Alessio Sakara

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Alessio Sakara

Nickname“Legionarius”

Record

22-13, 2 NC

Streak

W2

Age

44

Date of birth

Sep 2, 1981

Fighting out of: Rome, Lazio
Born: Italy
Camp: American Top Team
Weight class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'1" · 185 cm
Reach: 72" · 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Oct 26, 2013
Cut risk: 79%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Nicholas Musoke

Nicholas Musoke

Middleweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R1 · 3:07

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz · Oct 26, 2013

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz

Patrick Cote

Middleweight · DQ · Punches to Back of Head by Sakara · R1 · 1:26

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit · Nov 17, 2012

Punches to Back of Head by Sakara

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit

Brian Stann

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head On Ground · R1 · 2:26

UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva · Apr 14, 2012

Punch to Head On Ground

UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva

Chris Weidman

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann · Mar 3, 2011

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

James Irvin

Middleweight · KO/TKO · to Eye Injury · R1 · 3:01

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones · Mar 21, 2010

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

Thales Leites

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 8, 2009

UFC 101: Declaration

Joe Vedepo

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:27

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer · Sep 17, 2008

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer

Chris Leben

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:16

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion · Mar 1, 2008

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion

James Lee

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 1:30

UFC 80: Rapid Fire · Jan 19, 2008

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 80: Rapid Fire

Houston Alexander

Houston Alexander

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R1 · 1:01

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion · Sep 8, 2007

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion

Victor Valimaki

Victor Valimaki

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:44

UFC 70: Nations Collide · Apr 21, 2007

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 70: Nations Collide

Drew McFedries

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 4:07

UFC 65: Bad Intentions · Nov 18, 2006

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

Dean Lister

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R1 · 2:20

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie · May 27, 2006

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie

Elvis Sinosic

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 · Feb 4, 2006

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3

Ron Faircloth

Light Heavyweight · No Contest · R2 · 0:10

UFC 55: Fury · Oct 7, 2005

Outside the UFC

16-5, 1 NCacross 22 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 12 KO · 2 sub · 2 decBellator · FFC · Cage Warriors · FN · GFC 8 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Prince McLean9-12	KO/TKO	Shoulder Injury	R1	5:00	GFC 8	Nov 15, 2024
W	Canaan Grigsby8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:23	Bellator	Oct 12, 2019
L	Kent Kauppinen13-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:10	Bellator	Dec 1, 2018
W	Jamie Sloane10-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	Bellator	Jul 14, 2018
L	Rafael Carvalho17-9	KO/TKO	Elbow	R1	0:44	Bellator	Dec 9, 2017
W	Joey Beltran18-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:20	Bellator	Dec 10, 2016
W	Brian Rogers15-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:29	Bellator	Apr 16, 2016
W	Dib Akil2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:32	FFC	Sep 18, 2015
NC	Maciej Browarski14-9	No Contest	Overturned	R1	3:20	FFC	Dec 6, 2014
W	Frank Amaugou0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R0	0:00	KOTR	Feb 19, 2005
W	Tihamer Brunner2-10	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	RF	Nov 20, 2004
L	Assuerio Silva16-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Jungle Fight 3	Oct 23, 2004
W	Eduardo Maiorino3-10	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:30	RF 1	Jul 30, 2004
W	Unknown Fighter	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:02	WXF	Dec 3, 2003
W	Rafael Tatu0-4	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	4:18	Meca 9	Aug 1, 2003
W	Damien Riccio8-14	Decision	—	R2	6:00	MAD	May 11, 2003
W	David Mortelette0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:12	LRDC 6	Dec 20, 2002
L	Roman Zentsov18-12	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	M-1	Nov 15, 2002
L	Simon Holmes4-0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:50	Cage Warriors	Jul 27, 2002
W	Adam Woolmer2-4	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:27	Cage Warriors	Jul 27, 2002
W	Mastioli Mastioli0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:20	FN	Jun 21, 2002
W	Di Clementi0-1	KO/TKO	—	R1	0:13	FN	Jun 21, 2002

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB69th

47%253 / 546

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.16 differential

Landed3.96

Absorbed2.80

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%67th197
Body19%59th47
Leg4%32nd9

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

49%Standing

Standing49%124
Clinch21%52
Ground30%77

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

Landed per 15

Head

A

76th

42.0

76th

Body

B

59th

10.0

59th

Leg

F

17th

1.9

17th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

52nd

32.0

52nd

Body

A+

88th

4.3

88th

Leg

C

48th

8.5

48th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	42.0	197	475	41%
Body	10.0	47	61	77%
Leg	1.9	9	10	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.0	150	443	34%
Body	4.3	20	23	87%
Leg	8.5	40	49	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 70 min

83%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Sakara fades (-20% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sakara drops to 83% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Alessio Sakara

Sakara ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

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Sakaralanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Sakaraattempts / min

Control time

Alessio Sakara

Sakara% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	4.4	3.7	0.20	18%	14
R2	5.0	3.1	2.6	0.20	31%	3
R3	3.8	2.0	1.5	0.20	29%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

15 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

26th

23%

26th

Win quality

B

61st

43%

61st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

5

6

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	5	1-4	20%
Unproven	6	4-1, 1 NC	80%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Nicholas Musoke	Building	15	Oct 26, 2013
L	Patrick Cote	Building	15	Nov 17, 2012
L	Brian Stann	Established	30	Apr 14, 2012
L	Chris Weidman	Champion	68	Mar 3, 2011
W	James Irvin	Building	18	Mar 21, 2010
W	Thales Leites	Ranked 6–15	56	Aug 8, 2009
W	Joe Vedepo	Unproven	8	Sep 17, 2008
L	Chris Leben	Established	30	Mar 1, 2008
W	James Lee	Unproven	8	Jan 19, 2008
L	Houston Alexander	Unproven	8	Sep 8, 2007
W	Victor Valimaki	Unproven	8	Apr 21, 2007
L	Drew McFedries	Building	15	Nov 18, 2006
L	Dean Lister	Building	15	May 27, 2006
W	Elvis Sinosic	Unproven	8	Feb 4, 2006
NC	Ron Faircloth	Unproven	8	Oct 7, 2005

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.