Yuta Sasaki vs.
Taylor Lapilus
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
Taylor Lapilus
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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%)
Taylor Lapilus
Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (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%)
Taylor Lapilus
Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.0% (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 | Lapilus L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 95 / 259 | 36.7% | 40.0% | 387 / 911 | 42.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 104 / 128 | 81.2% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 31 / 58 | 53.4% | 69.7% | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 83 / 248 | 33.5% | 37.6% | 336 / 847 | 39.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 33 / 52 | 63.5% | 68.5% | 125 / 154 | 81.2% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 80.0% | 51 / 64 | 79.7% | 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 Lapilus L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 91 / 225 | 40.4% | 40.1% | 238 / 696 | 34.2% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 37 | 70.3% | 68.8% | 38 / 66 | 57.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 44 / 60 | 73.3% | 71.1% | 15 / 20 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 102 / 249 | 41.0% | 35.2% | 126 / 537 | 23.5% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 68.2% | 94 / 147 | 63.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 35 / 39 | 89.7% | 80.3% | 71 / 98 | 72.4% | 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.