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Anderson Dos Santos vs.
Miles Johns

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
6-5-0 (1 NC) Miles Johns · 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
6-5-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 9 yrs
32
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60
Layoff (months)Δ 51.1 mo
8.9
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.
Anderson Dos Santos absorbs 5.37 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Miles Johns defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 57%, vs a 79% Bantamweight 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.

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

Miles Johns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.17 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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
5043.21/min · norm 3.52
2465.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4552.90/min · norm 3.58
25.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
43.4%norm 43.4%
49.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
67.1%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.19/15 · 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%)

Miles Johns

Distance 95.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.0% (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%)

Miles Johns

Head 87.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (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 Johns L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 461 23.2% 39.0% 475 / 1109 42.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.7% 23 / 41 56.1% 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 87 / 433 20.1% 34.9% 387 / 1016 38.1% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 24 too few to rate 66.8% 62 / 85 72.9% 66.8%
To the legs 22 / 29 75.9% 79.4% 55 / 61 90.2% 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 Johns L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 449 48.1% 39.3% 390 / 1293 30.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 70.4% 46 / 63 73.0% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 26 65.4% 72.4% 19 / 27 70.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 418 44.7% 34.9% 294 / 1090 27.0% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 35 80.0% 66.0% 93 / 173 53.8% 66.0%
To the legs 31 / 36 86.1% 79.1% 68 / 120 56.7% 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
1122.4% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.12
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3076.9% def · norm 66.7%
7:1615.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
25:3916.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:001:38 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
24:222:19 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.65/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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