Steve Bosse vs.
Thiago Santos
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Steve Bosse
Full career not yet synced for Steve Bosse — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
Thiago Santos
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 12 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 37 documented bouts
In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Steve Bosse
Distance 70.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 10.4%)
Thiago Santos
Distance 69.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Steve Bosse
Head 85.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 9.7%)
Thiago Santos
Head 65.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 17.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bosse L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Santos L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 61 / 130 | 46.9% | 41.4% | 512 / 1285 | 39.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 150 / 181 | 82.9% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 22 / 37 | 59.5% | 72.3% | 226 / 378 | 59.8% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 79 / 159 | 49.7% | 38.9% | 455 / 1216 | 37.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 71.9% | 204 / 309 | 66.0% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 229 / 319 | 71.8% | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Bosse L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Santos L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 68 / 146 | 46.6% | 40.4% | 417 / 1085 | 38.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 87 / 110 | 79.1% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 9 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 110 / 138 | 79.7% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 64 / 149 | 43.0% | 37.5% | 330 / 914 | 36.1% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 19 / 23 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 141 / 215 | 65.6% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 143 / 204 | 70.1% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Santos has more cage time on record.