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Anthony Pettis

24-10-0
39y·5' 10"·72" reach·Orthodox
1:45
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.39
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
69%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 20 recorded bouts, 769 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 65%Body 21%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 7%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head41%
Body64%
Legs86%
Distance46%
Clinch67%
Ground69%

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.

16Wins4 KO · 7 SUB · 5 DEC
10Losses3 KO · 1 SUB · 6 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.

5%
Guida
46%
Stephens
2%
Lauzon
1%
Cerrone
0%
Henderson
1%
Melendez
3%
Anjos
0%
Alvarez
0%
Barboza
27%
Oliveira
9%
Holloway
24%
Miller
13%
Poirier
18%
Chiesa
12%
Ferguson
0%
Thompson
12%
Diaz
0%
Ferreira
0%
Cerrone
30%
Morono

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
R13.16100%20
R23.86122%17
R33.0998%12
R41.801
R52.201

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.05
Strikes absorbed / min3.44
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed54%
Takedowns / 15 min0.61
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land50%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed60%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.49
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 20 bouts11.6m

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.

46.1%
Landed at range
1,425 thrown over 20 bouts
35.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+11.1pp
Gap
above expected
93.6%
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

WAlex MoronoDec 2020U-DEC4:32 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 80 · 63%
Total strikes
80 of 115 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
4:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 22%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WDonald CerroneMay 2020U-DEC0:00 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 113 · 56%
Total strikes
81 of 133 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 16%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 2%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
LDiego FerreiraJan 2020SUB R20:00 ctrl22 str0 td
Significant strikes
22 of 45 · 49%
Total strikes
28 of 51 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:46
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 55%Body 41%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 14%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LNate DiazAug 2019U-DEC1:49 ctrl69 str0 td
Significant strikes
69 of 133 · 52%
Total strikes
86 of 153 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
2
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 14%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 29%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WStephen ThompsonMar 2019KO R20:01 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 55 · 58%
Total strikes
32 of 55 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:55
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 16%Body 22%Legs 63%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 0%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LTony FergusonOct 2018KO R21:11 ctrl45 str0 td
Significant strikes
45 of 99 · 45%
Total strikes
49 of 104 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:11
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 5:00
to Corner Stoppage
Target
Head 71%Body 20%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 4%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichael ChiesaJul 2018SUB R21:03 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 22 · 41%
Total strikes
13 of 26 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 0:52
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 44%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 11%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierNov 2017KO R31:35 ctrl34 str1 td
Significant strikes
34 of 54 · 63%
Total strikes
46 of 66 · 70%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
2
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:08
to Injury
Target
Head 85%Body 9%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 3%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
WJim MillerJul 2017U-DEC3:38 ctrl80 str1 td
Significant strikes
80 of 121 · 66%
Total strikes
107 of 150 · 71%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
3:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 34%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 10%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
LMax HollowayDec 2016KO R31:24 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 158 · 34%
Total strikes
55 of 160 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:50
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 47%Body 32%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCharles OliveiraAug 2016SUB R33:11 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 87 · 61%
Total strikes
77 of 114 · 68%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
5
Ended
Submission, R3 1:49
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 77%Body 23%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 66%Clinch 0%Ground 34%
This fight on UFCStats
LEdson BarbozaApr 2016U-DEC0:00 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 131 · 37%
Total strikes
48 of 131 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 10%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LEddie AlvarezJan 2016S-DEC0:00 ctrl56 str0 td
Significant strikes
56 of 109 · 51%
Total strikes
109 of 164 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 23%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRafael Dos AnjosMar 2015U-DEC0:51 ctrl54 str0 td
Significant strikes
54 of 162 · 33%
Total strikes
96 of 205 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 20%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGilbert MelendezDec 2014SUB R20:03 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 58 · 52%
Total strikes
43 of 71 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R2 1:53
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 87%Body 10%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBenson HendersonAug 2013SUB R10:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 16 · 56%
Total strikes
10 of 17 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:41
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 67%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDonald CerroneJan 2013KO R10:02 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 28 · 64%
Total strikes
18 of 28 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:35
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 72%Body 22%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 0%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe LauzonFeb 2012KO R10:02 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Total strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:21
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 89%Body 0%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WJeremy StephensOct 2011S-DEC6:54 ctrl21 str6 td
Significant strikes
21 of 47 · 45%
Total strikes
89 of 117 · 76%
Takedowns
6 of 9 · 67%
Control
6:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 5%Legs 52%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 24%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LClay GuidaJun 2011U-DEC0:43 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 51 · 27%
Total strikes
42 of 80 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 0%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 7%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats

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