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Al Iaquinta

14-7-1
39y·5' 10"·70" reach·Orthodox
0:54
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.47
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
44%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.9
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 2021. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in February 2014, 65 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 Nov 2021

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 774 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 67%Body 19%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 4%Ground 4%
And how often each lands
Head34%
Body62%
Legs89%
Distance39%
Clinch61%
Ground72%

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.

9Wins4 KO · 5 DEC
6Losses1 KO · 2 SUB · 3 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.

0%
Chiesa
6%
Couture
19%
Hallmann
12%
Lee
76%
Clarke
1%
Damm
1%
Pearson
4%
Lauzon
1%
Masvidal
5%
Sanchez
0%
Nurmagomedov
1%
Lee
0%
Cerrone
3%
Hooker
0%
Green

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
R13.35100%15
R24.71140%12
R34.53135%9
R43.2095%3
R54.60137%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.06
Strikes absorbed / min4.53
Striking accuracyof everything thrown40%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min0.63
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land18%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed74%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.59
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts12.7m

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.

39.3%
Landed at range
1,819 thrown over 15 bouts
39.2%
Expected
against these opponents
+0.1pp
Gap
above expected
76.4%
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

LKing GreenNov 2021KO R10:00 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 30 · 33%
Total strikes
10 of 30 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:25
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 50%Body 30%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDan HookerOct 2019U-DEC0:23 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 116 · 32%
Total strikes
38 of 117 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 19%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDonald CerroneMay 2019U-DEC0:00 ctrl90 str0 td
Significant strikes
90 of 223 · 40%
Total strikes
90 of 223 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 26%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKevin LeeDec 2018U-DEC0:13 ctrl111 str0 td
Significant strikes
111 of 228 · 49%
Total strikes
113 of 230 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 7 · 0%
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 17%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 0%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LKhabib NurmagomedovApr 2018U-DEC0:00 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 141 · 29%
Total strikes
43 of 143 · 30%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 66%Body 27%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDiego SanchezApr 2017KO R10:05 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Total strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:38
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 8%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 17%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
WJorge MasvidalApr 2015S-DEC0:07 ctrl55 str0 td
Significant strikes
55 of 153 · 36%
Total strikes
55 of 153 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 9 · 0%
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 20%Legs 47%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe LauzonJan 2015KO R20:22 ctrl59 str1 td
Significant strikes
59 of 154 · 38%
Total strikes
63 of 158 · 40%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:34
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 75%Body 15%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 8%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoss PearsonNov 2014KO R20:03 ctrl31 str0 td
Significant strikes
31 of 93 · 33%
Total strikes
32 of 94 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:39
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 81%Body 10%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 10%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WRodrigo DammSep 2014KO R30:06 ctrl93 str0 td
Significant strikes
93 of 221 · 42%
Total strikes
93 of 221 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:26
Elbows to Head At Distance
Target
Head 72%Body 15%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 2%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LMitch ClarkeMay 2014SUB R24:31 ctrl13 str1 td
Significant strikes
13 of 19 · 68%
Total strikes
31 of 40 · 78%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 0:57
D'Arce Choke From Bottom Technical Submission
Target
Head 77%Body 23%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 46%Clinch 0%Ground 54%
This fight on UFCStats
WKevin LeeFeb 2014U-DEC1:48 ctrl49 str0 td
Significant strikes
49 of 122 · 40%
Total strikes
50 of 125 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:48
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 84%Body 12%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 0%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WPiotr HallmannOct 2013U-DEC2:54 ctrl85 str2 td
Significant strikes
85 of 197 · 43%
Total strikes
87 of 200 · 44%
Takedowns
2 of 8 · 25%
Control
2:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 18%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 6%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WRyan CoutureAug 2013U-DEC0:51 ctrl80 str4 td
Significant strikes
80 of 177 · 45%
Total strikes
86 of 183 · 47%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
0:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 24%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 16%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichael ChiesaJun 2012SUB R10:00 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 16 · 50%
Total strikes
8 of 16 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:47
Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission
Target
Head 75%Body 13%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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