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David Onama

14-3-0
32y·5' 11"·74" reach·Orthodox
2:59
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.18
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.8
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 2025. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in February 2022, 65 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 Nov 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 509 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 80%Body 12%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 7%Ground 13%
And how often each lands
Head47%
Body63%
Legs83%
Distance47%
Clinch72%
Ground62%

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.

6Wins2 KO · 1 SUB · 3 DEC
3Losses1 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.

1%
Jones
4%
Benitez
31%
Armfield
8%
Landwehr
31%
Santos
15%
Pearce
29%
Romero
42%
Chikadze
0%
Garcia

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
R15.40100%9
R24.2378%7
R35.60104%5

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.07
Strikes absorbed / min4.89
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min1.05
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land30%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed52%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.96
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 bouts11.2m

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.

47.2%
Landed at range
854 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

LSteve GarciaNov 2025KO R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 16 · 13%
Total strikes
2 of 16 · 13%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:34
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGiga ChikadzeApr 2025U-DEC6:15 ctrl49 str3 td
Significant strikes
49 of 87 · 56%
Total strikes
72 of 127 · 57%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
6:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 2%Legs 39%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 2%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoberto RomeroNov 2024U-DEC4:23 ctrl121 str1 td
Significant strikes
121 of 213 · 57%
Total strikes
145 of 242 · 60%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
4:23
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 15%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 7%Ground 23%
This fight on UFCStats
WJonathan PearceApr 2024U-DEC2:15 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 104 · 56%
Total strikes
66 of 115 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
2:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
5
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 10%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGabriel SantosJun 2023KO R22:53 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 104 · 51%
Total strikes
59 of 118 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
2:53
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:13
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 89%Body 6%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 6%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LNate LandwehrAug 2022M-DEC1:13 ctrl71 str1 td
Significant strikes
71 of 174 · 41%
Total strikes
79 of 186 · 42%
Takedowns
1 of 6 · 17%
Control
1:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 11%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 1%Ground 28%
This fight on UFCStats
WGarrett ArmfieldJul 2022SUB R22:35 ctrl29 str2 td
Significant strikes
29 of 72 · 40%
Total strikes
46 of 95 · 48%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
2:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:13
Arm Triangle From Half Guard
Target
Head 55%Body 45%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 3%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WGabriel BenitezFeb 2022KO R10:10 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 94 · 38%
Total strikes
36 of 94 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:24
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 6%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMason JonesOct 2021U-DEC0:11 ctrl90 str0 td
Significant strikes
90 of 153 · 59%
Total strikes
121 of 186 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 89%Body 9%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 21%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats

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