Hector Santiago

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 26-33: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,546, deviation 282: measured from 1 UFC bout; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 1 UFC bout; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age unknown · Height unknown · Reach unknown · Stance unknown · 64 days since last bout (2026-08-29) · Last five 1-0 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,546 is the division's 41st highest of 86 board fighters; the ledger stands at +0.0 (no quality wins or recent losses on the ledger); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (1-0 last five). Score +0.09 = +0.03 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.06 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #28.

Term	Value	Detail
Score	+0.09	70% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term	+0.03	resume rating 1,546, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term	+0.06	quality ledger +0.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty	0.00	last five 1-0
Quality wins, 15 years	0	0 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placement	score order #28	v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1	#27	score +0.09; score order #27

All 1 UFC bout

Date	Event	Opponent	Opp. official rank	Result	Method	Round	Model p
2026-08-29	UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song	Lawrence Lui	unranked	W	KO/TKO	2 (0:53)	46%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 86 board fighters at Bantamweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute	5.10	(80th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike accuracy	27%	(5th percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes	2.55	(99th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of wins by finish	100%	(100th percentile at Bantamweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute	5.44	(88th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike defence	46%	(17th percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes	0.00	(45th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career	32	(9th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses	0	(63rd percentile at Bantamweight)
Submission losses	0	(66th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger	0.000	(64th percentile at Bantamweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes	0.00	(19th percentile at Bantamweight)
Takedown defence	100%	(100th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of cage time in control	2%	(12th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground	13%	(36th percentile at Bantamweight)
Style	striker (0.0 takedown attempts per 15 min; 2% control)
Career stage
Age	n/a
Age at UFC debut	n/a
Years since UFC debut	0.2	(8th percentile at Bantamweight)
UFC bouts	1	(17th percentile at Bantamweight)
Cage time, minutes	6	(6th percentile at Bantamweight)
Bouts per year, last three years	1.0	(35th percentile at Bantamweight)
Days since last bout	64	(42nd percentile at Bantamweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 122 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

No trajectory index: it needs three decided UFC bouts and a bout within the last three years (config/decline.yaml).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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