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Bolaji Oki vs. Daniel Santos

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 4-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
4-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 6"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
5.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Daniel Santos hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Daniel Santos owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Bolaji Oki outworks the Lightweight division — 6.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bolaji Oki

Full career not yet synced for Bolaji Oki — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Daniel Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3466.17/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3575.15/min · norm 3.52
2895.15/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3735.38/min · norm 3.50
44.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 44.7%
61.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 54.8%
10.27/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.43/15 · norm 0.29

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

Bolaji Oki

Distance 92.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 8.0%)

Daniel Santos

Distance 87.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Bolaji Oki

Head 79.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

Daniel Santos

Head 79.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oki L/AAccLightweight med Santos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 310 / 712 43.5% 38.3% 273 / 773 35.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 34 73.5% 67.5% 32 / 42 76.2% 70.5%
On the ground 11 / 28 39.3% 68.8% 52 / 67 77.6% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 236 / 616 38.3% 35.1% 238 / 703 33.9% 37.1%
To the body 80 / 122 65.6% 69.1% 79 / 122 64.8% 68.0%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 81.8% 40 / 57 70.2% 80.3%

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 · Featherweight: 127 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 Oki L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 238 / 661 36.0% 38.8% 343 / 711 48.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 16 / 27 59.3% 68.6% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 35 / 55 63.6% 68.0% 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 633 34.6% 35.2% 264 / 615 42.9% 35.9%
To the body 46 / 68 67.6% 68.2% 75 / 100 75.0% 68.0%
To the legs 24 / 42 57.1% 81.5% 34 / 38 89.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
457.1% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1233.3% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.17
975.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1173.3% def · norm 61.5%
6:4412.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
20:4830.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
6:451:48 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
3:520:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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