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Alan Belcher

18-8-0
42y·6' 2"·75" reach·Orthodox
2:52
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.40
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
89%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.8
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 372 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 57%Body 16%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 16%Ground 17%
And how often each lands
Head31%
Body65%
Legs81%
Distance36%
Clinch71%
Ground61%

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.

9Wins5 KO · 3 SUB · 1 DEC
6Losses1 KO · 1 SUB · 4 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.

11%
Okami
34%
Santiago
23%
Grove
0%
Salmon
13%
Starnes
68%
Day
16%
Herman
3%
Kang
5%
Akiyama
2%
Gouveia
29%
Cote
78%
MacDonald
52%
Palhares
23%
Okami
0%
Bisping

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%15
R22.2574%10
R32.6085%6

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.7
Strikes absorbed / min3.1
Striking accuracyof everything thrown41%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed59%
Takedowns / 15 min0.44
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land26%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed55%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.9
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.8
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts9.2m

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.

35.7%
Landed at range
658 thrown over 14 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

LMichael BispingApr 2013U-DEC R30:00 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 150 · 19%
Total strikes
29 of 150 · 19%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, R3 4:31
Target
Head 38%Body 24%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LYushin OkamiDec 2012U-DEC3:25 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 28 · 21%
Total strikes
15 of 39 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRousimar PalharesMay 2012KO R12:13 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 37 · 54%
Total strikes
29 of 46 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:18
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WJason MacDonaldSep 2011KO R12:58 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 39 · 64%
Total strikes
52 of 68 · 76%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:48
Punches to Head On Ground Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 96%Body 4%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 4%Ground 96%
This fight on UFCStats
WPatrick CoteMay 2010SUB R22:28 ctrl27 str1 td
Significant strikes
27 of 51 · 53%
Total strikes
44 of 68 · 65%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R2 3:25
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 33%Body 48%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 11%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WWilson GouveiaDec 2009KO R10:04 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 56 · 38%
Total strikes
26 of 63 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:03
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 90%Body 10%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 10%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LYoshihiro AkiyamaJul 2009S-DEC0:44 ctrl76 str0 td
Significant strikes
76 of 156 · 49%
Total strikes
76 of 156 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 14%Legs 34%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 9%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WDenis KangJan 2009SUB R20:20 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 28 · 32%
Total strikes
9 of 28 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:36
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 22%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEd HermanSep 2008S-DEC2:23 ctrl54 str0 td
Significant strikes
54 of 90 · 60%
Total strikes
67 of 103 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 15%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 28%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJason DayApr 2008KO R12:43 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 8 · 38%
Total strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:58
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 67%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WKalib StarnesOct 2007DOC R20:51 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 100 · 57%
Total strikes
61 of 104 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 1:39
Facial Cut
Target
Head 65%Body 14%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 40%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSean SalmonMay 2007SUB R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 2 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 2 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:53
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
This fight on UFCStats
LKendall GroveApr 2007SUB R22:12 ctrl8 str1 td
Significant strikes
8 of 13 · 62%
Total strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Takedowns
1 of 7 · 14%
Control
2:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:42
D'Arce Choke From Half Guard
Target
Head 0%Body 63%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 0%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WJorge SantiagoDec 2006KO R34:19 ctrl29 str1 td
Significant strikes
29 of 76 · 38%
Total strikes
71 of 122 · 58%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
4:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:45
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 38%Body 3%Legs 59%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 17%Ground 34%
This fight on UFCStats
LYushin OkamiAug 2006U-DEC1:40 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 55 · 15%
Total strikes
18 of 66 · 27%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 0%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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