Roosevelt Roberts vs.
Alexander Yakovlev
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.
Roosevelt Roberts
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Alexander Yakovlev
Full career not yet synced for Alexander Yakovlev — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 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)
Roosevelt Roberts
Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.0%)
Alexander Yakovlev
Distance 82.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Roosevelt Roberts
Head 85.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.9%)
Alexander Yakovlev
Head 68.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Roberts L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Yakovlev L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 201 / 543 | 37.0% | 37.9% | 124 / 300 | 41.3% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 17 / 26 | 65.4% | 67.3% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 34 / 39 | 87.2% | 69.1% | 27 / 36 | 75.0% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 518 | 35.3% | 35.0% | 85 / 249 | 34.1% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 69.1% | 46 / 63 | 73.0% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 31 / 37 | 83.8% | 81.9% | 42 / 53 | 79.2% | 82.9% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Roberts L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Yakovlev L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 213 / 532 | 40.0% | 38.9% | 140 / 443 | 31.6% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 50 | 80.0% | 68.6% | 30 / 43 | 69.8% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 48 / 67 | 71.6% | 68.0% | 69 / 90 | 76.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 135 / 426 | 31.7% | 35.1% | 151 / 463 | 32.6% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 89 / 129 | 69.0% | 68.1% | 43 / 63 | 68.3% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 77 / 94 | 81.9% | 81.5% | 45 / 50 | 90.0% | 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 — Roberts has more cage time on record.