UFC Fight Night 276: DooHo Choi vs. Daniel Santos Prediction for Saturday, 05/16/26

The Co-Main Event at UFC Fight Night 276 will see Dooho Choi take on Daniel Santos. This will be a fight in the UFC Featherweight division. Choi enters this fight with an MMA record of 16-4-1 and 5-3-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.67 strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 56%. Choi absorbs 4.02 strikes and has a striking defense of 56%. His grappling is solid, averaging 1.43 takedowns every 15 minutes. Choi has a takedown accuracy of 53% and a takedown defense of 47%.

Santos enters this fight with an MMA record of 14-2 and 4-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.76 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 40%. Santos absorbs 5.03 strikes and has a striking defense of 51%. His grappling has also been strong, averaging 3.01 takedowns every 15 minutes. Santos has a takedown accuracy of 40% and a takedown defense of 73%.

For this fight, we will be looking at a total rounds prop. Santos has seen 4 of his 5 UFC fights go over 1.5 total rounds, while Choi has seen his last 6 UFC fights do the same. Both fighters have been able to extend the majority of their recent fights into the later rounds; therefore, backing over 1.5 total rounds is our best bet.