Junior Dos Santos vs Roy Nelson

Junior Dos Santos vs Roy Nelson: Matchup Breakdown

Junior Dos Santos is 15-8 in the Heavyweight division with a 65.2% win rate. Roy Nelson is 9-10 at Heavyweight, winning 47.4% of the time. Both are listed as retired.

They have met 1 time. Junior Dos Santos leads the series 1-0. Their most recent meeting was UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen on Aug 7, 2010, won by Junior Dos Santos by Decision - Unanimous in round 3.

Junior Dos Santos holds the higher MMA.SOCIAL ELO rating, 986 to 915. Career peaks are 1,325 for Junior Dos Santos and 1,091 for Roy Nelson. Junior Dos Santos has 10 KO/TKO and 0 submission wins from 15 victories, a 66.7% finish rate. Roy Nelson has 8 KO/TKO and 0 submission wins, finishing 88.9% of the time.

Junior Dos Santos stands 6' 4" with a reach of 77" and fights orthodox. Roy Nelson is 6' 0" with a reach of 73", orthodox. That is a 4-inch reach advantage for Junior Dos Santos. Junior Dos Santos is 42, Roy Nelson is 50.

Across the bouts with round-by-round data recorded, Junior Dos Santos has landed 1,109 significant strikes at 47.9% accuracy with 5 takedowns and 7:36 of control time. Roy Nelson has landed 439 at 37.3% with 16 takedowns and 41:04 of control.

Junior Dos Santos has 5 title fights (2 won) against 0 (0 won) for Roy Nelson. They share 8 common opponents: Derrick Lewis, Stipe Miocic, Alistair Overeem, Mark Hunt, Frank Mir, Mirko Filipovic, Stefan Struve, Fabricio Werdum.