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Yushin Okami vs. Jason MacDonald

UFC 14-7-0 vs. 6-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-7-0
UFC record
6-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 6 yrs
51
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
94.6
Layoff (months)Δ 78.6 mo
173.2
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason MacDonald is a submission threat — 1.97 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Yushin Okami owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Jason MacDonald owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yushin Okami

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 235

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 54 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Jason MacDonald

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 58
Tier 3 — regional circuit 208

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.45 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5132.03/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1301.55/min · norm 3.23
5672.25/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2262.70/min · norm 3.20
38.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.8%norm 47.4%
61.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
46.9%norm 53.8%
40.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Yushin Okami

Distance 75.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 19.1% (norm 10.0%)

Jason MacDonald

Distance 43.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 30.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 25.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Yushin Okami

Head 90.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Jason MacDonald

Head 63.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 27.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Okami L/AAccMiddleweight med MacDonald L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 285 / 1000 28.5% 40.5% 24 / 107 22.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 69 / 79 87.3% 70.6% 61 / 76 80.3% 70.6%
On the ground 159 / 255 62.4% 69.4% 45 / 63 71.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 405 / 1209 33.5% 38.8% 50 / 156 32.1% 38.8%
To the body 73 / 83 88.0% 71.6% 20 / 23 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 35 / 42 83.3% 83.3% 60 / 67 89.6% 83.3%

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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Okami L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs MacDonald L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 361 / 1187 30.4% 39.5% 41 / 118 34.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 164 / 210 78.1% 70.4% 51 / 75 68.0% 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 57 73.7% 69.0% 134 / 233 57.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 299 / 1092 27.4% 37.9% 191 / 381 50.1% 37.9%
To the body 81 / 137 59.1% 71.3% 23 / 27 85.2% 71.3%
To the legs 187 / 225 83.1% 82.1% 12 / 18 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3337.9% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
816.3% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.35
5584.6% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
635.3% def · norm 63.3%
95:5538.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
31:0837.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:291:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
35:186:19 per 15 · norm 3:00
90.54/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
111.97/15 · norm 0.45

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