Amir Sadollah vs. DaMarques Johnson

UFC 6-5-0 vs. 4-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-0
UFC record
4-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
142.6
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
166.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
DaMarques Johnson's takedown defense leaks — 19% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
DaMarques Johnson is a submission threat — 0.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Amir Sadollah rarely shoots — 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Amir Sadollah

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

DaMarques Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 129

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.06 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6214.71/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1342.11/min · norm 3.17
4693.55/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2383.75/min · norm 3.06
46.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.47/15 · norm 0.38

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

Amir Sadollah

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 8.1%)

DaMarques Johnson

Distance 77.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Amir Sadollah

Head 65.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)

DaMarques Johnson

Head 90.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sadollah L/AAccWelterweight med Johnson L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 1019 41.2% 38.6% 80 / 275 29.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 149 / 232 64.2% 67.8% 20 / 32 62.5% 67.8%
On the ground 52 / 85 61.2% 67.2% 34 / 48 70.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 874 32.7% 37.2% 105 / 320 32.8% 37.2%
To the body 162 / 257 63.0% 70.7% 18 / 24 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 173 / 205 84.4% 82.9% 11 / 11 too few to rate 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 Sadollah L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Johnson L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 900 33.7% 39.0% 120 / 289 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 89 / 153 58.2% 68.9% 32 / 51 62.7% 68.9%
On the ground 77 / 140 55.0% 68.0% 86 / 149 57.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 1033 34.9% 35.6% 170 / 392 43.4% 35.6%
To the body 64 / 111 57.7% 69.6% 36 / 56 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 44 / 49 89.8% 82.1% 32 / 41 78.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
527.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.27
3160.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
419.0% def · norm 63.9%
18:2213.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:3421.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
50:085:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:166:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.34/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.71/15 · norm 0.45

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