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Daniel Sarafian vs.
Kiichi Kunimoto

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-4-0 Daniel Sarafian · UFC
3-2-0 Kiichi Kunimoto · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-4-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
45.3
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
125.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15.6 mo
109.9
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Kiichi Kunimoto owns the mat — in control 40% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Daniel Sarafian rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kiichi Kunimoto's takedown defense leaks — 29% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight 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.

Daniel Sarafian

Full career not yet synced for Daniel Sarafian — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Kiichi Kunimoto

Full career not yet synced for Kiichi Kunimoto — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 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

942.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
881.87/min · norm 3.17
1313.10/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1853.92/min · norm 3.06
46.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
41.3%norm 55.25%
10.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Daniel Sarafian

Distance 96.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 10.3%)

Kiichi Kunimoto

Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Daniel Sarafian

Head 74.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Kiichi Kunimoto

Head 72.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sarafian L/AAccMiddleweight med Kunimoto L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 193 46.1% 40.5% 58 / 160 36.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.3% 23 / 31 74.2% 67.8%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 150 37.3% 38.9% 42 / 145 29.0% 37.2%
To the body 22 / 34 64.7% 71.7% 17 / 20 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 16 / 17 too few to rate 83.3% 29 / 35 82.9% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Sarafian L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Kunimoto L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 101 / 263 38.4% 39.5% 115 / 226 50.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 44 / 61 72.1% 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 39 61.5% 69.0% 26 / 28 92.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 259 34.7% 37.9% 111 / 221 50.2% 35.6%
To the body 17 / 29 58.6% 71.3% 43 / 61 70.5% 69.6%
To the legs 24 / 26 92.3% 82.1% 31 / 33 93.9% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

17.1% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
520.0% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.27
753.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 63.9%
5:2112.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
19:0640.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:255:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
11:053:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.71/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.45

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

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