Nad Narimani vs.
Anderson Dos Santos
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.
Nad Narimani
Full career not yet synced for Nad Narimani — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Anderson Dos Santos
Full career not yet synced for Anderson Dos Santos — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 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)
Nad Narimani
Distance 81.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)
Anderson Dos Santos
Distance 94.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Nad Narimani
Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)
Anderson Dos Santos
Head 89.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 4.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Narimani L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Santos L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 119 / 345 | 34.5% | 40.9% | 107 / 461 | 23.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 69.2% | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 133 / 357 | 37.3% | 37.2% | 87 / 433 | 20.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 27 / 42 | 64.3% | 68.2% | 15 / 24 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 22 / 27 | 81.5% | 80.7% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 79.4% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Narimani L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Santos L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 128 / 349 | 36.7% | 39.2% | 216 / 449 | 48.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 21 / 28 | 75.0% | 70.3% | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 15 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 17 / 26 | 65.4% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 113 / 326 | 34.7% | 35.9% | 187 / 418 | 44.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 16 / 30 | 53.3% | 67.9% | 28 / 35 | 80.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 35 / 42 | 83.3% | 81.5% | 31 / 36 | 86.1% | 79.1% |
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 — Narimani has more cage time on record.