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James Lee vs. Alessio Sakara

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 6-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
6-8-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
53
AgeΔ 8 yrs
45
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
—
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
225
Layoff (months)Δ 69.2 mo
155.8
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
James Lee hunts takedowns — 20.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
James Lee owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight norm.
Alessio Sakara carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

James Lee

Full career not yet synced for James Lee — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Alessio Sakara

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

00.00/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2993.96/min · norm 3.23
85.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2122.80/min · norm 3.20
0.0%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 47.4%
20.0%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.79/15 · norm 0.32

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

James Lee

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

Alessio Sakara

Distance 54.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 31.3% (norm 10.0%)

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

James Lee

Head 100.0% (norm 78.5%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)

Alessio Sakara

Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Sakara L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 1 too few to rate 41.5% 133 / 343 38.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.8% 56 / 87 64.4% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9% 110 / 196 56.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 1 too few to rate 39.2% 241 / 552 43.7% 38.8%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0% 49 / 64 76.6% 71.6%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 9 / 10 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Lee L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Sakara L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 2 too few to rate 40.6% 107 / 354 30.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8% 43 / 69 62.3% 70.4%
On the ground 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.4% 62 / 97 63.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 10 too few to rate 37.7% 150 / 445 33.7% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9% 21 / 24 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.1% 41 / 51 80.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
250.0% acc · 20.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1178.6% acc · 2.18/15 · norm 1.35
0— def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2262.9% def · norm 63.3%
0:4347.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
20:3327.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:081:20 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
16:223:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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