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Eric Schafer

14-8-2
48y·6' 3"·76" reach·Orthodox
3:48
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.49
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
100%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 141 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 78%Body 13%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 18%Ground 39%
And how often each lands
Head30%
Body68%
Legs86%
Distance21%
Clinch63%
Ground75%

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.

3Wins1 KO · 2 SUB
6Losses3 KO · 3 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.

61%
MacDonald
57%
Bisping
28%
Bonnar
67%
Alexander
87%
Mendes
0%
Bader
12%
Brilz
0%
Simpson
71%
Rivera

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
R12.51100%9
R21.4558%5
R30.8032%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.89
Strikes absorbed / min3.38
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed56%
Takedowns / 15 min1.81
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land36%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed50%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.27
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 bouts8.3m

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.

20.6%
Landed at range
296 thrown over 8 bouts
30.3%
Expected
against these opponents
−9.7pp
Gap
below expected
65.7%
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

LJorge RiveraJan 2012KO R24:36 ctrl6 str2 td
Significant strikes
6 of 9 · 67%
Total strikes
47 of 57 · 82%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
4:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:31
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 17%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 0%Ground 83%
This fight on UFCStats
LAaron SimpsonOct 2011U-DEC0:00 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 102 · 14%
Total strikes
17 of 107 · 16%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJason BrilzMar 2010U-DEC1:45 ctrl27 str2 td
Significant strikes
27 of 81 · 33%
Total strikes
52 of 107 · 49%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
1:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 81%Body 19%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 30%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LRyan BaderOct 2009U-DEC0:01 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 116 · 22%
Total strikes
45 of 136 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 92%Body 4%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAntonio MendesJan 2009KO R13:07 ctrl22 str0 td
Significant strikes
22 of 30 · 73%
Total strikes
59 of 67 · 88%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
3:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:35
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WHouston AlexanderSep 2008SUB R13:16 ctrl24 str1 td
Significant strikes
24 of 38 · 63%
Total strikes
53 of 69 · 77%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
3:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 4:53
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 88%Body 13%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 13%Ground 88%
This fight on UFCStats
LStephan BonnarOct 2007KO R22:09 ctrl13 str1 td
Significant strikes
13 of 17 · 76%
Total strikes
35 of 41 · 85%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
2:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:47
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 23%Body 38%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 46%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichael BispingDec 2006KO R12:31 ctrl3 str3 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
10 of 13 · 77%
Takedowns
3 of 7 · 43%
Control
2:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:24
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 33%Body 67%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 67%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
WRob MacDonaldAug 2006SUB R11:29 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Total strikes
21 of 24 · 88%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:26
Arm Triangle From Side Control Technical Submission
Target
Head 29%Body 14%Legs 57%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 14%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats

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