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Forrest Griffin

19-7-0
47y·6' 3"·77" reach·Orthodox
2:03
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.57
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
42%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 796 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 59%Body 15%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 14%Ground 10%
And how often each lands
Head28%
Body60%
Legs69%
Distance33%
Clinch60%
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.

12Wins2 KO · 3 SUB · 7 DEC
6Losses5 KO · 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.

17%
Bonnar
90%
Mahood
3%
Sinosic
1%
Ortiz
2%
Bonnar
0%
Jardine
1%
Ramirez
38%
Rua
19%
Jackson
0%
Evans
0%
Silva
8%
Ortiz
39%
Franklin
0%
Rua
6%
Ortiz

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
R14.09100%15
R24.98122%10
R35.35131%10
R40.401
R54.401

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.38
Strikes absorbed / min2.81
Striking accuracyof everything thrown36%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min1.05
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land48%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed57%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.7
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.19
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts11.6m

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.

32.5%
Landed at range
1,860 thrown over 15 bouts
33.2%
Expected
against these opponents
−0.7pp
Gap
below expected
67.6%
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

WTito OrtizJul 2012U-DEC0:51 ctrl85 str0 td
Significant strikes
85 of 261 · 33%
Total strikes
104 of 280 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 24%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMauricio RuaAug 2011KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 19 · 16%
Total strikes
3 of 19 · 16%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:53
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRich FranklinFeb 2011U-DEC5:50 ctrl50 str5 td
Significant strikes
50 of 155 · 32%
Total strikes
126 of 249 · 51%
Takedowns
5 of 7 · 71%
Control
5:50
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 24%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 66%Clinch 6%Ground 28%
This fight on UFCStats
WTito OrtizNov 2009S-DEC1:11 ctrl70 str0 td
Significant strikes
70 of 206 · 34%
Total strikes
91 of 231 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 16%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 7%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnderson SilvaAug 2009KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 42 · 7%
Total strikes
4 of 43 · 9%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:23
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRashad EvansDec 2008KO R30:03 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 149 · 34%
Total strikes
51 of 151 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:46
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 32%Body 20%Legs 48%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WQuinton JacksonJul 2008U-DEC4:47 ctrl77 str0 td
Significant strikes
77 of 276 · 28%
Total strikes
113 of 326 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
4:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 14%Legs 45%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 10%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
WMauricio RuaSep 2007SUB R35:40 ctrl66 str2 td
Significant strikes
66 of 130 · 51%
Total strikes
146 of 214 · 68%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
5:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
2
Ended
Submission, R3 4:45
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 20%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 6%Ground 62%
This fight on UFCStats
WHector RamirezJun 2007U-DEC0:10 ctrl113 str0 td
Significant strikes
113 of 246 · 46%
Total strikes
115 of 248 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 17%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 32%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LKeith JardineDec 2006KO R10:00 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 56 · 30%
Total strikes
17 of 56 · 30%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:41
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 47%Body 0%Legs 53%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WStephan BonnarAug 2006U-DEC0:16 ctrl83 str0 td
Significant strikes
83 of 207 · 40%
Total strikes
87 of 211 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 7%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTito OrtizApr 2006S-DEC0:13 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 170 · 34%
Total strikes
81 of 200 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 90%Body 3%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WElvis SinosicOct 2005KO R10:06 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 82 · 37%
Total strikes
30 of 82 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:30
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 73%Body 3%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 17%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WBill MahoodJun 2005SUB R12:04 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Total strikes
32 of 33 · 97%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:18
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WStephan BonnarApr 2005U-DEC2:31 ctrl88 str2 td
Significant strikes
88 of 184 · 48%
Total strikes
96 of 192 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 9 · 22%
Control
2:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 18%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 38%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats

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