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Anderson Dos Santos vs.
Andre Ewell

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

1-3-0 Anderson Dos Santos · UFC
4-5-0 Andre Ewell · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 3 yrs
38
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
60
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
55.6
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Anderson Dos Santos is a submission threat — 0.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Andre Ewell rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Anderson Dos Santos absorbs 5.37 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
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.

Anderson Dos Santos

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Andre Ewell

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1242.70/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
5404.28/min · norm 3.52
2465.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
6154.87/min · norm 3.58
25.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 43.4%
49.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.30

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

Anderson Dos Santos

Distance 94.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Ewell

Distance 97.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Anderson Dos Santos

Head 89.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 4.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Ewell

Head 75.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccBantamweight med Ewell L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 461 23.2% 39.0% 528 / 1319 40.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.7% 11 / 26 42.3% 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 87 / 433 20.1% 34.9% 317 / 1023 31.0% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 24 too few to rate 66.8% 165 / 253 65.2% 66.8%
To the legs 22 / 29 75.9% 79.4% 58 / 73 79.5% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Santos L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Ewell L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 449 48.1% 39.3% 471 / 1081 43.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 70.4% 61 / 78 78.2% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 26 65.4% 72.4% 83 / 106 78.3% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 418 44.7% 34.9% 321 / 850 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 35 80.0% 66.0% 133 / 200 66.5% 66.0%
To the legs 31 / 36 86.1% 79.1% 161 / 215 74.9% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

314.3% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.12
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2472.7% def · norm 66.7%
7:1615.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
4:373.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:001:38 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
24:272:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.65/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.12/15 · norm 0.28

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

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