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Aaron Riley

30-14-1
45y·5' 8"·69" reach·Southpaw
2:55
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.33
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
25%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 314 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 47%Body 29%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 61%Clinch 32%Ground 7%
And how often each lands
Head23%
Body65%
Legs69%
Distance27%
Clinch64%
Ground73%

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.

4Wins1 KO · 3 DEC
6Losses4 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.

10%
Lawler
30%
Fisher
17%
Gurgel
5%
Nelson
52%
Nelson
3%
Pearson
34%
Brammer
0%
Ferguson
0%
Salas

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
R13.05100%9
R23.75123%6
R33.16104%5

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.45
Strikes absorbed / min3.78
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min1.18
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land34%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed60%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.23
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 bouts10.6m

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.

26.6%
Landed at range
714 thrown over 9 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

Too much of this record was set against opponents who had no distance history of their own yet. The expected number would mostly be the division average wearing a disguise, so it's held back.

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

LJustin SalasJul 2013S-DEC0:00 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 172 · 15%
Total strikes
26 of 172 · 15%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 38%Body 31%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTony FergusonSep 2011DOC R10:00 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 49 · 22%
Total strikes
11 of 49 · 22%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R1 5:00
Jaw Injury
Target
Head 27%Body 36%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe BrammerMay 2010U-DEC5:05 ctrl46 str3 td
Significant strikes
46 of 104 · 44%
Total strikes
124 of 184 · 67%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
5:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 37%Body 24%Legs 39%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 35%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LRoss PearsonNov 2009DOC R20:19 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 73 · 21%
Total strikes
19 of 77 · 25%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 4:38
Facial Cut
Target
Head 40%Body 47%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 53%Clinch 47%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WShane NelsonAug 2009U-DEC7:45 ctrl50 str2 td
Significant strikes
50 of 122 · 41%
Total strikes
154 of 236 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
7:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 36%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 48%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
LShane NelsonMar 2009KO R10:02 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 9 · 44%
Total strikes
4 of 9 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:44
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 25%Legs 75%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJorge GurgelNov 2008U-DEC2:29 ctrl98 str1 td
Significant strikes
98 of 222 · 44%
Total strikes
133 of 261 · 51%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 21%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 21%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LSpencer FisherJan 2006DOC R11:29 ctrl9 str2 td
Significant strikes
9 of 23 · 39%
Total strikes
17 of 32 · 53%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R1 5:00
Jaw Injury
Target
Head 22%Body 44%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 11%Clinch 78%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
LRobbie LawlerMay 2002U-DEC1:26 ctrl55 str0 td
Significant strikes
55 of 130 · 42%
Total strikes
93 of 170 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
1:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 44%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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