Junior Dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa — UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Junior Dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa

Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Card

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Junior Dos SantosWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

Saturday, December 1, 2018 · Adelaide · South Australia

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Result

Junior Dos Santos def. Tai Tuivasa

KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Mount) · Round 2 · 2:30 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Referee · Herb DeanSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R2 · 2:30

Junior Dos SantosRound 2Tai Tuivasa

16 / 42Sig. strikes4 / 10

38%Accuracy40%

25 / 52Total strikes4 / 14

1Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

0:47Control0:19

6.4Pace / min1.6

71%Control share29%

Junior Dos Santos

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 31% · clinch 0% · ground 69%

Tai Tuivasa

Targethead 75% · body 25% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeJunior Dos Santos landed 16 significant strikes to 4.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R1

Pace upJunior Dos Santos's significant-strike pace moved +220% from R1 to R2, 6.4 against 2.0 per minute.
Target shiftJunior Dos Santos's head share of landed strikes moved +60 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftJunior Dos Santos's ground share of landed strikes moved +69 pts, to 69% on the ground against 31% at distance.
Pace downTai Tuivasa's significant-strike pace moved -33% from R1 to R2, 1.6 against 2.4 per minute.
Target shiftTai Tuivasa's head share of landed strikes moved +25 pts, to 75% head with 25% body and 0% leg.
Defensive driftTai Tuivasa absorbed significant strikes +220% faster than in R1, 6.4 against 2.0 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Junior Dos Santos

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Tai Tuivasa

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

26Junior Dos Santos sig. strikes

16Tai Tuivasa sig. strikes

2rounds observed

+220%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Junior Dos Santos)

Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.