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Neil Magny vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

UFC 25-13-0 vs. 11-6-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
25-13-0
UFC record
11-6-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 0 yrs
39
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
80"
ReachΔ 7"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
14.6
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos rarely shoots — 0.79 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos outworks the Welterweight division — 4.16 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 18-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15303.39/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8684.16/min · norm 3.17
10872.41/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7423.56/min · norm 3.08
47.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.9%norm 44.75%
51.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.6%norm 55.25%
20.07/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.38

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

Neil Magny

Distance 74.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 8.1%)

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Distance 82.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Neil Magny

Head 81.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Head 74.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Magny L/AAccWelterweight med dos Santos L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 892 / 2425 36.8% 38.5% 631 / 1711 36.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 272 / 357 76.2% 67.8% 171 / 243 70.4% 67.8%
On the ground 366 / 468 78.2% 67.0% 66 / 117 56.4% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1087 / 2663 40.8% 36.4% 499 / 1547 32.3% 36.4%
To the body 283 / 375 75.5% 70.7% 198 / 311 63.7% 70.7%
To the legs 160 / 212 75.5% 83.0% 171 / 213 80.3% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs dos Santos L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 783 / 1783 43.9% 39.1% 572 / 1438 39.8% 39.1%
In the clinch 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9% 101 / 142 71.1% 68.9%
On the ground 206 / 295 69.8% 68.0% 69 / 93 74.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1677 37.4% 35.6% 481 / 1310 36.7% 35.6%
To the body 165 / 242 68.2% 69.6% 131 / 206 63.6% 69.6%
To the legs 294 / 330 89.1% 82.2% 130 / 157 82.8% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
6439.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1120.8% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.31
6455.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4767.1% def · norm 63.9%
95:3721.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
30:0514.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
148:174:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
33:152:23 per 15 · norm 3:15
90.30/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
60.43/15 · norm 0.44

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