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The Clinch

Brazil “Cigano” 2008-2020 · 58 rounds on file

Junior Dos Santos

15-8-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 1,109/2,313
Takedown accuracy 5/10
Sig. strikes / round 19.1
Control / round 0:08
Inside the distance 67% 10 of 15 wins
Height
6′4″193 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4230 JAN 1984
Listed weight
238 lb108 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 23 fights - 0.5 takedown attempts and 3% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 8 5-3-0 vs 1630 avg
Positional Controller 5 2-3-0
Submission Grappler 3 3-0-0
Striking 8 6-2-0 vs 1585 avg
Pressure Striker 5 4-1-0
Distance Striker 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 7 4-3-0 vs 1604 avg
Well-Rounded 7 4-3-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

25 OCT 2008 - beat Fabricio Werdum · Technical Knockout 21 FEB 2009 - beat Stefan Struve · Technical Knockout 19 SEP 2009 - beat Mirko Filipovic · Technical Knockout 02 JAN 2010 - beat Gilbert Yvel · Technical Knockout 21 MAR 2010 - beat Gabriel Gonzaga · Technical Knockout 07 AUG 2010 - beat Roy Nelson · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUN 2011 - beat Shane Carwin · Decision (Unanimous) 12 NOV 2011 - beat Cain Velasquez · Technical Knockout 26 MAY 2012 - beat Frank Mir · Technical Knockout 29 DEC 2012 - lost to Cain Velasquez · Decision (Unanimous) 25 MAY 2013 - beat Mark Hunt · Technical Knockout 19 OCT 2013 - lost to Cain Velasquez · Technical Knockout 13 DEC 2014 - beat Stipe Miocic · Decision (Unanimous) 19 DEC 2015 - lost to Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 10 APR 2016 - beat Ben Rothwell · Decision (Unanimous) 13 MAY 2017 - lost to Stipe Miocic · Technical Knockout 14 JUL 2018 - beat Blagoy Ivanov · Decision (Unanimous) 01 DEC 2018 - beat Tai Tuivasa · Technical Knockout 09 MAR 2019 - beat Derrick Lewis · Technical Knockout 29 JUN 2019 - lost to Francis Ngannou · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2020 - lost to Curtis Blaydes · Technical Knockout 15 AUG 2020 - lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik · Technical Knockout 12 DEC 2020 - lost to Ciryl Gane · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 58 rounds across 23 of 23 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 19.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.2
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:08 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 1,109/2,313
Takedowns 50% 5/10
Opponents’ accuracy 44% 823/1,880

Where the strikes land

Head 61% 682
Body 34% 378
Leg 4% 49

And from where

At distance 85% 942
In the clinch 8% 94
On the ground 7% 73

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 10 won Technical Knockout · 10-7
Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 5-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
12 DEC 2020 Ciryl Gane Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:34 10 59 UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno
15 AUG 2020 Jairzinho Rozenstruik Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:47 24 42 UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
25 JAN 2020 Curtis Blaydes Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:06 7 28 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos
29 JUN 2019 Francis Ngannou Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:11 4 9 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
09 MAR 2019 Derrick Lewis Won Technical Knockout R2 1:58 29 7 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
01 DEC 2018 Tai Tuivasa Won Technical Knockout R2 2:30 26 16 UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
14 JUL 2018 Blagoy Ivanov Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 110 51 UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov
13 MAY 2017 Stipe Miocic Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:22 12 26 UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
10 APR 2016 Ben Rothwell Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 157 77 UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
19 DEC 2015 Alistair Overeem Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:43 22 32 UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
13 DEC 2014 Stipe Miocic Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 123 89 UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic
19 OCT 2013 Cain Velasquez Lost Technical Knockout R5 3:09 46 123 UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3
25 MAY 2013 Mark Hunt Won Technical Knockout R3 4:18 74 29 UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2
29 DEC 2012 Cain Velasquez Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 57 111 UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II
26 MAY 2012 Frank Mir Won Technical Knockout R2 3:04 59 17 UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir
12 NOV 2011 Cain Velasquez Won Technical Knockout R1 1:04 8 7 UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos
11 JUN 2011 Shane Carwin Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 88 20 UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin
07 AUG 2010 Roy Nelson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 130 40 UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
21 MAR 2010 Gabriel Gonzaga Won Technical Knockout R1 3:53 20 9 UFC Live: Vera vs Jones
02 JAN 2010 Gilbert Yvel Won Technical Knockout R1 2:07 14 3 UFC 108: Evans vs Silva
19 SEP 2009 Mirko Filipovic Won Technical Knockout R3 2:00 70 22 UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort
21 FEB 2009 Stefan Struve Won Technical Knockout R1 0:54 12 0 UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
25 OCT 2008 Fabricio Werdum Won Technical Knockout R1 1:21 7 6 UFC 90: Silva vs Cote