Yuta Sasaki Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#9Alexandre Pantoja Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:18	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio	Nov 17, 2018
W	Jenel Lausa Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:04	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards	Jun 23, 2018
L	#5Jussier Formiga Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:30	UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami	Sep 22, 2017
W	#11Justin Scoggins Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:19	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia	Jun 17, 2017
L	#5Wilson Reis Flyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie	Feb 11, 2017
W	Willie Gates Flyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:30	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski	May 8, 2016
L	Taylor Lapilus Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	1:26	UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne	Jun 20, 2015
L	Leandro Issa Bantamweight	Submission	Neck Crank From Back Control	R2	4:13	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway	Dec 20, 2014
W	Roland Delorme Bantamweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	1:06	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le	Aug 23, 2014

Outside the UFC

20-5-2across 27 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 8 sub · 10 decShooto · RIZIN · Deep · Vale Tudo Japan · GCM

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Boyd Allen17-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	May 6, 2023
L	Kleber Koike Erbst35-9-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:22	RIZIN	Feb 23, 2022
L	Yoshinori Horie15-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Sep 19, 2021
W	Kenta Takizawa15-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2020
L	Kai Asakura22-6	KO/TKO	Broken Jaw	R1	0:54	RIZIN	Oct 12, 2019
L	Shintaro Ishiwatari26-9-4	Submission	North-South Choke	R2	3:58	RIZIN	Jul 28, 2019
W	Manel Kape22-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2018
W	Jung Gi Hong4-4	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	0:38	Deep	May 25, 2014
W	Teruto Ishihara14-15-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:46	Vale Tudo Japan	Feb 23, 2014
W	Keisuke Fujiwara18-12-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:35	Shooto	Jan 13, 2014
W	Geun Do Park0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:36	Vale Tudo Japan	Oct 5, 2013
W	Kenji Yamamoto6-3-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:11	Shooto	Jul 27, 2013
W	Kota Onojima16-6-3	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Shooto	Apr 21, 2013
W	Tetsu Suzuki13-12-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Jan 20, 2013
D	Manabu Inoue17-10-3	Draw	Majority	R3	5:00	Shooto	Nov 11, 2012
W	Teruyuki Matsumoto7-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:42	Shooto	Jun 30, 2012
W	Kazuhiro Ito6-13-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:34	Shooto	Apr 14, 2012
W	Satoshi Watanabe5-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Deep	Jan 29, 2012
L	Guy Delumeau18-13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Sep 23, 2011
W	Kousuke Kindaichi11-4-2	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Shooto	Jul 18, 2011
W	Yoshifumi Nakamura16-11-1	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Shooto	Apr 1, 2011
D	Yusuke Kagiyama20-19-3	Draw	Majority	R2	5:00	Deep	Feb 6, 2011
W	Yo Saito18-14-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Shooto	Dec 18, 2010
W	Motohiro Takenawa7-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Shooto	Sep 17, 2010
W	Keiji Sakuta15-13	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	1:43	GCM	Jul 25, 2010
W	Shinji Maeguchi7-9-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:24	Shooto	Jun 13, 2010
W	Atsushi Matsukura0-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:30	GCM	Apr 11, 2010

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Submission

12 wins, 5 losses

W12

L5

Decision

10 wins, 3 losses

W10

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.56

Above avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Yuta Sasaki

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

1.96 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Career striking

OverallD33rd

41%139 / 336

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.34 differential

Landed2.16

Absorbed2.50

46%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%31st83
Body24%43rd33
Leg17%42nd23

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

Sig. strikes by position

68%Standing

Standing68%95
Clinch9%13
Ground22%31

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Yuta Sasaki

Landed per 15

Head

F

15th

19.3

15th

Body

D

31st

7.7

31st

Leg

D

30th

5.4

30th

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

A

78th

23.7

78th

Body

A+

87th

5.6

87th

Leg

C

47th

8.1

47th

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	19.3	83	248	33%
Body	7.7	33	52	63%
Leg	5.4	23	36	64%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.7	102	249	41%
Body	5.6	24	34	71%
Leg	8.1	35	39	90%

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

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Yuta Sasaki

43%

Takedown accuracy

41%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-4.3 min net

On top3.1

On bottom7.4

Offense

Takedowns

A

74th

3.0

74th

TD accuracy

C

57th

43%

57th

Sub attempts

A

74th

1.2

74th

Control

B

59th

3.1 min

59th

Defense

TD defense

F

23rd

41%

23rd

Controlled

7.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	13 / 30
Submission attempts	5
Control time	13:15

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 17
Control absorbed	31:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (64min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Yuta Sasaki

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 64 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Sasaki hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

SasakiOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Sasakilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sasakiattempts / min

Control time

Sasaki% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.8	2.2	2.8	0.53	25%	9
R2	3.9	2.0	2.3	0.46	13%	6
R3	3.4	2.6	1.4	0.00	21%	1

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

Yuta Sasaki

9 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

43/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

79th

50%

79th

Win quality

F

18th

29%

18th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-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%
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

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	Alexandre Pantoja#9	Champion	90	Nov 17, 2018
W	Jenel Lausa	Unproven	8	Jun 23, 2018
L	Jussier Formiga#5	Top-5	86	Sep 22, 2017
W	Justin Scoggins#11	Top-15	67	Jun 17, 2017
L	Wilson Reis#5	Top-5	82	Feb 11, 2017
W	Willie Gates	Unproven	8	May 8, 2016
L	Taylor Lapilus	Established	22	Jun 20, 2015
L	Leandro Issa	Building	15	Dec 20, 2014
W	Roland Delorme	Building	18	Aug 23, 2014

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.

Career cohorts

9 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-2

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-4

4 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Yuta Sasaki

Extended layoff

3y 2mosince last bout

vs Boyd Allen · May 6, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 3-3As underdog 1-2

53.1

DK avg

32.6

Median

98.0

Ceiling

9.3

Floor

44%

Boom

44%

Bust

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