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Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs.
Junior Dos Santos

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

9-6-0 Jairzinho Rozenstruik · UFC
15-8-0 Junior Dos Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
15-8-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38.4
AgeΔ 4.1 yrs
42.5
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.1
Layoff (months)Δ 49.7 mo
67.8
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Junior Dos Santos carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Junior Dos Santos

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

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4933.48/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
11094.49/min · norm 3.36
3732.63/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
8233.33/min · norm 3.19
48.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.8%
52.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
56.2%norm 52.5%
70.74/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
140.85/15 · norm 0.28

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Distance 91.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 9.3%)

Junior Dos Santos

Distance 87.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 7.6%)

Junior Dos Santos

Head 73.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 24.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rozenstruik L/AAccHeavyweight med Santos L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 428 / 926 46.2% 40.1% 942 / 2032 46.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 39 / 56 69.6% 70.6% 94 / 162 58.0% 70.6%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 70.2% 73 / 119 61.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 783 38.1% 38.9% 682 / 1693 40.3% 38.9%
To the body 74 / 93 79.6% 76.8% 378 / 560 67.5% 76.8%
To the legs 121 / 140 86.4% 87.8% 49 / 60 81.7% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Rozenstruik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 318 / 717 44.4% 40.7% 583 / 1530 38.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 17 / 22 too few to rate 70.6% 159 / 236 67.4% 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 45 84.4% 72.0% 81 / 114 71.1% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 534 35.2% 38.8% 552 / 1544 35.8% 38.8%
To the body 78 / 112 69.6% 75.1% 105 / 141 74.5% 75.1%
To the legs 107 / 138 77.5% 84.4% 166 / 195 85.1% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
550.0% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 0.95
3472.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
7281.8% def · norm 64.3%
0:430.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
7:363.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
36:143:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
39:482:25 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.16

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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