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Cody Durden

18-11-1
35y·5' 7"·67" reach·Southpaw
5:29
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.62
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
29%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.2
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 July 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 Jun 2025

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in August 2023, 117 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 Jun 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 17 recorded bouts, 552 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 73%Body 13%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 4%Ground 11%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body73%
Legs81%
Distance42%
Clinch75%
Ground69%

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.

7Wins1 KO · 1 SUB · 5 DEC
9Losses2 KO · 5 SUB · 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.

41%
Gutierrez
41%
Flick
38%
Aoriqileng
0%
Mokaev
38%
Buys
84%
Mota
64%
Johnson
49%
Hadley
6%
Ulanbekov
32%
Silva
3%
Schnell
22%
Van
33%
Ochoa
1%
Nascimento
32%
Tumendemberel
35%
Filho
3%
Costa

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
R13.54100%17
R23.4196%14
R32.5572%8

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.27
Strikes absorbed / min3.89
Striking accuracyof everything thrown44%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min3.82
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land48%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed56%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.16
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 17 bouts9.9m

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.

41.5%
Landed at range
1,002 thrown over 16 bouts
41.5%
Expected
against these opponents
+0.0pp
Gap
above expected
79.6%
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

LAlessandro CostaJul 2026SUB R20:12 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 73 · 38%
Total strikes
30 of 75 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:19
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 7%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJafel FilhoApr 2026U-DEC5:14 ctrl34 str5 td
Significant strikes
34 of 72 · 47%
Total strikes
91 of 136 · 67%
Takedowns
5 of 5 · 100%
Control
5:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 12%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 9%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LNyamjargal TumendemberelMar 2026U-DEC4:50 ctrl8 str3 td
Significant strikes
8 of 21 · 38%
Total strikes
54 of 69 · 78%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
4:50
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
3
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 0%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAllan NascimentoNov 2025SUB R20:05 ctrl57 str1 td
Significant strikes
57 of 128 · 45%
Total strikes
57 of 128 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:13
Anaconda Choke On Ground
Target
Head 82%Body 9%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJose OchoaJun 2025KO R21:42 ctrl9 str2 td
Significant strikes
9 of 41 · 22%
Total strikes
12 of 47 · 26%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
1:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:11
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 11%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 0%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoshua VanDec 2024U-DEC3:14 ctrl70 str2 td
Significant strikes
70 of 217 · 32%
Total strikes
74 of 223 · 33%
Takedowns
2 of 8 · 25%
Control
3:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 9%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt SchnellSep 2024SUB R20:10 ctrl34 str0 td
Significant strikes
34 of 78 · 44%
Total strikes
37 of 81 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 0:29
Guillotine Choke On Ground
Target
Head 91%Body 9%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBruno SilvaJul 2024KO R22:35 ctrl28 str1 td
Significant strikes
28 of 63 · 44%
Total strikes
31 of 68 · 46%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:58
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 71%Body 18%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTagir UlanbekovDec 2023SUB R20:36 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 43 · 74%
Total strikes
55 of 67 · 82%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:25
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 69%Body 9%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 9%Ground 16%
This fight on UFCStats
WJake HadleyAug 2023U-DEC7:25 ctrl38 str4 td
Significant strikes
38 of 85 · 45%
Total strikes
63 of 122 · 52%
Takedowns
4 of 6 · 67%
Control
7:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 24%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 3%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
WCharles JohnsonApr 2023U-DEC9:33 ctrl56 str11 td
Significant strikes
56 of 99 · 57%
Total strikes
80 of 128 · 63%
Takedowns
11 of 18 · 61%
Control
9:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 16%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 5%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlos MotaOct 2022U-DEC12:32 ctrl17 str4 td
Significant strikes
17 of 37 · 46%
Total strikes
51 of 95 · 54%
Takedowns
4 of 8 · 50%
Control
12:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 18%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 41%Clinch 0%Ground 59%
This fight on UFCStats
WJP BuysJun 2022KO R10:26 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 30 · 77%
Total strikes
34 of 41 · 83%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:26
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:08
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 91%Body 9%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 4%Ground 61%
This fight on UFCStats
LMuhammad MokaevMar 2022SUB R10:00 ctrl1 str1 td
Significant strikes
1 of 5 · 20%
Total strikes
1 of 5 · 20%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:58
Guillotine Choke On Ground
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAoriqilengNov 2021U-DEC5:39 ctrl60 str5 td
Significant strikes
60 of 133 · 45%
Total strikes
80 of 158 · 51%
Takedowns
5 of 10 · 50%
Control
5:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 12%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 8%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LJimmy FlickDec 2020SUB R11:21 ctrl21 str2 td
Significant strikes
21 of 32 · 66%
Total strikes
30 of 43 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:18
Flying Triangle
Target
Head 81%Body 14%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 10%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
DChris GutierrezAug 2020U-DEC6:09 ctrl36 str2 td
Significant strikes
36 of 85 · 42%
Total strikes
95 of 189 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 13 · 15%
Control
6:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 17%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 0%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats

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