncao
Full career not yet synced for Junior Assuncao — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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)
Eddie Yagin
Distance 91.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 6.5%)
Junior Assuncao
Distance 51.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 20.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 28.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Eddie Yagin
Head 89.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 4.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.8%)
Junior Assuncao
Head 72.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Yagin L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Assuncao L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 82 / 284 | 28.9% | 40.9% | 61 / 118 | 51.7% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 30 / 46 | 65.2% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 11 / 25 | 44.0% | 69.2% | 52 / 64 | 81.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 78 / 278 | 28.1% | 37.2% | 96 / 166 | 57.8% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 3 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 29 / 36 | 80.6% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 18 / 26 | 69.2% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Yagin L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Assuncao L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 127 / 244 | 52.0% | 39.2% | 54 / 109 | 49.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 30 / 41 | 73.2% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 44 / 54 | 81.5% | 69.4% | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 136 / 247 | 55.1% | 35.9% | 51 / 107 | 47.7% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 23 / 32 | 71.9% | 67.9% | 23 / 33 | 69.7% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 15 / 19 | too few to rate | 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 — Assuncao has more cage time on record.