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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

34-10-1 (1 NC)
50y·6' 3"·77" reach·Orthodox
3:46
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.45
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
70%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 264 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 80%Body 15%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 19%Ground 4%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body81%
Legs100%
Distance36%
Clinch77%
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.

23Wins3 KO · 13 SUB · 7 DEC
9Losses3 KO · 2 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.

25%
Herring
5%
Sylvia
0%
Mir
37%
Couture
0%
Velasquez
9%
Schaub
50%
Mir
43%
Herman
26%
Werdum
0%
Nelson
36%
Struve

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
R13.14100%11
R22.2772%7
R32.9193%4

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.95
Strikes absorbed / min2.4
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed55%
Takedowns / 15 min1.3
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land29%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed36%
Sub attempts / 15 min2.4
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.35
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts8.5m

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.

36.1%
Landed at range
565 thrown over 11 bouts
35.5%
Expected
against these opponents
+0.6pp
Gap
above expected
75.3%
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

LStefan StruveAug 2015U-DEC5:22 ctrl59 str1 td
Significant strikes
59 of 113 · 52%
Total strikes
84 of 138 · 61%
Takedowns
1 of 14 · 7%
Control
5:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 22%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 27%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRoy NelsonApr 2014KO R10:00 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 37 · 32%
Total strikes
12 of 37 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:37
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LFabricio WerdumJun 2013SUB R22:02 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 40 · 35%
Total strikes
46 of 74 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
2:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:41
Armbar On Ground
Target
Head 86%Body 7%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 57%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDave HermanOct 2012SUB R24:06 ctrl20 str1 td
Significant strikes
20 of 49 · 41%
Total strikes
45 of 85 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
4:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:31
Armbar On Ground
Target
Head 95%Body 0%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 0%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrank MirDec 2011SUB R11:50 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 27 · 78%
Total strikes
42 of 48 · 88%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:50
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 3:38
Kimura From Side Control Technical Submission
Target
Head 76%Body 24%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 57%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrendan SchaubAug 2011KO R10:17 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 35 · 43%
Total strikes
17 of 37 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:09
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 20%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LCain VelasquezFeb 2010KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 22 · 14%
Total strikes
3 of 22 · 14%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:20
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRandy CoutureAug 2009U-DEC5:36 ctrl27 str0 td
Significant strikes
27 of 96 · 28%
Total strikes
133 of 215 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
5:36
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
2
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 15%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 4%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrank MirDec 2008KO R20:00 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 38 · 26%
Total strikes
15 of 43 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:54
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 0%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 0%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WTim SylviaFeb 2008SUB R30:31 ctrl28 str2 td
Significant strikes
28 of 70 · 40%
Total strikes
40 of 85 · 47%
Takedowns
2 of 11 · 18%
Control
0:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 1:28
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 79%Body 7%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WHeath HerringJul 2007U-DEC3:41 ctrl55 str4 td
Significant strikes
55 of 120 · 46%
Total strikes
79 of 153 · 52%
Takedowns
4 of 5 · 80%
Control
3:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 15%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats

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