SeungWoo Choi

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SeungWoo Choi

Nickname“Sting”

Record

11-8

Streak

L2

Age

33

Date of birth

Nov 3, 1992

Fighting out of: Gangneung
Born: South Korea
Camp: MOB Training Center
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 75" · 189 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Mar 15, 2025
Cut risk: 33%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Kevin Vallejos

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 3:09

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · Mar 15, 2025

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2

Steve Garcia

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:36

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

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba

Jarno Errens

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie · Aug 26, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie

Michael Trizano

Michael Trizano

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:51

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · Nov 12, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira

Josh Culibao

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka · Jun 11, 2022

UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka

Alex Caceres

#15Alex Caceres

Featherweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 3:31

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori · Oct 23, 2021

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori

Julian Erosa

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:37

UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige · Jun 19, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige

Youssef Zalal

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · Feb 6, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov

Suman Mokhtarian

Suman Mokhtarian

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

Gavin Tucker

Featherweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 3:17

UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar · Jul 27, 2019

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar

Movsar Evloev

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik · Apr 20, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 2 decTop FC 16 · Top FC 15 · Top FC 14 · Top FC 12 · AOW 17 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jae Woong Kim16-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	2:47	Top FC 16	Dec 9, 2017
W	Young Bok Kil8-3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:33	Top FC 15	Jul 22, 2017
L	Jae Woong Kim16-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:36	Top FC 14	Mar 18, 2017
W	Min Gu Lee6-6-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R4	2:38	Top FC 12	Sep 11, 2016
W	Rocky Lee4-6	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	AOW 17	Apr 30, 2016
W	Tae Seok Oh0-2	KO/TKO	Knee	R1	1:55	Top FC 10	Mar 19, 2016
W	Nurzhan Tutkaev5-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kunlun Fight	Oct 4, 2015
W	Tae Seung Yoon2-6	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	1:45	Top FC 8	Aug 15, 2015

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

Career striking

OverallC45th

38%384 / 987

Striking accuracy

47%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.40 differential

Landed3.56

Absorbed3.16

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head60%53rd230
Body22%60th84
Leg18%63rd70

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

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%270
Clinch17%67
Ground12%47

Striking zones

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

UFC only

SeungWoo Choi

SeungWoo Choi

Landed per 15

Head

C

51st

31.9

51st

Body

B

61st

11.7

61st

Leg

B

64th

9.7

64th

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

B

63rd

29.3

63rd

Body

B

63rd

9.2

63rd

Leg

C

42nd

8.9

42nd

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	31.9	230	761	30%
Body	11.7	84	134	63%
Leg	9.7	70	92	76%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.3	211	461	46%
Body	9.2	66	104	63%
Leg	8.9	64	79	81%

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

SeungWoo Choi

SeungWoo Choi

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 108 min

121%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Choi builds (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Choi lifts to 121% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

SeungWoo Choi

Choi ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

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Choilanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Choiattempts / min

Control time

SeungWoo Choi

Choi% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.4	3.9	4.2	0.06	9%	11
R2	4.7	3.6	2.7	0.09	19%	7
R3	4.7	2.9	2.0	0.18	33%	6

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

SeungWoo Choi

SeungWoo Choi

11 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

56th

35%

56th

Win quality

D

30th

33%

30th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

4

1

3

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
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	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	4	1-3	25%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	0-3	0%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
L	Kevin Vallejos	Ranked 6–15	48	Mar 15, 2025
L	Steve Garcia	Ranked 6–15	53	Jul 20, 2024
W	Jarno Errens	Unproven	8	Aug 26, 2023
L	Michael Trizano	Building	18	Nov 12, 2022
L	Josh Culibao	Building	15	Jun 11, 2022
L	Alex Caceres#15	Ranked 6–15	61	Oct 23, 2021
W	Julian Erosa	Established	26	Jun 19, 2021
W	Youssef Zalal	Ranked 6–15	54	Feb 6, 2021
W	Suman Mokhtarian	Unproven	8	Dec 21, 2019
L	Gavin Tucker	Building	15	Jul 27, 2019
L	Movsar Evloev	Top-5	61	Apr 20, 2019

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.

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