Johnny Munoz vs. Daniel Santos

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 4-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
4-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
34
Layoff (months)Δ 31.3 mo
2.7
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johnny Munoz is a submission threat — 1.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Daniel Santos hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Johnny Munoz hunts takedowns — 2.40 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johnny Munoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 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

1682.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3575.15/min · norm 3.54
1832.66/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3735.38/min · norm 3.47
36.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 45.0%
55.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
50.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.43/15 · norm 0.29

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

Johnny Munoz

Distance 87.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.8% (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)

Johnny Munoz

Head 76.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

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 Munoz L/AAccBantamweight med Santos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 125 / 399 31.3% 39.0% 273 / 773 35.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 26 / 37 70.3% 68.7% 32 / 42 76.2% 70.8%
On the ground 17 / 22 too few to rate 70.2% 52 / 67 77.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 352 26.1% 34.9% 238 / 703 33.9% 37.2%
To the body 53 / 71 74.6% 66.8% 79 / 122 64.8% 68.2%
To the legs 23 / 35 65.7% 79.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Munoz L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 100 / 307 32.6% 39.3% 343 / 711 48.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 28 / 33 84.8% 70.4% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 55 / 71 77.5% 72.4% 10 / 12 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 320 35.3% 34.9% 264 / 615 42.9% 35.9%
To the body 48 / 59 81.4% 66.0% 75 / 100 75.0% 67.9%
To the legs 22 / 32 68.8% 79.1% 34 / 38 89.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1125.6% acc · 2.40/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1233.3% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.19
545.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1173.3% def · norm 61.5%
20:1429.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
20:4830.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
19:284:14 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
3:520:50 per 15 · norm 3:12
81.75/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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