Daniel Santos vs.
JooSang Yoo
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Daniel Santos
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 1 |
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
JooSang Yoo
Full career not yet synced for JooSang Yoo — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Daniel Santos
Distance 87.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)
JooSang Yoo
Distance 96.8% (norm —) · Clinch 1.6% (norm —) · Ground 1.6% (norm —)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Daniel Santos
Head 79.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.8%)
JooSang Yoo
Head 69.8% (norm —) · Body 7.9% (norm —) · Legs 22.2% (norm —)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Santos L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Yoo L/A | Acc | Catch Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 273 / 773 | 35.3% | 40.9% | 35 / 61 | 57.4% | — |
| In the clinch | 32 / 42 | 76.2% | 70.8% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | — |
| On the ground | 52 / 67 | 77.6% | 69.2% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | — |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 238 / 703 | 33.9% | 37.2% | 19 / 44 | 43.2% | — |
| To the body | 79 / 122 | 64.8% | 68.2% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | — |
| To the legs | 40 / 57 | 70.2% | 80.7% | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | — |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Catch Weight: 0 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/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Yoo L/A | Opp acc | Catch Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 343 / 711 | 48.2% | 39.2% | 20 / 54 | 37.0% | — |
| In the clinch | 20 / 30 | 66.7% | 70.3% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | — |
| On the ground | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 9 / 11 | too few to rate | — |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 264 / 615 | 42.9% | 35.9% | 18 / 45 | 40.0% | — |
| To the body | 75 / 100 | 75.0% | 67.9% | 2 / 8 | too few to rate | — |
| To the legs | 34 / 38 | 89.5% | 81.5% | 9 / 13 | too few to rate | — |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Santos has more cage time on record.