Dooho Choi vs.
Daniel Santos
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.
Dooho Choi
Full career not yet synced for Dooho Choi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
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
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)
Dooho Choi
Distance 84.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)
Daniel Santos
Distance 87.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dooho Choi
Head 80.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.8%)
Daniel Santos
Head 79.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Choi L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Santos L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 324 / 635 | 51.0% | 40.9% | 273 / 773 | 35.3% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 39 / 52 | 75.0% | 70.8% | 32 / 42 | 76.2% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 53 / 61 | 86.9% | 69.2% | 52 / 67 | 77.6% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 289 / 603 | 47.9% | 37.2% | 238 / 703 | 33.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 77 / 87 | 88.5% | 68.2% | 79 / 122 | 64.8% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 50 / 58 | 86.2% | 80.7% | 40 / 57 | 70.2% | 80.7% |
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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Choi L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Santos L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 294 / 766 | 38.4% | 39.2% | 343 / 711 | 48.2% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 54 / 63 | 85.7% | 70.3% | 20 / 30 | 66.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 69.4% | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 239 / 651 | 36.7% | 35.9% | 264 / 615 | 42.9% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 93 / 138 | 67.4% | 67.9% | 75 / 100 | 75.0% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 36 / 67 | 53.7% | 81.5% | 34 / 38 | 89.5% | 81.5% |
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 — Choi has more cage time on record.