Luke Sanders vs. Andre Soukhamthath

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
63.2
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
83.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luke Sanders carries real power — 0.95 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Andre Soukhamthath carries real power — 0.94 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Luke Sanders outworks the Bantamweight division — 6.61 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Luke Sanders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Andre Soukhamthath

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4166.61/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2662.77/min · norm 3.52
2754.37/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4144.31/min · norm 3.58
52.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 43.4%
50.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.9%norm 56.6%
40.95/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
60.94/15 · norm 0.30

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

Luke Sanders

Distance 79.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Soukhamthath

Distance 80.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Luke Sanders

Head 86.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Soukhamthath

Head 69.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sanders L/AAccBantamweight med Soukhamthath L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 284 / 632 44.9% 39.0% 178 / 487 36.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 41 / 60 68.3% 68.7% 58 / 80 72.5% 68.7%
On the ground 91 / 99 91.9% 70.2% 30 / 37 81.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 335 / 685 48.9% 34.9% 122 / 421 29.0% 34.9%
To the body 51 / 67 76.1% 66.8% 88 / 116 75.9% 66.8%
To the legs 30 / 39 76.9% 79.4% 56 / 67 83.6% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Sanders L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Soukhamthath L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 234 / 500 46.8% 39.3% 285 / 659 43.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 24 / 34 70.6% 70.4% 41 / 55 74.5% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 72.4% 88 / 112 78.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 384 34.9% 34.9% 262 / 626 41.9% 34.9%
To the body 88 / 118 74.6% 66.0% 81 / 107 75.7% 66.0%
To the legs 53 / 57 93.0% 79.1% 71 / 93 76.3% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
330.0% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.12
1672.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1058.8% def · norm 66.7%
11:1117.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:2415.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
4:571:10 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
26:004:03 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.28

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