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Junior Dos Santos vs.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik

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

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

The men, measured.

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

15-8-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
67.8
Layoff (months)Δ 49.7 mo
18.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Junior Dos Santos

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

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

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

Junior Dos Santos

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccHeavyweight med Rozenstruik L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2032 46.4% 40.1% 428 / 926 46.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 94 / 162 58.0% 70.6% 39 / 56 69.6% 70.6%
On the ground 73 / 119 61.3% 70.2% 26 / 34 76.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 682 / 1693 40.3% 38.9% 298 / 783 38.1% 38.9%
To the body 378 / 560 67.5% 76.8% 74 / 93 79.6% 76.8%
To the legs 49 / 60 81.7% 87.8% 121 / 140 86.4% 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 Santos L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Rozenstruik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 583 / 1530 38.1% 40.7% 318 / 717 44.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 159 / 236 67.4% 70.6% 17 / 22 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 81 / 114 71.1% 72.0% 38 / 45 84.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 552 / 1544 35.8% 38.8% 188 / 534 35.2% 38.8%
To the body 105 / 141 74.5% 75.1% 78 / 112 69.6% 75.1%
To the legs 166 / 195 85.1% 84.4% 107 / 138 77.5% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

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