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Tim Elliott vs. Kai Asakura

UFC 11-12-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-12-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 7 yrs
32
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
1.7
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kai Asakura carries real power — 1.24 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Tim Elliott hunts takedowns — 3.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Kai Asakura rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tim Elliott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1012
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Kai Asakura

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 135
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10123.55/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
743.07/min · norm 3.52
8683.05/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
763.15/min · norm 3.58
42.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 43.5%
56.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
51.9%norm 56.6%
20.11/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
21.24/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tim Elliott

Distance 78.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 7.3%)

Kai Asakura

Distance 94.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.1% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.4%)

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

Tim Elliott

Head 72.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.1% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 9.3%)

Kai Asakura

Head 82.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Elliott L/AAccFlyweight med Asakura L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 670 / 1877 35.7% 39.9% 67 / 176 38.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 160 / 226 70.8% 70.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 182 / 283 64.3% 69.7% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 600 / 1735 34.6% 37.6% 52 / 154 33.8% 35.3%
To the body 191 / 361 52.9% 68.5% 15 / 21 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 221 / 290 76.2% 80.0% 7 / 12 too few to rate 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Elliott L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Asakura L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 729 / 1773 41.1% 39.9% 73 / 154 47.4% 39.4%
In the clinch 85 / 131 64.9% 68.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 54 / 76 71.1% 70.4% 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 622 / 1659 37.5% 35.4% 41 / 95 43.2% 34.9%
To the body 163 / 222 73.4% 67.9% 12 / 33 36.4% 66.1%
To the legs 83 / 99 83.8% 80.2% 23 / 30 76.7% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7045.5% acc · 3.69/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
3859.4% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
550.0% def · norm 65.7%
86:3930.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
1:074.6% of cage time · norm 17.8%
58:363:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
4:402:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
191.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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