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Peter Sobotta vs.
Amir Sadollah

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

4-6-0 Peter Sobotta · UFC
6-5-0 Amir Sadollah · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-6-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39.6
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
45.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
72.4
Layoff (months)Δ 70.1 mo
142.5
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Peter Sobotta owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Amir Sadollah rarely shoots — 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Amir Sadollah outworks the Welterweight division — 4.71 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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.

Peter Sobotta

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Amir Sadollah

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2512.14/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6214.71/min · norm 3.17
3412.90/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4693.55/min · norm 3.06
40.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 44.9%
58.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 55.25%
40.51/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Peter Sobotta

Distance 86.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 8.1%)

Amir Sadollah

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Peter Sobotta

Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Amir Sadollah

Head 65.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sobotta L/AAccWelterweight med Sadollah L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 202 / 538 37.5% 38.6% 420 / 1019 41.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 14 / 29 48.3% 67.8% 149 / 232 64.2% 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 58 60.3% 67.2% 52 / 85 61.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 494 30.2% 37.2% 286 / 874 32.7% 37.2%
To the body 45 / 69 65.2% 70.7% 162 / 257 63.0% 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 62 91.9% 82.9% 173 / 205 84.4% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Sobotta L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Sadollah L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 687 35.5% 39.0% 303 / 900 33.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 39 / 55 70.9% 68.9% 89 / 153 58.2% 68.9%
On the ground 58 / 87 66.7% 68.0% 77 / 140 55.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 563 28.6% 35.6% 361 / 1033 34.9% 35.6%
To the body 62 / 117 53.0% 69.6% 64 / 111 57.7% 69.6%
To the legs 118 / 149 79.2% 82.1% 44 / 49 89.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1232.4% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.27
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3160.8% def · norm 63.9%
36:2731.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
18:2213.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:222:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
50:085:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.51/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.34/15 · norm 0.45

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

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