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Din Thomas

26-9-0 (1 NC)
49y·5' 9"·Orthodox
3:26
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.75
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
40%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 182 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 81%Body 11%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 33%Ground 11%
And how often each lands
Head34%
Body69%
Legs94%
Distance28%
Clinch67%
Ground63%

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.

5Wins2 SUB · 3 DEC
4Losses1 KO · 1 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.

78%
Penn
41%
Iha
23%
Uno
12%
Serra
27%
Clementi
5%
Guida
52%
Stephens
7%
Florian
10%
Neer

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
R11.61100%9
R22.17135%7
R31.88117%5

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.85
Strikes absorbed / min2.6
Striking accuracyof everything thrown37%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed59%
Takedowns / 15 min1.38
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land52%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed76%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.45
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 bouts10.9m

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.

28.3%
Landed at range
361 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

LJosh NeerApr 2008U-DEC1:32 ctrl20 str2 td
Significant strikes
20 of 84 · 24%
Total strikes
42 of 111 · 38%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
1:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 10%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 35%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LKenny FlorianSep 2007SUB R10:20 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 15 · 20%
Total strikes
3 of 15 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:31
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 33%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WJeremy StephensMay 2007SUB R24:02 ctrl10 str1 td
Significant strikes
10 of 37 · 27%
Total strikes
35 of 65 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
4:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:44
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 50%Body 10%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 0%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WClay GuidaJan 2007U-DEC0:48 ctrl33 str0 td
Significant strikes
33 of 113 · 29%
Total strikes
51 of 131 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 3%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 12%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WRich ClementiNov 2006SUB R22:13 ctrl33 str1 td
Significant strikes
33 of 75 · 44%
Total strikes
63 of 107 · 59%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:11
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 70%Body 27%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 52%Clinch 42%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt SerraFeb 2003S-DEC1:45 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 61 · 48%
Total strikes
59 of 92 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 21%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 24%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCaol UnoSep 2002U-DEC3:31 ctrl11 str3 td
Significant strikes
11 of 24 · 46%
Total strikes
59 of 78 · 76%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
3:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 36%Clinch 27%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WFabiano IhaSep 2001U-DEC6:10 ctrl42 str1 td
Significant strikes
42 of 69 · 61%
Total strikes
98 of 128 · 77%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
6:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 98%Body 2%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 26%Clinch 57%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
LBJ PennJun 2001KO R12:06 ctrl1 str1 td
Significant strikes
1 of 5 · 20%
Total strikes
25 of 29 · 86%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:42
Knee to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats

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