Dooho Choi

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Dooho Choi

Nickname“The Korean Superboy”

Record

17-4-1

Streak

W3

Age

35

Date of birth

Apr 10, 1991

Fighting out of: Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do
Born: South Korea
Camp: Busan Team MAD
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: May 16, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Patricio Pitbull

Patricio PitbullUpcoming

UFC 331: Van vs Pantoja · Sep 19, 2026

UFC 331: Van vs Pantoja

Daniel Santos

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Body At Distance · R2 · 4:29

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa · May 16, 2026

Punch to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa

Nate Landwehr

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Crucifix · R3 · 3:21

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 7, 2024

Elbows to Head From Crucifix

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

Bill Algeo

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:38

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba · Jul 20, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba

Kyle Nelson

Featherweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac · Feb 4, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac

Charles Jourdain

Charles Jourdain

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:32

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie · Dec 21, 2019

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

Jeremy Stephens

#9Jeremy Stephens

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:36

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi · Jan 14, 2018

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi

Cub Swanson

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis · Dec 10, 2016

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis

Thiago Tavares

#15Thiago Tavares

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:42

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale · Jul 8, 2016

Punch to Head At Distance

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale

Sam Sicilia

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R1 · 1:33

UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal · Nov 28, 2015

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal

Juan Manuel Puig

Juan Manuel Puig

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:18

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson · Nov 22, 2014

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson

Outside the UFC

11-1across 12 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 1 sub · 2 decDeep · Gladiator · SRC · M-1 · Grachan

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shoji Maruyama18-18-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:33	Deep	Jun 15, 2013
W	Tatsunao Nagakura11-10	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	4:15	Deep	Feb 16, 2013
W	Kosuke Umeda13-16-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:49	Deep	Aug 18, 2012
W	Mitsuhiro Ishida20-8-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	1:33	Deep	Dec 16, 2011
W	Nobuhiro Obiya12-5-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R3	0:55	Deep	Oct 29, 2011
W	Hisaki Hiraishi10-5-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Gladiator	Sep 3, 2011
W	Atsuhiro Tsuboi7-16-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:53	Deep	Sep 5, 2010
W	Yuichiro Ono2-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Gladiator	Jun 27, 2010
W	Ikuo Usuda6-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	SRC	Jun 20, 2010
L	Yusuke Kagiyama20-19-3	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	Deep	Jun 6, 2010
W	Jong Hwa Lee0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:20	M-1	Mar 5, 2010
W	Takashi Matsuoka17-12-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:05	Grachan	Nov 29, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB67th

55%416 / 748

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.57 differential

Landed5.00

Absorbed4.43

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head69%83rd289
Body19%67th77
Leg12%59th50

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

78%Standing

Standing78%324
Clinch9%39
Ground13%53

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Dooho Choi

Dooho Choi

Landed per 15

Head

A+

89th

52.1

89th

Body

A

73rd

13.9

73rd

Leg

B

60th

9.0

60th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

25th

43.1

25th

Body

F

17th

16.8

17th

Leg

B

59th

6.5

59th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	52.1	289	603	48%
Body	13.9	77	87	89%
Leg	9.0	50	58	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	43.1	239	651	37%
Body	16.8	93	138	67%
Leg	6.5	36	67	54%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Dooho Choi

Dooho Choi

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 83 min

96%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Choi holds steady (+2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Choi keeps 96% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Dooho Choi

Choi — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Dooho Choi

Choilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Dooho Choi

Choiattempts / min

Control time

Dooho Choi

Choi% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.9	4.8	3.6	0.13	18%	10
R2	6.6	5.7	5.7	0.13	15%	7
R3	6.1	4.0	4.0	0.30	30%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Dooho Choi

Dooho Choi

10 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

35th

27%

35th

Win quality

A

71st

47%

71st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

1

1

4

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	4	3-0-1	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Daniel Santos	Building	18	May 16, 2026
W	Nate Landwehr	Building	22	Dec 7, 2024
W	Bill Algeo	Established	30	Jul 20, 2024
D	Kyle Nelson	Building	15	Feb 4, 2023
L	Charles Jourdain	Contender-level	32	Dec 21, 2019
L	Jeremy Stephens#9	Top-5	77	Jan 14, 2018
L	Cub Swanson#4	Top-5	85	Dec 10, 2016
W	Thiago Tavares#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Jul 8, 2016
W	Sam Sicilia	Building	22	Nov 28, 2015
W	Juan Manuel Puig	Unproven	8	Nov 22, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.