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Sam Sicilia vs.
Dooho Choi

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

5-7-0 Sam Sicilia · UFC
6-3-1 Dooho Choi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-7-0
UFC record
6-3-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40.5
AgeΔ 5.2 yrs
35.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
113.5
Layoff (months)Δ 110.8 mo
2.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWDL
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.

Dooho Choi carries real power — 0.90 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Sam Sicilia is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Sam Sicilia owns the mat — in control 24% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Sam Sicilia

Full career not yet synced for Sam Sicilia — 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 +0.4 wins over .500

Dooho Choi

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

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2552.46/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4165.00/min · norm 3.54
3683.55/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3684.43/min · norm 3.47
33.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
55.6%norm 45.0%
59.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 54.85%
10.14/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.90/15 · norm 0.29

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

Sam Sicilia

Distance 82.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 6.5%)

Dooho Choi

Distance 84.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sam Sicilia

Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)

Dooho Choi

Head 80.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sicilia L/AAccFeatherweight med Choi L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 168 / 626 26.8% 40.9% 324 / 635 51.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 32 / 56 57.1% 70.8% 39 / 52 75.0% 70.8%
On the ground 55 / 79 69.6% 69.2% 53 / 61 86.9% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 641 27.3% 37.2% 289 / 603 47.9% 37.2%
To the body 50 / 81 61.7% 68.2% 77 / 87 88.5% 68.2%
To the legs 30 / 39 76.9% 80.7% 50 / 58 86.2% 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Sicilia L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Choi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 318 / 832 38.2% 39.2% 294 / 766 38.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 25 / 41 61.0% 70.3% 54 / 63 85.7% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 30 83.3% 69.4% 20 / 27 74.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 699 33.9% 35.9% 239 / 651 36.7% 35.9%
To the body 61 / 117 52.1% 67.9% 93 / 138 67.4% 67.9%
To the legs 70 / 87 80.5% 81.5% 36 / 67 53.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1043.5% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.19
1470.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1659.3% def · norm 61.5%
24:2923.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
15:2918.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:421:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
15:202:45 per 15 · norm 3:12
60.87/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.54/15 · norm 0.46

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

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