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Diego Brandao

22-11-0
39y·5' 7"·64" reach·Orthodox
3:44
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.44
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 233 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 68%Body 21%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 11%Ground 19%
And how often each lands
Head42%
Body69%
Legs68%
Distance44%
Clinch76%
Ground56%

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 · 2 SUB · 2 DEC
4Losses2 KO · 1 SUB · 1 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.

10%
Bermudez
28%
Elkins
37%
Gambino
48%
Garza
29%
Pineda
4%
Poirier
9%
McGregor
48%
Hettes
29%
Kikuno
3%
Ortega

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
R13.83100%10
R22.0052%4
R31.7546%4

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.94
Strikes absorbed / min3.38
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed62%
Takedowns / 15 min3.21
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land68%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed80%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.32
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts7.9m

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.

43.7%
Landed at range
371 thrown over 10 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

LBrian OrtegaJan 2016SUB R30:20 ctrl56 str2 td
Significant strikes
56 of 108 · 52%
Total strikes
61 of 116 · 53%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 1:37
Triangle Choke On Ground
Target
Head 68%Body 18%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 0%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WKatsunori KikunoSep 2015KO R10:08 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 17 · 82%
Total strikes
14 of 19 · 74%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:28
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 79%Body 21%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 57%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WJimy HettesApr 2015DOC R12:24 ctrl12 str2 td
Significant strikes
12 of 24 · 50%
Total strikes
25 of 39 · 64%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
2:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R1 5:00
Facial Cut
Target
Head 67%Body 25%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 50%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LConor McGregorJul 2014KO R10:22 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 22 · 41%
Total strikes
10 of 23 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:05
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 56%Body 44%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 44%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierDec 2013KO R10:13 ctrl16 str1 td
Significant strikes
16 of 48 · 33%
Total strikes
17 of 49 · 35%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:54
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 63%Body 25%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 6%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WDaniel PinedaAug 2013U-DEC4:25 ctrl42 str8 td
Significant strikes
42 of 86 · 49%
Total strikes
64 of 108 · 59%
Takedowns
8 of 10 · 80%
Control
4:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 21%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 2%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WPablo GarzaApr 2013SUB R11:40 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 18 · 50%
Total strikes
18 of 27 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:27
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 44%Body 22%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 0%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoey GambinoOct 2012U-DEC5:34 ctrl33 str3 td
Significant strikes
33 of 77 · 43%
Total strikes
84 of 133 · 63%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
5:34
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 12%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 61%Clinch 9%Ground 30%
This fight on UFCStats
LDarren ElkinsMay 2012U-DEC4:09 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 47 · 49%
Total strikes
46 of 79 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
4:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 9%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 39%Clinch 4%Ground 57%
This fight on UFCStats
WDennis BermudezDec 2011SUB R10:28 ctrl19 str1 td
Significant strikes
19 of 39 · 49%
Total strikes
23 of 43 · 53%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:28
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:51
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 53%Body 37%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 11%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats

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