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Dooho Choi vs. Daniel Santos

UFC 6-4-1 vs. 4-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-1
UFC record
4-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
5.2
LWWWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dooho Choi carries real power — 0.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Daniel Santos hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Daniel Santos owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dooho Choi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Daniel Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4365.03/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3575.15/min · norm 3.52
4064.69/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3735.38/min · norm 3.50
54.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 44.7%
56.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 54.8%
50.87/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.43/15 · norm 0.29

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

Dooho Choi

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.5%)

Daniel Santos

Distance 87.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Dooho Choi

Head 81.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.9%)

Daniel Santos

Head 79.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Choi L/AAccFeatherweight med Santos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 678 50.4% 40.5% 273 / 773 35.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 41 / 55 74.5% 70.5% 32 / 42 76.2% 70.5%
On the ground 53 / 61 86.9% 69.3% 52 / 67 77.6% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 306 / 645 47.4% 37.1% 238 / 703 33.9% 37.1%
To the body 80 / 91 87.9% 68.0% 79 / 122 64.8% 68.0%
To the legs 50 / 58 86.2% 80.3% 40 / 57 70.2% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 320 / 826 38.7% 39.3% 343 / 711 48.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 57 / 66 86.4% 70.3% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 69.4% 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 716 37.4% 35.9% 264 / 615 42.9% 35.9%
To the body 102 / 147 69.4% 68.0% 75 / 100 75.0% 68.0%
To the legs 36 / 68 52.9% 81.5% 34 / 38 89.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
753.8% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1233.3% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.17
1659.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1173.3% def · norm 61.5%
15:2917.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
20:4830.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
15:252:40 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
3:520:50 per 15 · norm 3:11
30.52/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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