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Brock Lesnar

5-3-0 (1 NC)
49y·6' 3"·81" reach·Orthodox
8:16
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.42
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
80%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.9
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 8 recorded bouts, 213 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 71%Body 22%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 15%Clinch 13%Ground 72%
And how often each lands
Head65%
Body98%
Legs93%
Distance35%
Clinch93%
Ground87%

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.

5Wins3 KO · 1 SUB · 1 DEC
3Losses2 KO · 1 SUB

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.

74%
Mir
77%
Herring
35%
Couture
85%
Mir
35%
Carwin
31%
Velasquez
0%
Overeem
54%
Hunt

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
R13.29100%8
R23.31101%5
R34.702

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.53
Strikes absorbed / min2.11
Striking accuracyof everything thrown72%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min3.9
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land55%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed60%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.64
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 8 bouts7.5m

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.

34.8%
Landed at range
89 thrown over 8 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

NCMark HuntJul 2016NC R38:09 ctrl51 str4 td
Significant strikes
51 of 75 · 68%
Total strikes
137 of 167 · 82%
Takedowns
4 of 8 · 50%
Control
8:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Overturned, R3 5:00
Failed Drug Test by Lesnar Lester Griffin 27 - 29. Junichiro Kamijo 27 - 29. Marcos Rosales 27 - 29.
Target
Head 92%Body 4%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 14%Clinch 2%Ground 84%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlistair OvereemDec 2011KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 18 · 33%
Total strikes
8 of 20 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:26
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 17%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCain VelasquezOct 2010KO R11:17 ctrl9 str1 td
Significant strikes
9 of 19 · 47%
Total strikes
13 of 23 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
1:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:12
Punches to Head From Side Control
Target
Head 78%Body 22%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 44%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WShane CarwinJul 2010SUB R22:33 ctrl8 str1 td
Significant strikes
8 of 15 · 53%
Total strikes
28 of 37 · 76%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
2:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:19
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 25%Body 63%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 38%Ground 63%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrank MirJul 2009KO R25:46 ctrl47 str1 td
Significant strikes
47 of 51 · 92%
Total strikes
74 of 80 · 93%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
5:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:48
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 87%Body 9%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 0%Ground 94%
This fight on UFCStats
WRandy CoutureNov 2008KO R22:50 ctrl31 str2 td
Significant strikes
31 of 42 · 74%
Total strikes
68 of 79 · 86%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
2:50
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:07
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 68%Body 19%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 39%Ground 45%
This fight on UFCStats
WHeath HerringAug 2008U-DEC11:33 ctrl45 str5 td
Significant strikes
45 of 52 · 87%
Total strikes
96 of 107 · 90%
Takedowns
5 of 6 · 83%
Control
11:33
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 60%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 11%Clinch 16%Ground 73%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrank MirFeb 2008SUB R11:07 ctrl16 str1 td
Significant strikes
16 of 24 · 67%
Total strikes
32 of 40 · 80%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:30
Kneebar From Inoki-Ali Position
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 0%Ground 94%
This fight on UFCStats

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