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Lawrence Lui vs. Hector Santiago

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 1-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30
Age
—
5'7"
Height
—
72"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.7
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
W

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hector Santiago carries real power — 2.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Lawrence Lui hunts takedowns — 5.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Hector Santiago rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Lawrence Lui

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Hector Santiago

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

In the UFC: 1-0 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

844.02/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
305.10/min · norm 3.52
864.12/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
325.44/min · norm 3.58
40.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
27.0%norm 43.5%
63.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
12.55/15 · norm 0.29

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

Lawrence Lui

Distance 90.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.4%)

Hector Santiago

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 6.4%)

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

Lawrence Lui

Head 81.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Hector Santiago

Head 89.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lui L/AAccBantamweight med Santiago L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 70 / 189 37.0% 39.2% 26 / 105 24.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 7 / 7 too few to rate 70.2% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 61 / 171 35.7% 35.3% 24 / 99 24.2% 35.3%
To the body 9 / 23 too few to rate 66.9% 6 / 12 too few to rate 66.9%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 79.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 79.2%

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: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Lui L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Santiago L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 226 34.5% 39.4% 31 / 57 54.4% 39.4%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 72.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 215 35.8% 34.9% 20 / 42 47.6% 34.9%
To the body 9 / 20 too few to rate 66.1% 3 / 7 too few to rate 66.1%
To the legs 0 / 1 too few to rate 78.8% 9 / 10 too few to rate 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
743.8% acc · 5.03/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
0— def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 65.7%
5:0023.9% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
0:072.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
0:210:15 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
0:010:02 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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