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Maximo Blanco vs.
Akira Corassani

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

4-5-0 Maximo Blanco · UFC
3-3-0 Akira Corassani · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.8
AgeΔ 1.1 yrs
43.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.6
Layoff (months)Δ 19.8 mo
138.4
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Maximo Blanco hunts takedowns — 2.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Akira Corassani absorbs 4.91 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Akira Corassani rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Maximo Blanco

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Akira Corassani

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3314.16/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1393.25/min · norm 3.54
2613.28/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2104.91/min · norm 3.47
44.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 45.0%
64.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.2%norm 54.85%
20.38/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Maximo Blanco

Distance 86.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.5%)

Akira Corassani

Distance 90.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Maximo Blanco

Head 82.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 7.8%)

Akira Corassani

Head 74.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Blanco L/AAccFeatherweight med Corassani L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 276 / 639 43.2% 40.9% 121 / 279 43.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 51 / 92 55.4% 70.8% 18 / 28 64.3% 70.8%
On the ground 4 / 11 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 611 40.6% 37.2% 80 / 229 34.9% 37.2%
To the body 44 / 80 55.0% 68.2% 28 / 39 71.8% 68.2%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 80.7% 31 / 39 79.5% 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 Blanco L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Corassani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 613 31.5% 39.2% 121 / 314 38.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 58 / 109 53.2% 70.3% 56 / 71 78.9% 70.3%
On the ground 10 / 18 too few to rate 69.4% 33 / 37 89.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 178 / 603 29.5% 35.9% 138 / 328 42.1% 35.9%
To the body 51 / 85 60.0% 67.9% 43 / 61 70.5% 67.9%
To the legs 32 / 52 61.5% 81.5% 29 / 33 87.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1136.7% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.19
1280.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1386.7% def · norm 61.5%
13:0816.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:5411.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:012:27 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
9:323:20 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.38/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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