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Yushin Okami vs.
Mike Swick

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

14-7-0 Yushin Okami · UFC
10-5-0 Mike Swick · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

14-7-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 2.1 yrs
47.1
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
92.1
Layoff (months)Δ 40.8 mo
132.9
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Yushin Okami owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Yushin Okami hunts takedowns — 1.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mike Swick is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% 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.

Yushin Okami

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

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

Mike Swick

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5132.03/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2872.29/min · norm 3.17
5672.25/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2912.32/min · norm 3.06
38.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 44.9%
61.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 55.25%
40.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.48/15 · norm 0.38

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

Yushin Okami

Distance 75.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.1% (norm 10.3%)

Mike Swick

Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Mike Swick

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (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 Swick L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 285 / 1000 28.5% 40.5% 144 / 567 25.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 69 / 79 87.3% 70.3% 109 / 166 65.7% 67.8%
On the ground 159 / 255 62.4% 69.1% 34 / 69 49.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 405 / 1209 33.5% 38.9% 144 / 608 23.7% 37.2%
To the body 73 / 83 88.0% 71.7% 67 / 95 70.5% 70.7%
To the legs 35 / 42 83.3% 83.3% 76 / 99 76.8% 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 Okami L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Swick L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 361 / 1187 30.4% 39.5% 116 / 426 27.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 164 / 210 78.1% 70.9% 134 / 166 80.7% 68.9%
On the ground 42 / 57 73.7% 69.0% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 299 / 1092 27.4% 37.9% 151 / 466 32.4% 35.6%
To the body 81 / 137 59.1% 71.3% 64 / 92 69.6% 69.6%
To the legs 187 / 225 83.1% 82.1% 76 / 92 82.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3337.9% acc · 1.96/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.27
5584.6% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2457.1% def · norm 63.9%
95:5538.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
27:3722.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
33:291:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
35:514:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
90.54/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.60/15 · 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.

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