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Dong Hyun Kim vs. Amir Sadollah

UFC 13-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 2 yrs
46
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
112.1
Layoff (months)Δ 32.9 mo
145
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Amir Sadollah rarely shoots — 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dong Hyun Kim

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 134
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.42 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

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

Amir Sadollah

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4242.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6214.71/min · norm 3.17
3771.89/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4693.55/min · norm 3.08
49.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 44.75%
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 80.7%) · Clinch 12.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 33.4% (norm 8.1%)

Amir Sadollah

Distance 76.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dong Hyun Kim

Head 85.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 6.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.0%)

Amir Sadollah

Head 65.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.0%)

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% 38.5% 420 / 1019 41.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 84 / 106 79.2% 67.8% 149 / 232 64.2% 67.8%
On the ground 185 / 289 64.0% 67.0% 52 / 85 61.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 740 44.2% 36.4% 286 / 874 32.7% 36.4%
To the body 44 / 57 77.2% 70.7% 162 / 257 63.0% 70.7%
To the legs 53 / 68 77.9% 83.0% 173 / 205 84.4% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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% 39.1% 303 / 900 33.7% 39.1%
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% 82.2% 44 / 49 89.8% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3943.8% acc · 2.93/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.31
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 lower is better
50:085:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
80.60/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
30.34/15 · norm 0.44

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