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Danny Barlow vs.
Djorden Santos

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

2-2-0 Danny Barlow · UFC
1-2-0 Djorden Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 2 yrs
29
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
9.6
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
2.9
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Djorden Santos absorbs 7.58 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Djorden Santos outworks the Middleweight division — 6.97 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Danny Barlow rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Danny Barlow

Full career not yet synced for Danny Barlow — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Djorden Santos

Full career not yet synced for Djorden Santos — 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 +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2505.62/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3086.97/min · norm 3.25
2064.63/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3357.58/min · norm 3.20
51.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 47.4%
52.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.1%norm 53.8%
10.34/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Danny Barlow

Distance 97.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 8.1%)

Djorden Santos

Distance 97.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Danny Barlow

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 8.4%)

Djorden Santos

Head 91.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barlow L/AAccWelterweight med Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 241 / 473 51.0% 38.6% 295 / 754 39.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 376 44.7% 37.2% 258 / 703 36.7% 38.9%
To the body 34 / 49 69.4% 70.7% 24 / 40 60.0% 71.7%
To the legs 48 / 60 80.0% 82.9% 26 / 29 89.7% 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Barlow L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 417 46.5% 39.0% 320 / 627 51.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 6 / 6 too few to rate 68.9% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 8 / 10 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 133 / 337 39.5% 35.6% 231 / 512 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 51 / 70 72.9% 69.6% 52 / 76 68.4% 71.3%
To the legs 22 / 25 88.0% 82.1% 52 / 57 91.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.42
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:293.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:426.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
2:070:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:160:46 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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