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Dan Severn

101-19-1
68y·6' 2"·Southpaw
0:00
Control / 15m
time on top
0.00
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
60%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 118 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 73%Body 18%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 7%Ground 77%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body91%
Legs85%
Distance15%
Clinch67%
Ground78%

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.

10Wins1 KO · 5 SUB · 4 DEC
4Losses1 KO · 3 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.

Macias
Bossett
Gracie
Taktarov
Beneteau
Charles
Shamrock
Varelans
Abbott
Taktarov
Shamrock
Coleman
0%
Rizzo

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
R11.79100%13
R20.252
R31.001

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min0
Strikes absorbed / min0
Striking accuracyof everything thrown0%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed0%
Takedowns / 15 min0
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land0%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together0
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts5.7m

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.

0.0%
Landed at range
3 thrown over 1 bout
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

It takes 5 bouts before this comparison says anything. There is 1 here, so it's only showing what they actually landed.

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

LPedro RizzoSep 2000KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Total strikes
1 of 4 · 25%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:33
Kicks to Leg At Distance Submission to Strikes
This fight on UFCStats
LMark ColemanFeb 1997SUB R1 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Total strikes
16 of 18 · 89%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:57
Scarf Hold From Side Control
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKen ShamrockMay 1996S-DEC R3 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 75 · 21%
Total strikes
32 of 94 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, R3 3:00
Target
Head 81%Body 0%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 6%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WOleg TaktarovDec 1995U-DEC R2 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 79 · 30%
Total strikes
198 of 277 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, R2 3:00
Target
Head 75%Body 21%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 0%Ground 71%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid AbbottDec 1995U-DEC R1 ctrl57 str1 td
Significant strikes
57 of 65 · 88%
Total strikes
233 of 253 · 92%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, R1 18:00
Target
Head 63%Body 28%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 9%Ground 91%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaul VarelansDec 1995SUB R1 ctrl0 str1 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
0 of 0
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:01
Arm Triangle From Side Control
This fight on UFCStats
LKen ShamrockJul 1995SUB R1 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 2 · 100%
Total strikes
2 of 2 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:14
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 50%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe CharlesApr 1995SUB R1 ctrl2 str1 td
Significant strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Total strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WDave BeneteauApr 1995SUB R1 ctrl2 str1 td
Significant strikes
2 of 3 · 67%
Total strikes
11 of 13 · 85%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:01
Keylock From Side Control
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 50%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WOleg TaktarovApr 1995DOC R1 ctrl9 str1 td
Significant strikes
9 of 17 · 53%
Total strikes
38 of 64 · 59%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R1 4:21
Facial Cut
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
LRoyce GracieDec 1994SUB R1 ctrl4 str1 td
Significant strikes
4 of 7 · 57%
Total strikes
27 of 43 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 15:49
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcus BossettDec 1994SUB R1 ctrl0 str1 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
0 of 0
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:52
Arm Triangle From Mount
This fight on UFCStats
WAnthony MaciasDec 1994SUB R1 ctrl0 str2 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
0 of 0
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:45
Rear Naked Choke
This fight on UFCStats

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