Yuta Sasaki vs.
Leandro Issa
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.
Yuta Sasaki
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Leandro Issa
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 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)
Yuta Sasaki
Distance 77.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 7.3%)
Leandro Issa
Distance 84.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yuta Sasaki
Head 73.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.3%)
Leandro Issa
Head 74.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sasaki L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Issa L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 95 / 259 | 36.7% | 40.0% | 95 / 293 | 32.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 31 / 58 | 53.4% | 69.7% | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 83 / 248 | 33.5% | 37.6% | 72 / 257 | 28.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 33 / 52 | 63.5% | 68.5% | 13 / 27 | 48.1% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 80.0% | 46 / 62 | 74.2% | 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 Sasaki L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Issa L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 91 / 225 | 40.4% | 40.1% | 119 / 366 | 32.5% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 37 | 70.3% | 68.8% | 41 / 60 | 68.3% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 44 / 60 | 73.3% | 71.1% | 40 / 53 | 75.5% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 102 / 249 | 41.0% | 35.2% | 157 / 416 | 37.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 68.2% | 31 / 49 | 63.3% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 35 / 39 | 89.7% | 80.3% | 12 / 14 | 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 — Sasaki has more cage time on record.