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Middleweight · 28-9 · orthodox

Last 5
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Height
6'1"
185.42 cm
Reach
6'6"
198.12 cm
Age
45
Elo Rating
1592.3

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 166 Middleweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Attempts 1.10 submissions per 15 minutes — better than 80% of Middleweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Stops only 30% of opponents' takedown attempts — worse than 93% of Middleweight fighters
  • Lands only 2.13 significant strikes per minute — worse than 85% of Middleweight fighters
  • Lands just 40% of the significant strikes they throw — worse than 84% of Middleweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    2.13
    Bottom 15%
  • Striking accuracy
    40%
    Bottom 16%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    2.99
    Top 45%
  • Striking defense
    52%
    Bottom 43%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    2.10
    Top 26%
  • Takedown accuracy
    27%
    Bottom 23%
  • Takedown defense
    30%
    Bottom 7%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    1.10
    Top 20%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1525, higher than 51% of Middleweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1592).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202515:00Jotko15:00Alvey15:00Tavares12:10Hermansson15:00Lombard
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

WHector Lombard
UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders
2018-09-22 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LJack Hermansson
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
2018-05-12 · KO/TKO, R3 2:10
LBrad Tavares
UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
2017-10-07 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WSam Alvey
UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov
2017-04-22 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LKrzysztof Jotko
UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira
2016-11-19 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WChris Camozzi
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres
2016-08-06 · Submission, R3 2:58
LGegard Mousasi
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping
2016-02-27 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LMichael Bisping
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites
2015-07-18 · Decision - Split, R5 5:00
WTim Boetsch
UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz
2015-01-31 · Submission, R2 3:45
WFrancis Carmont
UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos
2014-08-23 · KO/TKO, R2 0:20
WTrevor Smith
UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson
2014-04-11 · KO/TKO, R1 0:45
WEd Herman
UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
2013-11-16 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WTom Watson
UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung
2013-08-03 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LAlessio Sakara
UFC 101: Declaration
2009-08-08 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LAnderson SilvaTitle
UFC 97: Redemption
2009-04-18 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WDrew McFedries
UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
2008-10-25 · Submission, R1 1:18
WNate Marquardt
UFC 85: Bedlam
2008-06-07 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
WRyan Jensen
UFC 74: Respect
2007-08-25 · Submission, R1 3:47
WFloyd Sword
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale
2007-06-23 · Submission, R1 3:50
WPete Sell
UFC 69: Shootout
2007-04-07 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LMartin Kampmann
The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
2006-11-11 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00