Daniel Sarafian vs. Antonio Dos Santos

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 5 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
125.5
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
133.6
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Antonio Dos Santos carries real power — 1.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Antonio Dos Santos rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Daniel Sarafian rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Daniel Sarafian

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Antonio Dos Santos

Full career not yet synced for Antonio Dos Santos — 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 -1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

942.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
485.40/min · norm 3.25
1313.10/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
353.94/min · norm 3.20
46.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 47.4%
58.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.5%norm 53.8%
10.36/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
11.69/15 · norm 0.32

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

Daniel Sarafian

Distance 96.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 10.3%)

Antonio Dos Santos

Distance 80.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Daniel Sarafian

Head 74.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Antonio Dos Santos

Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sarafian L/AAccMiddleweight med Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 193 46.1% 40.5% 38 / 76 50.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 150 37.3% 38.9% 32 / 74 43.2% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 34 64.7% 71.7% 5 / 9 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 16 / 17 too few to rate 83.3% 11 / 11 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Sarafian L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 101 / 263 38.4% 39.5% 31 / 54 57.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 24 / 39 61.5% 69.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 259 34.7% 37.9% 18 / 44 40.9% 37.9%
To the body 17 / 29 58.6% 71.3% 7 / 8 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 24 / 26 92.3% 82.1% 10 / 10 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
17.1% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
753.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3100.0% def · norm 63.1%
5:2112.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
2:3428.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
14:255:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:250:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.71/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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