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Claudio Puelles

13-5-0
30y·5' 10"·72" reach·Southpaw
6:41
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.08
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
60%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
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 November 2016. 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 Nov 2022

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 161 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 62%Body 32%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 6%Ground 38%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body71%
Legs69%
Distance37%
Clinch56%
Ground73%

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 SUB · 2 DEC
4Losses2 KO · 2 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.

8%
Bravo
12%
Silva
89%
Mariano
67%
Leavitt
47%
Gruetzemacher
8%
Guida
1%
Hooker
48%
Ziam
49%
Silva

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
R11.40100%9
R21.56111%8
R31.74125%6

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.54
Strikes absorbed / min2.62
Striking accuracyof everything thrown46%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed48%
Takedowns / 15 min3.29
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land33%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed60%
Sub attempts / 15 min1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.16
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 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.

36.9%
Landed at range
244 thrown over 9 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

LJoaquim SilvaSep 2025S-DEC7:25 ctrl21 str4 td
Significant strikes
21 of 63 · 33%
Total strikes
58 of 102 · 57%
Takedowns
4 of 16 · 25%
Control
7:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 10%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
LFares ZiamFeb 2024S-DEC7:14 ctrl4 str7 td
Significant strikes
4 of 9 · 44%
Total strikes
17 of 27 · 63%
Takedowns
7 of 13 · 54%
Control
7:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 25%Body 75%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 25%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDan HookerNov 2022KO R20:08 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 18 · 28%
Total strikes
5 of 18 · 28%
Takedowns
0 of 8 · 0%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:06
Kick to Body At Distance Front Kick
Target
Head 20%Body 60%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WClay GuidaApr 2022SUB R10:14 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Total strikes
11 of 13 · 85%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:01
Kneebar From Bottom Half Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris GruetzemacherDec 2021SUB R36:20 ctrl43 str1 td
Significant strikes
43 of 68 · 63%
Total strikes
72 of 103 · 70%
Takedowns
1 of 8 · 13%
Control
6:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:25
Kneebar On Ground
Target
Head 72%Body 26%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 44%Clinch 12%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WJordan LeavittJun 2021U-DEC10:01 ctrl20 str4 td
Significant strikes
20 of 33 · 61%
Total strikes
71 of 100 · 71%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
10:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 30%Body 60%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 0%Ground 65%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcos MarianoSep 2019U-DEC13:20 ctrl22 str4 td
Significant strikes
22 of 34 · 65%
Total strikes
101 of 116 · 87%
Takedowns
4 of 6 · 67%
Control
13:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 5%Clinch 0%Ground 95%
This fight on UFCStats
WFelipe SilvaMay 2018SUB R31:29 ctrl16 str2 td
Significant strikes
16 of 49 · 33%
Total strikes
16 of 49 · 33%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:23
Kneebar On Ground
Target
Head 69%Body 19%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 0%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
LMartin BravoNov 2016KO R20:34 ctrl29 str1 td
Significant strikes
29 of 68 · 43%
Total strikes
29 of 68 · 43%
Takedowns
1 of 6 · 17%
Control
0:34
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:55
Punch to Body In Clinch
Target
Head 48%Body 41%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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