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Anderson Dos Santos vs.
Nad Narimani

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
2-2-0 Nad Narimani · 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
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60
Layoff (months)Δ 12.6 mo
72.6
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.
Nad Narimani owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Nad Narimani hunts takedowns — 1.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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

Nad Narimani

Full career not yet synced for Nad Narimani — 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 +0.8 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
1823.33/min · norm 3.54
2465.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1643.00/min · norm 3.47
25.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.7%norm 45.0%
49.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
58.8%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Nad Narimani

Distance 81.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.4% (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%)

Nad Narimani

Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)

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 Narimani L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 461 23.2% 39.0% 119 / 345 34.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.7% 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 44 / 57 77.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 87 / 433 20.1% 34.9% 133 / 357 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 15 / 24 too few to rate 66.8% 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2%
To the legs 22 / 29 75.9% 79.4% 22 / 27 81.5% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Narimani L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 449 48.1% 39.3% 128 / 349 36.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 70.4% 21 / 28 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 26 65.4% 72.4% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 418 44.7% 34.9% 113 / 326 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 28 / 35 80.0% 66.0% 16 / 30 53.3% 67.9%
To the legs 31 / 36 86.1% 79.1% 35 / 42 83.3% 81.5%
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
741.2% acc · 1.92/15 · norm 1.19
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 61.5%
7:1615.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:5727.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
5:001:38 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:082:46 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.65/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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