Yao Zhikui vs.
Royston Wee
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.
Yao Zhikui
Full career not yet synced for Yao Zhikui — 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
Royston Wee
Full career not yet synced for Royston Wee — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 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)
Yao Zhikui
Distance 85.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 7.3%)
Royston Wee
Distance 75.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yao Zhikui
Head 90.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 3.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 9.3%)
Royston Wee
Head 56.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 31.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Zhikui L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Wee L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 45 / 260 | 17.3% | 40.0% | 30 / 55 | 54.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 13 / 27 | 48.1% | 69.7% | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 49 / 276 | 17.8% | 37.6% | 16 / 41 | 39.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.5% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 11 / 17 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 19 / 23 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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: 117 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 Zhikui L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Wee L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 87 / 200 | 43.5% | 40.1% | 66 / 144 | 45.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 68.8% | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 71.1% | 24 / 37 | 64.9% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 84 / 192 | 43.8% | 35.2% | 71 / 157 | 45.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 12 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 15 / 23 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 33 / 37 | 89.2% | 80.3% | 12 / 15 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
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 — Zhikui has more cage time on record.