Yuta Sasaki vs.
Roland Delorme
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
Roland Delorme
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 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%)
Roland Delorme
Distance 81.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.4% (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%)
Roland Delorme
Head 74.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (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 | Delorme L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 95 / 259 | 36.7% | 40.0% | 98 / 276 | 35.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 20 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 31 / 58 | 53.4% | 69.7% | 32 / 42 | 76.2% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 83 / 248 | 33.5% | 37.6% | 87 / 254 | 34.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 33 / 52 | 63.5% | 68.5% | 44 / 59 | 74.6% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 80.0% | 19 / 26 | 73.1% | 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 Delorme L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 91 / 225 | 40.4% | 40.1% | 198 / 346 | 57.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 37 | 70.3% | 68.8% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 44 / 60 | 73.3% | 71.1% | 59 / 95 | 62.1% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 102 / 249 | 41.0% | 35.2% | 227 / 415 | 54.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 68.2% | 24 / 26 | 92.3% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 35 / 39 | 89.7% | 80.3% | 33 / 35 | 94.3% | 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.