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Gabriel Santos vs.
Yizha

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 Gabriel Santos · UFC
1-3-0 Yizha · 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
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
29
AgeΔ 0 yrs
29
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
17.9
Layoff (months)Δ 11.8 mo
6.1
WWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Yizha carries real power — 0.99 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Santos hunts takedowns — 3.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Santos is a submission threat — 1.17 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Gabriel Santos

Full career not yet synced for Gabriel 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Yizha

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2234.35/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1463.20/min · norm 3.54
2214.31/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1493.27/min · norm 3.47
60.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.0%
45.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
46.4%norm 54.85%
10.29/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.99/15 · norm 0.29

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

Gabriel Santos

Distance 82.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)

Yizha

Distance 88.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Gabriel Santos

Head 65.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 7.8%)

Yizha

Head 77.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.8% (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 Santos L/AAccFeatherweight med Yizha L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 167 / 305 54.8% 40.9% 120 / 257 46.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 23 / 24 too few to rate 70.8% 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 33 / 39 84.6% 69.2% 12 / 18 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 125 / 242 51.7% 37.2% 97 / 227 42.7% 37.2%
To the body 56 / 75 74.7% 68.2% 31 / 46 67.4% 68.2%
To the legs 42 / 51 82.4% 80.7% 18 / 19 too few to rate 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 Santos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Yizha L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 172 / 342 50.3% 39.2% 109 / 227 48.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 20 / 23 too few to rate 70.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 29 / 40 72.5% 69.4% 21 / 27 77.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 154 / 318 48.4% 35.9% 85 / 208 40.9% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 62 69.4% 67.9% 43 / 47 91.5% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 25 96.0% 81.5% 21 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1354.2% acc · 3.80/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
828.6% acc · 2.63/15 · norm 1.19
787.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 61.5%
18:2535.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
9:4421.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
7:352:12 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:223:24 per 15 · norm 3:12
41.17/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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