Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko Filipovic

UFC 15-8-0 vs. 5-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-8-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 9 yrs
51
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
67.8
Layoff (months)Δ 68.1 mo
135.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Junior Dos Santos carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Mirko Filipovic is a submission threat — 0.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mirko Filipovic rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Junior Dos Santos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 158
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Mirko Filipovic

Full career not yet synced for Mirko Filipovic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11094.49/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2362.02/min · norm 3.36
8233.33/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3142.69/min · norm 3.19
47.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
44.1%norm 47.8%
56.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 52.5%
140.85/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
30.39/15 · norm 0.28

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

Junior Dos Santos

Distance 87.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 9.3%)

Mirko Filipovic

Distance 69.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Junior Dos Santos

Head 73.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 24.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)

Mirko Filipovic

Head 83.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccHeavyweight med Filipovic L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2032 46.4% 40.1% 128 / 372 34.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 94 / 162 58.0% 70.6% 66 / 98 67.3% 70.6%
On the ground 73 / 119 61.3% 70.2% 42 / 65 64.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 682 / 1693 40.3% 38.9% 168 / 445 37.8% 38.9%
To the body 378 / 560 67.5% 76.8% 50 / 66 75.8% 76.8%
To the legs 49 / 60 81.7% 87.8% 18 / 24 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Santos L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Filipovic L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 583 / 1530 38.1% 40.7% 155 / 526 29.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 159 / 236 67.4% 70.6% 91 / 116 78.4% 70.6%
On the ground 81 / 114 71.1% 72.0% 68 / 104 65.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 552 / 1544 35.8% 38.8% 154 / 537 28.7% 38.8%
To the body 105 / 141 74.5% 75.1% 95 / 127 74.8% 75.1%
To the legs 166 / 195 85.1% 84.4% 65 / 82 79.3% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
550.0% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 0.95
7281.8% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2773.0% def · norm 64.3%
7:363.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
14:5712.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
39:482:25 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
33:334:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.06/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · norm 0.16

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