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Dong Hyun Kim vs.
Amir Sadollah

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

13-4-0 (1 NC) Dong Hyun Kim · UFC
6-5-0 Amir Sadollah · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

13-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44.7
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
45.9
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
109.6
Layoff (months)Δ 32.9 mo
142.5
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Dong Hyun Kim owns the mat — in control 49% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Dong Hyun Kim hunts takedowns — 2.93 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Amir Sadollah rarely shoots — 0.57 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.

Dong Hyun Kim

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

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Amir Sadollah

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4242.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6214.71/min · norm 3.17
3771.89/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4693.55/min · norm 3.06
49.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 44.9%
58.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 55.25%
40.30/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dong Hyun Kim

Distance 54.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 33.4% (norm 8.1%)

Amir Sadollah

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dong Hyun Kim

Head 85.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Amir Sadollah

Head 65.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kim L/AAccWelterweight med Sadollah L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 470 33.0% 38.6% 420 / 1019 41.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 84 / 106 79.2% 67.8% 149 / 232 64.2% 67.8%
On the ground 185 / 289 64.0% 67.2% 52 / 85 61.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 740 44.2% 37.2% 286 / 874 32.7% 37.2%
To the body 44 / 57 77.2% 70.7% 162 / 257 63.0% 70.7%
To the legs 53 / 68 77.9% 82.9% 173 / 205 84.4% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Kim L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Sadollah L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 201 / 646 31.1% 39.0% 303 / 900 33.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 142 / 214 66.4% 68.9% 89 / 153 58.2% 68.9%
On the ground 34 / 50 68.0% 68.0% 77 / 140 55.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 636 29.7% 35.6% 361 / 1033 34.9% 35.6%
To the body 109 / 166 65.7% 69.6% 64 / 111 57.7% 69.6%
To the legs 79 / 108 73.1% 82.1% 44 / 49 89.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3943.8% acc · 2.93/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.27
4371.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3160.8% def · norm 63.9%
98:3649.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
18:2213.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
38:342:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
50:085:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
80.60/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.34/15 · norm 0.45

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

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