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Sean Soriano vs.
Christos Giagos

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

0-5-0 Sean Soriano · UFC
6-8-0 Christos Giagos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-5-0
UFC record
6-8-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
36.8
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
36.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56.5
Layoff (months)Δ 28.5 mo
28
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Christos Giagos hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Christos Giagos owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Sean Soriano is accurate with strikes at range — lands 60%, vs a 41% 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.

Sean Soriano

Full career not yet synced for Sean Soriano — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Christos Giagos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1803.18/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3533.03/min · norm 3.42
1212.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3733.21/min · norm 3.37
61.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 43.5%
56.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Sean Soriano

Distance 73.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 6.5%)

Christos Giagos

Distance 80.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Sean Soriano

Head 70.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.1% (norm 7.8%)

Christos Giagos

Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Soriano L/AAccFeatherweight med Giagos L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 215 59.5% 40.9% 261 / 680 38.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.8% 41 / 65 63.1% 67.3%
On the ground 23 / 36 63.9% 69.2% 51 / 99 51.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 207 51.2% 37.2% 232 / 682 34.0% 35.0%
To the body 32 / 41 78.0% 68.2% 81 / 117 69.2% 69.1%
To the legs 42 / 44 95.5% 80.7% 40 / 45 88.9% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Soriano L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Giagos L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 221 33.9% 39.2% 250 / 599 41.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 9 / 16 too few to rate 70.3% 68 / 90 75.6% 68.6%
On the ground 37 / 40 92.5% 69.4% 55 / 69 79.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 233 39.9% 35.9% 225 / 561 40.1% 35.1%
To the body 15 / 28 53.6% 67.9% 85 / 122 69.7% 68.1%
To the legs 13 / 16 too few to rate 81.5% 63 / 75 84.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

555.6% acc · 1.33/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2236.7% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.38
2152.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1252.2% def · norm 64.0%
7:5914.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
34:5130.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
28:077:27 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
21:342:46 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · norm 0.49

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

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