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Rodrigo Sezinando vs.
Daniil Donchenko

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

0-1-0 Rodrigo Sezinando · UFC
3-0-0 Daniil Donchenko · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
28.7
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
25
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
10.7
Layoff (months)Δ 9.4 mo
1.3
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW
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.

Daniil Donchenko carries real power — 2.30 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Rodrigo Sezinando absorbs 8.76 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Rodrigo Sezinando hunts takedowns — 3.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Rodrigo Sezinando

Full career not yet synced for Rodrigo Sezinando — 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

Daniil Donchenko

Full career not yet synced for Daniil Donchenko — 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 +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

102.25/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2108.07/min · norm 3.17
398.76/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
732.80/min · norm 3.06
27.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
62.3%norm 44.9%
42.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
70.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
42.30/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rodrigo Sezinando

Distance 91.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Daniil Donchenko

Distance 80.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rodrigo Sezinando

Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Daniil Donchenko

Head 58.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sezinando L/AAccWelterweight med Donchenko L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 33 21.2% 38.6% 166 / 271 61.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 23 / 33 69.7% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 21 / 33 63.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 30 23.3% 37.2% 90 / 198 45.5% 37.2%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 70.7% 55 / 71 77.5% 70.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9% 65 / 68 95.6% 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 Sezinando L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Donchenko L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 44 52.3% 39.0% 63 / 230 27.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.9% 10 / 16 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 29 / 55 52.7% 35.6% 59 / 218 27.1% 35.6%
To the body 8 / 11 too few to rate 69.6% 12 / 26 46.2% 69.6%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 2 / 2 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.

125.0% acc · 3.37/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.58/15 · norm 1.27
266.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 63.9%
1:0223.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:5014.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:033:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:190:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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