Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks

UFC 6-5-0 vs. 13-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-0
UFC record
13-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 3 yrs
42
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
142.6
Layoff (months)Δ 37.5 mo
105.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johny Hendricks hunts takedowns — 3.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Johny Hendricks owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% 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

Johny Hendricks

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 138
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6214.71/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8853.55/min · norm 3.17
4693.55/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
9793.93/min · norm 3.06
46.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.36/15 · 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%)

Johny Hendricks

Distance 79.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (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%)

Johny Hendricks

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (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 Hendricks L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 1019 41.2% 38.6% 605 / 1542 39.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 149 / 232 64.2% 67.8% 208 / 297 70.0% 67.8%
On the ground 52 / 85 61.2% 67.2% 72 / 99 72.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 874 32.7% 37.2% 584 / 1577 37.0% 37.2%
To the body 162 / 257 63.0% 70.7% 77 / 105 73.3% 70.7%
To the legs 173 / 205 84.4% 82.9% 224 / 256 87.5% 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 Hendricks L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 900 33.7% 39.0% 720 / 1736 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 89 / 153 58.2% 68.9% 189 / 286 66.1% 68.9%
On the ground 77 / 140 55.0% 68.0% 70 / 78 89.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 1033 34.9% 35.6% 620 / 1627 38.1% 35.6%
To the body 64 / 111 57.7% 69.6% 256 / 349 73.4% 69.6%
To the legs 44 / 49 89.8% 82.1% 103 / 124 83.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
527.8% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
6150.0% acc · 3.67/15 · norm 1.27
3160.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2767.5% def · norm 63.9%
18:2213.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
80:1832.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
50:085:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
21:291:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.34/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
60.36/15 · norm 0.45

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