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Brendan Allen

27-7-0
30y·6' 2"·75" reach·Orthodox
4:27
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.03
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
63%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss November 2020. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Dec 2021

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in November 2020, 43 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Dec 2021

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 19 recorded bouts, 834 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 66%Body 21%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 7%Ground 15%
And how often each lands
Head44%
Body80%
Legs94%
Distance49%
Clinch65%
Ground71%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

16Wins2 KO · 8 SUB · 6 DEC
4Losses2 KO · 2 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

34%
Holland
88%
Breese
37%
Daukaus
0%
Strickland
66%
Roberson
0%
Soriano
4%
Curtis
10%
Alvey
23%
Malkoun
56%
Jotko
29%
Muniz
53%
Silva
75%
Craig
24%
Curtis
41%
Imavov
20%
Hernandez
10%
Vettori
58%
Ridder
3%
Shahbazyan

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.42100%19
R24.20123%15
R34.03118%11
R42.902
R52.601

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.75
Strikes absorbed / min3.78
Striking accuracyof everything thrown52%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed47%
Takedowns / 15 min1.52
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land41%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed57%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.53
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 19 bouts11.7m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

48.4%
Landed at range
1,240 thrown over 18 bouts
42.4%
Expected
against these opponents
+5.9pp
Gap
above expected
79.0%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WEdmen ShahbazyanJun 2026U-DEC0:28 ctrl89 str1 td
Significant strikes
89 of 194 · 46%
Total strikes
91 of 196 · 46%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 11%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WReinier de RidderOct 2025KO R411:39 ctrl22 str1 td
Significant strikes
22 of 37 · 59%
Total strikes
97 of 134 · 72%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
11:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
2
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 5:00
to Corner stoppage between rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 5%Clinch 9%Ground 86%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarvin VettoriJul 2025U-DEC1:27 ctrl111 str3 td
Significant strikes
111 of 224 · 50%
Total strikes
119 of 233 · 51%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
1:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 77%Body 16%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 4%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony HernandezFeb 2025U-DEC2:58 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 26 · 54%
Total strikes
53 of 71 · 75%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
2:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
3
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 21%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 14%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
LNassourdine ImavovSep 2024U-DEC6:06 ctrl30 str1 td
Significant strikes
30 of 52 · 58%
Total strikes
56 of 82 · 68%
Takedowns
1 of 10 · 10%
Control
6:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 13%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 20%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris CurtisApr 2024S-DEC6:05 ctrl112 str6 td
Significant strikes
112 of 222 · 50%
Total strikes
128 of 242 · 53%
Takedowns
6 of 13 · 46%
Control
6:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 22%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaul CraigNov 2023SUB R37:58 ctrl32 str2 td
Significant strikes
32 of 43 · 74%
Total strikes
52 of 64 · 81%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
7:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 0:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 81%Body 9%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 3%Ground 59%
This fight on UFCStats
WBruno SilvaJun 2023SUB R12:29 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 56 · 54%
Total strikes
40 of 69 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
2:29
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:39
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 80%Body 17%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 17%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndre MunizFeb 2023SUB R34:12 ctrl42 str1 td
Significant strikes
42 of 102 · 41%
Total strikes
64 of 129 · 50%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:25
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 50%Body 29%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WKrzysztof JotkoOct 2022SUB R12:24 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
12 of 16 · 75%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 4:17
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WJacob MalkounJun 2022U-DEC3:24 ctrl45 str2 td
Significant strikes
45 of 74 · 61%
Total strikes
89 of 122 · 73%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
3:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
2
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 4%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 0%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WSam AlveyFeb 2022SUB R20:44 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 54 · 67%
Total strikes
36 of 54 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:10
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 42%Body 39%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 6%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LChris CurtisDec 2021KO R20:18 ctrl43 str0 td
Significant strikes
43 of 71 · 61%
Total strikes
44 of 72 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:58
Knees to Body In Clinch
Target
Head 60%Body 23%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WPunahele SorianoJul 2021U-DEC0:00 ctrl94 str0 td
Significant strikes
94 of 211 · 45%
Total strikes
94 of 211 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 39%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKarl RobersonApr 2021SUB R13:16 ctrl9 str2 td
Significant strikes
9 of 16 · 56%
Total strikes
15 of 22 · 68%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
3:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:55
Ankle Lock On Ground
Target
Head 44%Body 11%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LSean StricklandNov 2020KO R20:00 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 90 · 57%
Total strikes
53 of 92 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:32
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 55%Body 22%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyle DaukausJun 2020U-DEC5:37 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 66 · 62%
Total strikes
79 of 109 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
5:37
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
4
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 22%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 7%Ground 61%
This fight on UFCStats
WTom BreeseFeb 2020KO R14:13 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 29 · 69%
Total strikes
38 of 52 · 73%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
4:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:47
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 85%Body 15%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 10%Ground 80%
This fight on UFCStats
WKevin HollandOct 2019SUB R22:54 ctrl10 str2 td
Significant strikes
10 of 22 · 45%
Total strikes
23 of 41 · 56%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
2:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
2
Ended
Submission, R2 3:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 70%Body 10%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 10%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.