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Yoshihiro Akiyama vs.
Alberto Mina

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

2-5-0 Yoshihiro Akiyama · UFC
3-1-0 Alberto Mina · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
51
AgeΔ 6.7 yrs
44.3
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
128.3
Layoff (months)Δ 29.5 mo
98.8
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW
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.

Alberto Mina carries real power — 1.11 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Yoshihiro Akiyama absorbs 4.96 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Alberto Mina hunts takedowns — 1.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Yoshihiro Akiyama

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Alberto Mina

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3013.29/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1313.23/min · norm 3.17
4544.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1503.70/min · norm 3.06
39.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
39.0%norm 44.9%
55.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.11/15 · norm 0.38

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

Yoshihiro Akiyama

Distance 85.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)

Alberto Mina

Distance 82.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Yoshihiro Akiyama

Head 89.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Alberto Mina

Head 83.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Akiyama L/AAccMiddleweight med Mina L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 239 / 656 36.4% 40.5% 96 / 277 34.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 9 / 18 too few to rate 70.3% 14 / 26 53.8% 67.8%
On the ground 53 / 94 56.4% 69.1% 21 / 33 63.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 242 / 690 35.1% 38.9% 93 / 279 33.3% 37.2%
To the body 20 / 27 74.1% 71.7% 13 / 26 50.0% 70.7%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 83.3% 25 / 31 80.6% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Akiyama L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Mina L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 388 / 897 43.3% 39.5% 118 / 235 50.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 44 / 78 56.4% 70.9% 10 / 19 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 22 / 33 66.7% 69.0% 22 / 30 73.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 784 36.9% 37.9% 110 / 230 47.8% 35.6%
To the body 58 / 80 72.5% 71.3% 12 / 19 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 107 / 144 74.3% 82.1% 28 / 35 80.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1260.0% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
520.8% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 1.27
3088.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
450.0% def · norm 63.9%
22:0924.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:1010.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
5:500:57 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
7:202:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.16/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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