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Sai Wang vs.
Danny Mitchell

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

1-1-0 Sai Wang · UFC
0-2-0 Danny Mitchell · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
143.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
143.4
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Danny Mitchell is a submission threat — 3.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Sai Wang rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Danny Mitchell rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns 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.

Sai Wang

Full career not yet synced for Sai Wang — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Danny Mitchell

Full career not yet synced for Danny Mitchell — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

953.17/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
762.53/min · norm 3.17
682.27/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
762.53/min · norm 3.06
46.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 44.9%
53.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Sai Wang

Distance 66.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 8.1%)

Danny Mitchell

Distance 79.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Sai Wang

Head 69.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 8.4%)

Danny Mitchell

Head 66.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Wang L/AAccWelterweight med Mitchell L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 50 / 135 37.0% 38.6% 54 / 123 43.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 24 / 34 70.6% 67.8% 15 / 17 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 67.2% 7 / 14 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 140 37.1% 37.2% 36 / 102 35.3% 37.2%
To the body 20 / 29 69.0% 70.7% 18 / 21 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 23 / 34 67.6% 82.9% 22 / 31 71.0% 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 Wang L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Mitchell L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 130 43.1% 39.0% 37 / 99 37.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 68.9% 19 / 23 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 20 / 39 51.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 94 33.0% 35.6% 45 / 122 36.9% 35.6%
To the body 14 / 19 too few to rate 69.6% 22 / 27 81.5% 69.6%
To the legs 23 / 32 71.9% 82.1% 9 / 12 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.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1477.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
5100.0% def · norm 63.9%
10:5836.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:3822.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
6:403:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
12:376:18 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
63.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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