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Benoit Saint Denis vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 11-6-1
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Benoit Saint Denis

VS

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

9-4-0
UFC record
11-6-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.3
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
14.6
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Benoit Saint Denis is a submission threat — 1.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Benoit Saint Denis carries real power — 0.86 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos rarely shoots — 0.79 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Benoit Saint Denis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.53 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4845.58/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
8684.16/min · norm 3.17
3554.09/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7423.56/min · norm 3.08
58.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
41.9%norm 44.75%
42.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.6%norm 55.25%
50.86/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.38

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

Benoit Saint Denis

Distance 59.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 28.1% (norm 8.0%)

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Distance 82.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Benoit Saint Denis

Head 74.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Head 74.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Denis L/AAccLightweight med dos Santos L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 245 / 490 50.0% 38.3% 631 / 1711 36.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 87 / 105 82.9% 67.5% 171 / 243 70.4% 67.8%
On the ground 152 / 233 65.2% 68.8% 66 / 117 56.4% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 304 / 614 49.5% 35.1% 499 / 1547 32.3% 36.4%
To the body 128 / 160 80.0% 69.1% 198 / 311 63.7% 70.7%
To the legs 52 / 54 96.3% 81.8% 171 / 213 80.3% 83.0%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Denis L/AOpp accLightweight med vs dos Santos L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 489 53.0% 38.8% 572 / 1438 39.8% 39.1%
In the clinch 55 / 79 69.6% 68.6% 101 / 142 71.1% 68.9%
On the ground 41 / 44 93.2% 68.0% 69 / 93 74.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 479 50.3% 35.2% 481 / 1310 36.7% 35.6%
To the body 78 / 94 83.0% 68.2% 131 / 206 63.6% 69.6%
To the legs 36 / 39 92.3% 81.5% 130 / 157 82.8% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2435.3% acc · 4.15/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1120.8% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.31
1372.2% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
4767.1% def · norm 63.9%
40:5847.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
30:0514.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
10:191:46 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
33:152:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
101.73/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
60.43/15 · norm 0.44

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

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