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Bryan Barberena

18-12-0
37y·6' 0"·72" reach·Southpaw
1:10
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.76
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
56%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 19 recorded bouts, 1191 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 70%Body 13%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 17%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head42%
Body73%
Legs75%
Distance43%
Clinch69%
Ground76%

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 · 1 SUB · 4 DEC
10Losses2 KO · 3 SUB · 5 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.

18%
Ellenberger
4%
Laprise
40%
Northcutt
23%
Alves
0%
Covington
3%
Proctor
9%
Edwards
0%
Ellenberger
3%
Luque
7%
Brown
13%
Ivy
5%
Witt
2%
Weeks
6%
Brown
0%
Lawler
7%
Anjos
0%
Nelson
0%
Muradov
1%
Meerschaert

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
R13.62100%19
R25.93164%16
R37.37203%12

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.35
Strikes absorbed / min4.59
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed44%
Takedowns / 15 min0.13
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land22%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed50%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.3
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.94
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 19 bouts11.7m

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.

43.4%
Landed at range
2,065 thrown over 19 bouts
39.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+4.5pp
Gap
above expected
69.0%
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

LGerald MeerschaertMar 2024SUB R20:03 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 37 · 32%
Total strikes
25 of 50 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:23
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 0%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 0%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
LMakhmud MuradovJul 2023U-DEC0:02 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 81 · 35%
Total strikes
81 of 138 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 7%Legs 46%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LGunnar NelsonMar 2023SUB R10:00 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Total strikes
18 of 23 · 78%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:51
Armbar From Mount
Target
Head 43%Body 0%Legs 57%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 0%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
LRafael Dos AnjosDec 2022SUB R20:35 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 29 · 48%
Total strikes
61 of 79 · 77%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:20
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 43%Body 29%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 14%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WRobbie LawlerJul 2022KO R20:00 ctrl147 str0 td
Significant strikes
147 of 316 · 47%
Total strikes
148 of 317 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:47
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 79%Body 12%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt BrownMar 2022S-DEC0:57 ctrl111 str0 td
Significant strikes
111 of 211 · 53%
Total strikes
186 of 289 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 11%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 25%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WDarian WeeksDec 2021U-DEC0:21 ctrl108 str0 td
Significant strikes
108 of 217 · 50%
Total strikes
134 of 243 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 28%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJason WittJul 2021M-DEC0:47 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 113 · 44%
Total strikes
114 of 178 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 8%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats
WAnthony IvySep 2020U-DEC1:57 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 126 · 50%
Total strikes
175 of 250 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 16%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 29%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LRandy BrownJun 2019KO R30:58 ctrl47 str0 td
Significant strikes
47 of 101 · 47%
Total strikes
122 of 178 · 69%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:54
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 32%Body 23%Legs 45%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 32%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LVicente LuqueFeb 2019KO R30:31 ctrl169 str0 td
Significant strikes
169 of 355 · 48%
Total strikes
195 of 382 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:31
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:54
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 86%Body 9%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 8%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WJake EllenbergerAug 2018KO R10:00 ctrl19 str0 td
Significant strikes
19 of 35 · 54%
Total strikes
31 of 47 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:26
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 89%Body 5%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 37%Clinch 11%Ground 53%
This fight on UFCStats
LLeon EdwardsSep 2017U-DEC1:25 ctrl44 str0 td
Significant strikes
44 of 87 · 51%
Total strikes
115 of 163 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:25
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 20%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 39%Clinch 52%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe ProctorApr 2017KO R10:07 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 45 · 62%
Total strikes
28 of 45 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:30
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 79%Body 4%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 21%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LColby CovingtonDec 2016U-DEC0:00 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 111 · 37%
Total strikes
100 of 172 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 5%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 12%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WWarlley AlvesMay 2016U-DEC3:25 ctrl120 str0 td
Significant strikes
120 of 231 · 52%
Total strikes
164 of 281 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
3:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 11%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 25%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSage NorthcuttJan 2016SUB R23:15 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 48 · 54%
Total strikes
67 of 94 · 71%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:06
Arm Triangle From Half Guard
Target
Head 88%Body 4%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 27%Clinch 8%Ground 65%
This fight on UFCStats
LChad LapriseApr 2015U-DEC0:33 ctrl94 str1 td
Significant strikes
94 of 202 · 47%
Total strikes
99 of 207 · 48%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
0:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 38%Body 22%Legs 39%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 23%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe EllenbergerDec 2014KO R32:23 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 122 · 52%
Total strikes
106 of 172 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:23
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:24
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 79%Body 11%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 16%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats

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