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Cameron Saaiman

9-3-0
25y·5' 8"·67" reach·Southpaw
3:45
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.16
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
75%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss March 2024. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Apr 2025

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in July 2023, 48 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Apr 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 6 recorded bouts, 301 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 57%Body 20%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 8%Ground 22%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body70%
Legs78%
Distance44%
Clinch64%
Ground67%

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.

4Wins3 KO · 1 DEC
3Losses2 KO · 1 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.

46%
Koslow
27%
Martinez
51%
Mitchell
10%
Rodriguez
0%
Talbott
0%
Wellmaker

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
R15.12100%6
R23.9076%4
R37.89154%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.3
Strikes absorbed / min4.14
Striking accuracyof everything thrown46%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min0.89
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land28%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed47%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.7
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.44
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 6 bouts9.1m

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.

43.8%
Landed at range
484 thrown over 6 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

LMalcolm WellmakerApr 2025KO R10:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 18 · 50%
Total strikes
9 of 18 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:59
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 11%Body 11%Legs 78%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LPayton TalbottMar 2024KO R20:00 ctrl31 str0 td
Significant strikes
31 of 64 · 48%
Total strikes
33 of 66 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:21
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 42%Body 35%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LChristian RodriguezOct 2023U-DEC1:26 ctrl73 str0 td
Significant strikes
73 of 175 · 42%
Total strikes
87 of 192 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
1:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 19%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTerrence MitchellJul 2023KO R11:37 ctrl18 str2 td
Significant strikes
18 of 32 · 56%
Total strikes
23 of 38 · 61%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:10
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 22%Ground 78%
This fight on UFCStats
WMana MartinezMar 2023M-DEC4:07 ctrl117 str1 td
Significant strikes
117 of 240 · 49%
Total strikes
146 of 272 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:07
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 20%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 1%Ground 26%
This fight on UFCStats
WSteven KoslowDec 2022KO R36:29 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 89 · 60%
Total strikes
105 of 149 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
6:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
6
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:13
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 72%Body 17%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 17%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats

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