Evan Tanner vs Yushin Okami

Evan Tanner is 32-8-0; Yushin Okami is 39-15-0. Evan Tanner is 10 years older than Yushin Okami. Yushin Okami has a 1" · 3 cm reach advantage over Evan Tanner. Yushin Okami is 2" · 5 cm taller than Evan Tanner. They have met once: Evan Tanner 0, Yushin Okami 1.

Evan Tanner

32-8-0

MiddleweightMet once

Yushin Okami

“Thunder” · 39-15-0

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Style & credentials

Evan Tanner

Folkstyle WrestlingNo-Gi Grappling

—Black belt · BJJCesar Gracie
2005UFC Middleweight ChampionshipUltimate Fighting Championship
1997USWF Heavyweight ChampionshipUnified Shoot Wrestling Federation
1998Champion · Pancrase Neo Blood

Yushin Okami

JudoNo-Gi GrapplingBJJ

—Black belt · Judo
2024Shooto World Middleweight ChampionshipShooto
2007Champion · ADCC Japan Trialunder-88kg
2007Competitor · ADCC87 kg Catchweight

Camp · EX FIGHT · Japan

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

61%

Head

79%

25%

Body

14%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Evan Tannerlast 17 fights

33%24%42%

Yushin Okamilast 22 fights

56%14%31%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Evan Tanner Yushin Okami· incl. 1 fight outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.161.94

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Poor · better than 10% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.452.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Good · better than 80% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Elite · better than 87% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.572.02

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Good · better than 81% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Good · better than 71% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

46%38%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Good · better than 68% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Average · better than 48% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

22%83%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Poor · better than 3% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Elite · better than 88% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.800.60

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Evan Tanner · Elite · better than 94% of UFC fightersYushin Okami · Good · better than 63% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1500 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.16

Strikes landed / min

1.94

2.45

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.20

2.57 / 5.6

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.02 / 5.3

46%

Takedown accuracy

38%

22%

Takedown defence

83%

3:01

Control time / fight

4:41

1.80

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.60

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Evan Tanner17 UFC fights · 388 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

18%71/213

4%17/43

11%41/45

Clinch

9%34/52

12%48/55

3%13/16

Ground

34%132/190

8%32/33

0%0/0

Yushin Okami21 UFC fights · 513 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

46%238/940

5%26/33

4%21/27

Clinch

4%18/25

8%40/43

2%11/11

Ground

29%149/244

1%7/7

1%3/4

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Evan Tanner36 of 40 ended early · 90%4 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

15 early stoppages have no logged time

Yushin Okami27 of 54 ended early · 50%27 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

7 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Evan Tanner1-4

L
Kendall Grove
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale· Jun 21, 2008
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Yushin Okami
UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION· Mar 1, 2008
TKO · R2 · 3:00 · Middleweight
W
Justin Levens
UFC 59: Reality Check· Apr 15, 2006
Submission · R1 · 3:14 · Middleweight
L
David Loiseau
UFC Fight Night 2· Oct 3, 2005
TKO · R2 · 4:15 · Middleweight
L
Rich Franklin
UFC 53: Heavy Hitters· Jun 4, 2005
TKO · R4 · 3:25 · Middleweight

Full record · 40 fights

W
David Terrell
UFC 51: Super Saturday· Feb 5, 2005
TKO · R1 · 4:35 · Middleweight
W
Robbie Lawler
UFC 50: The War of 04· Oct 22, 2004
Submission · R1 · 2:22 · Middleweight
W
Phil Baroni
UFC 48: Payback· Jun 19, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Phil Baroni
UFC 45: Revolution· Nov 21, 2003
TKO · R1 · 4:42 · Middleweight
L
Rich Franklin
UFC 42: Sudden Impact· Apr 25, 2003
TKO · R1 · 2:40 · Light Heavyweight
W
Shannon Ritch
FCFF: Fighting Against Cancer· Feb 15, 2003
Submission
W
Chris Haseman
UFC 38: Brawl At The Hall· Jul 13, 2002
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
W
Elvis Sinosic
UFC 36: Worlds Collide· Mar 22, 2002
TKO · R1 · 2:06 · Light Heavyweight
W
Homer Moore
UFC 34: High Voltage· Nov 2, 2001
Submission · R2 · 0:55 · Light Heavyweight
L
Tito Ortiz
UFC 30: The Battle On The Boardwalk· Feb 23, 2001
TKO · R1 · 0:32 · Light Heavyweight
W
Lance Gibson
UFC 29: Defense Of The Belts· Dec 16, 2000
TKO · R1 · 4:58 · Middleweight
W
Travis Fulton
Unified SWF 18· Nov 25, 2000
Submission · R1 · 4:31 · Heavyweight
W
Raul Romero
Unified SWF 17· Jul 8, 2000
TKO · R1 · 6:59 · Heavyweight
W
TBA
Texas Regional· Apr 24, 1999
Submission
L
Leon Van Dijk
Pancrase 70· Apr 18, 1999
TKO · R1 · 11:39 · Heavyweight
W
TBA
Texas Regional· Mar 20, 1999
Submission
W
Valeri Ignatov
UFC 19: Young Guns· Mar 5, 1999
TKO · R1 · 2:58 · Middleweight
W
Darrel Gholar
UFC 18: Road To The Heavyweight Title· Jan 8, 1999
Submission · R1 · 7:57 · Middleweight
W
Ryushi Yanagisawa
Pancrase 66· Dec 19, 1998
Submission · R1 · 2:24 · Heavyweight
W
Gene Lydick
Texas Regional· Oct 24, 1998
Submission
W
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase 62· Sep 14, 1998
DEC · Heavyweight
W
Justin McCully
Pancrase 61· Jul 26, 1998
Submission · R1 · 5:07 · Heavyweight
W
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase 60· Jul 7, 1998
Submission · R1 · 2:23 · Heavyweight
W
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase 60· Jul 7, 1998
Submission · R1 · 4:05 · Heavyweight
W
Tony Castillo
Texas Regional· Jun 20, 1998
TKO
W
Wade Kroeze
Extreme Challenge· Apr 18, 1998
TKO
W
Dennis Reed
Extreme Challenge· Apr 18, 1998
Submission
W
Rusty Totty
Texas Regional· Mar 28, 1998
Submission
W
Joe Frailey
Texas Regional· Nov 22, 1997
Submission
W
TBA
Texas Regional· Nov 22, 1997
Submission
L
Heath Herring
Texas Regional· Nov 22, 1997
Submission
W
Heath Herring
Texas Regional· Oct 18, 1997
Submission · Heavyweight
W
Mike Kennedy
Texas Regional· Apr 12, 1997
Submission
W
TBA
Texas Regional· Apr 12, 1997
Submission
W
Paul Buentello
Texas Regional· Apr 12, 1997
Submission

Yushin Okami3-2

W
Jae Young Kim
Shooto 2024 Vol.8· Nov 30, 2024
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Jae Young Kim
Shooto : MOBSTYLES presents FIGHT&MOSH· Dec 2, 2023
Split Decision · Middleweight
L
Aung La N Sang
ONE 163: Akimoto vs Petchtanong· Nov 19, 2022
TKO · R1 · Middleweight
W
Agilan Thani
CENTURY PART I· Oct 13, 2019
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
James Nakashima
Dawn Of Heroes· Aug 2, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight

Full record · 54 fights

L
Kiamrian Abbasov
For Honor· May 3, 2019
TKO · R2 · 1:10 · Welterweight
L
Alexey Kunchenko
UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs Tuivasa· Dec 2, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Dhiego Lima
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Gaethje· Apr 14, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Ovince Saint Preux
UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs Okami· Sep 23, 2017
Submission · R1 · 1:50 · Light Heavyweight
W
Andre Luis Leal Lobato
Professional Fighters League - PFL: Everett· Jul 28, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Paul Bradley
WSOF 34: Gaethje vs. Firmino· Dec 31, 2016
Split Decision · Welterweight
W
Shingo Suzuki
Pancrase 279· Jul 24, 2016
Submission · R1 · 2:06 · Welterweight
W
Ryuta Sakurai
DEEP 75 Impact· Feb 27, 2016
TKO · R2 · 4:23 · Welterweight
L
Jon Fitch
WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami· Oct 17, 2015
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
L
David Branch
WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami· Nov 15, 2014
TKO · R4 · 3:39 · Middleweight
W
Svetlozar Savov
WSOF 9: Carl vs. Palhares· Mar 29, 2014
Submission · R2 · 4:46 · Middleweight
L
Jacare Souza
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Bader· Sep 4, 2013
TKO · R1 · 2:47 · Middleweight
W
Hector Lombard
UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs Stann· Mar 3, 2013
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Alan Belcher
UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II· Dec 30, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Buddy Roberts
UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar II· Aug 11, 2012
TKO · R2 · 3:05 · Middleweight
L
Tim Boetsch
UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson· Feb 26, 2012
TKO · R3 · 0:54 · Middleweight
L
Anderson Silva
UFC 134: Silva vs Okami· Aug 27, 2011
TKO · R2 · 2:04 · Middleweight
W
Nate Marquardt
UFC 122: Marquardt vs Okami· Nov 13, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Mark Munoz
UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko· Aug 1, 2010
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Lucio Linhares
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi· Mar 31, 2010
TKO · R2 · 2:47 · Middleweight
L
Chael Sonnen
UFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN· Oct 24, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Dean Lister
UFC 92: THE ULTIMATE 2008· Dec 27, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Evan Tanner
UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION· Mar 1, 2008
TKO · R2 · 3:00 · Middleweight
W
Jason MacDonald
UFC 77: HOSTILE TERRITORY· Oct 20, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Rich Franklin
UFC 72: VICTORY· Jun 16, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Mike Swick
UFC 69: SHOOTOUT· Apr 7, 2007
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Rory Singer
UFC 66: Liddell vs Ortiz 2· Dec 30, 2006
TKO · R3 · 4:03 · Middleweight
W
Kalib Starnes
UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE· Oct 14, 2006
TKO · R3 · 1:40 · Middleweight
W
Alan Belcher
UFC 62: Liddell vs Sobral· Aug 25, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Izuru Takeuchi
Greatest Common Multiple· Jun 11, 2006
TKO
W
Ji Won Bang
MARS 3: Chiba Grand Prix 2006· May 13, 2006
TKO · R1 · 4:38 · Middleweight
L
Jake Shields
Rumble On The Rock 9· Apr 21, 2006
MD · Welterweight
W
Anderson Silva
Rumble On The Rock 8· Jan 20, 2006
DQ · R1 · 2:33 · Welterweight
W
Myun Joo Lee
K-1 HERO'S: Hero's In Seoul 2005· Nov 5, 2005
TKO · R1 · 4:14 · Heavyweight
W
Damien Riccio
Greatest Common Multiple· Sep 17, 2005
TKO
W
Nick Thompson
Greatest Common Multiple· Jun 11, 2005
Submission
W
Brian Foster
Greatest Common Multiple· Mar 12, 2005
Submission
W
Eiji Ishikawa
Pancrase 140· Oct 12, 2004
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Falaniko Vitale
Superbrawl 36· Jun 18, 2004
Split Decision · Middleweight
W
Ryuta Sakurai
PRIDE: Bushido 2· Feb 15, 2004
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Kosei Kubota
Greatest Common Multiple· Jan 18, 2004
TKO
L
Amar Suloev
M-1: Russia vs. The World 6· Oct 10, 2003
TKO · R1 · 4:44 · Middleweight
W
Kazuhiro Hanada
Greatest Common Multiple· Jul 21, 2003
TKO
W
Hidehiko Hasegawa
Greatest Common Multiple· May 1, 2003
DEC
W
Hikaru Sato
Pancrase 115· Jan 26, 2003
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Sen Nakadai
Pancrase 113· Nov 30, 2002
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Steve White
PRIDE: The Best Vol. 3· Oct 20, 2002
Submission · R2 · 3:25 · Middleweight
W
Kyosuke Sasaki
Greatest Common Multiple· Sep 8, 2002
DEC
W
Hidehisa Matsuda
Pride The Best Volume 2· Jul 20, 2002
TKO · R1 · 3:52 · Welterweight

Head-to-Head History

UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION
Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Yushin Okami
TKO · ROUND 2 · 3:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Evan TannerYushin Okami

LTKO · ROUND 4 · 3:25Sat, Jun 4, 2005
Rich Franklin
LUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Jun 16, 2007

Frequently asked questions

Have Evan Tanner and Yushin Okami ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION (Sat, Mar 1, 2008), where Yushin Okami won by TKO.

What are the records of Evan Tanner and Yushin Okami?

Evan Tanner is 32-8-0 and Yushin Okami is 39-15-0.

Who has the longer reach, Evan Tanner or Yushin Okami?

Yushin Okami has the longer reach: 75" · 191 cm against 74" · 188 cm for Evan Tanner, a 1" · 3 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Evan Tanner or Yushin Okami?

Yushin Okami is taller at 6'2" · 188 cm; Evan Tanner stands 6'0" · 183 cm.

Who is older, Evan Tanner or Yushin Okami?

Evan Tanner is 55 and Yushin Okami is 45.

Who has more finishes, Evan Tanner or Yushin Okami?

Evan Tanner has 29 wins inside the distance (8 by KO/TKO, 21 by submission); Yushin Okami has 18 wins (13 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission).

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