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Krzysztof Jotko vs.
Bruno Santos

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

11-6-0 Krzysztof Jotko · UFC
1-2-0 Bruno Santos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-6-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 2.1 yrs
39.1
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
77"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
46.2
Layoff (months)Δ 95.8 mo
142
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Bruno Santos hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Bruno Santos owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Krzysztof Jotko is hard to hit — absorbs 2.23 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight 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.

Krzysztof Jotko

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

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Bruno Santos

Full career not yet synced for Bruno 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6402.98/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
531.18/min · norm 3.25
4792.23/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1022.27/min · norm 3.20
42.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 47.4%
57.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 53.8%
20.14/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Krzysztof Jotko

Distance 74.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 10.3%)

Bruno Santos

Distance 69.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 24.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Krzysztof Jotko

Head 80.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Bruno Santos

Head 71.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jotko L/AAccMiddleweight med Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 354 / 1124 31.5% 40.5% 25 / 80 31.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 173 / 231 74.9% 70.3% 25 / 28 89.3% 70.3%
On the ground 113 / 150 75.3% 69.1% 3 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 419 / 1210 34.6% 38.9% 26 / 82 31.7% 38.9%
To the body 139 / 204 68.1% 71.7% 12 / 18 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 82 / 91 90.1% 83.3% 15 / 15 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Jotko L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 346 / 936 37.0% 39.5% 58 / 178 32.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 99 / 137 72.3% 70.9% 27 / 40 67.5% 70.9%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 69.0% 17 / 19 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 798 28.9% 37.9% 51 / 175 29.1% 37.9%
To the body 128 / 192 66.7% 71.3% 36 / 46 78.3% 71.3%
To the legs 120 / 131 91.6% 82.1% 15 / 16 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1939.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
937.5% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.42
6982.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
866.7% def · norm 63.1%
48:4922.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
16:2936.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
47:143:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:333:31 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.07/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.47

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

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