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Alexandre Dantas vs.
Yuki Kondo

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-2-0 Alexandre Dantas · UFC
1-2-0 Yuki Kondo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 4 yrs
51
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
281.2
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
301.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
The read

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.

Alexandre Dantas is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Alexandre Dantas owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Yuki Kondo carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Alexandre Dantas

Full career not yet synced for Alexandre Dantas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Yuki Kondo

Full career not yet synced for Yuki Kondo — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

150.87/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
361.23/min · norm 3.41
422.43/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
471.60/min · norm 3.35
31.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
59.0%norm 48.3%
45.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
21.02/15 · norm 0.40

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Alexandre Dantas

Distance 17.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 80.9% (norm 9.3%)

Yuki Kondo

Distance 37.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 50.8% (norm 10.4%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Alexandre Dantas

Head 95.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 7.6%)

Yuki Kondo

Head 78.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Dantas L/AAccHeavyweight med Kondo L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 8 too few to rate 40.1% 12 / 23 too few to rate 41.4%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 13 / 38 34.2% 70.2% 19 / 31 61.3% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 45 31.1% 38.9% 29 / 48 60.4% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 76.8% 7 / 13 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Dantas L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Kondo L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 27 37.0% 40.7% 2 / 8 too few to rate 40.4%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 27 / 44 61.4% 72.0% 44 / 84 52.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 69 53.6% 38.8% 42 / 86 48.8% 37.5%
To the body 5 / 8 too few to rate 75.1% 5 / 7 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

213.3% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 66.7%
8:2148.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
4:1814.7% of cage time · norm 16.5%
5:394:54 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
22:1311:21 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.87/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Kondo has more cage time on record.

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