Kiichi Kunimoto vs.
Daniel Sarafian
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Kiichi Kunimoto
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.5 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Daniel Sarafian
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kiichi Kunimoto
Distance 80.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 8.1%)
Daniel Sarafian
Distance 96.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kiichi Kunimoto
Head 72.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.4%)
Daniel Sarafian
Head 74.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Kunimoto L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Sarafian L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 58 / 160 | 36.2% | 38.6% | 89 / 193 | 46.1% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 67.8% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 145 | 29.0% | 37.2% | 56 / 150 | 37.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 22 / 34 | 64.7% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 29 / 35 | 82.9% | 82.9% | 16 / 17 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Kunimoto L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Sarafian L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 115 / 226 | 50.9% | 39.0% | 101 / 263 | 38.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 61 | 72.1% | 68.9% | 6 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 26 / 28 | 92.9% | 68.0% | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 111 / 221 | 50.2% | 35.6% | 90 / 259 | 34.7% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 43 / 61 | 70.5% | 69.6% | 17 / 29 | 58.6% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 31 / 33 | 93.9% | 82.1% | 24 / 26 | 92.3% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sarafian has more cage time on record.