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Conor McGregor

22-7-0
38y·5' 9"·74" reach·Southpaw
1:50
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.56
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
80%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
2.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 599 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 70%Body 17%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 10%Ground 13%
And how often each lands
Head44%
Body65%
Legs79%
Distance45%
Clinch81%
Ground68%

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.

10Wins8 KO · 2 DEC
5Losses3 KO · 2 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.

7%
Brimage
43%
Holloway
58%
Brandao
3%
Poirier
6%
Siver
1%
Mendes
15%
Aldo
7%
Diaz
6%
Diaz
11%
Alvarez
0%
Nurmagomedov
33%
Cerrone
15%
Poirier
0%
Poirier
0%
Holloway

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
R15.35100%15
R25.1496%8
R34.7388%3
R46.422
R54.801

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.27
Strikes absorbed / min4.71
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed53%
Takedowns / 15 min0.66
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land55%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed66%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.98
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts7.6m

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.

45.1%
Landed at range
1,022 thrown over 15 bouts
33.6%
Expected
against these opponents
+11.5pp
Gap
above expected
93.7%
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

LMax HollowayJul 2026KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 6 · 0%
Total strikes
5 of 11 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:09
to McGregor knee injury
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierJul 2021DOC R10:00 ctrl27 str0 td
Significant strikes
27 of 38 · 71%
Total strikes
43 of 54 · 80%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R1 5:00
Target
Head 48%Body 22%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 4%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierJan 2021KO R21:07 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 66 · 44%
Total strikes
52 of 92 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:32
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 79%Body 14%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDonald CerroneJan 2020KO R10:13 ctrl19 str0 td
Significant strikes
19 of 26 · 73%
Total strikes
20 of 27 · 74%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:40
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 16%Ground 68%
This fight on UFCStats
LKhabib NurmagomedovOct 2018SUB R40:00 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 81 · 63%
Total strikes
96 of 128 · 75%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R4 3:03
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 31%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 20%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats
WEddie AlvarezNov 2016KO R20:54 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 84 · 38%
Total strikes
40 of 93 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:54
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:04
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 22%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 9%Ground 16%
This fight on UFCStats
WNate DiazAug 2016M-DEC1:31 ctrl164 str0 td
Significant strikes
164 of 286 · 57%
Total strikes
197 of 322 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:31
Knockdowns
3
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 16%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 16%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LNate DiazMar 2016SUB R20:39 ctrl61 str0 td
Significant strikes
61 of 140 · 44%
Total strikes
66 of 145 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R2 4:12
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 77%Body 11%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 5%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WJose AldoDec 2015KO R10:02 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 6 · 83%
Total strikes
5 of 6 · 83%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:13
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 0%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 0%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats
WChad MendesJul 2015KO R20:04 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 92 · 50%
Total strikes
74 of 120 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:57
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 0%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WDennis SiverJan 2015KO R20:26 ctrl64 str0 td
Significant strikes
64 of 119 · 54%
Total strikes
65 of 120 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:26
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:54
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 77%Body 19%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 16%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
WDustin PoirierSep 2014KO R10:03 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 29 · 31%
Total strikes
9 of 29 · 31%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:46
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 89%Body 11%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 0%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WDiego BrandaoJul 2014KO R12:21 ctrl18 str1 td
Significant strikes
18 of 49 · 37%
Total strikes
37 of 68 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:21
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:05
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 0%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WMax HollowayAug 2013U-DEC6:26 ctrl53 str4 td
Significant strikes
53 of 153 · 35%
Total strikes
71 of 173 · 41%
Takedowns
4 of 5 · 80%
Control
6:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 8%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 4%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcus BrimageApr 2013KO R10:05 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 35 · 60%
Total strikes
22 of 36 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:07
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 0%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats

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