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Gaston Bolanos

9-5-0
33y·5' 7"·69" reach·Orthodox
1:37
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.37
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
0%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
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 January 2024. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 5 recorded bouts, 236 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 44%Body 29%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 4%Ground 15%
And how often each lands
Head33%
Body68%
Legs76%
Distance45%
Clinch77%
Ground64%

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.

3Wins3 DEC
2Losses1 KO · 1 SUB

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.

11%
Phillips
1%
McGhee
30%
Romious
0%
Le
2%
Jr.

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
R13.68100%5
R24.66127%5
R33.2789%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.91
Strikes absorbed / min3.54
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed54%
Takedowns / 15 min0.75
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land75%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed50%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.45
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 5 bouts12.1m

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.

44.6%
Landed at range
428 thrown over 5 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

WMichael Aswell Jr.Jun 2026U-DEC0:22 ctrl87 str1 td
Significant strikes
87 of 193 · 45%
Total strikes
94 of 202 · 47%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 39%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LQuang LeMay 2025SUB R20:00 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 20 · 25%
Total strikes
8 of 23 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:54
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 20%Body 20%Legs 60%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCortavious RomiousNov 2024U-DEC4:29 ctrl53 str2 td
Significant strikes
53 of 75 · 71%
Total strikes
80 of 104 · 77%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
4:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 42%Body 36%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 17%Ground 28%
This fight on UFCStats
LMarcus McGheeJan 2024KO R20:04 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 81 · 35%
Total strikes
28 of 82 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:29
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 25%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAaron PhillipsApr 2023U-DEC1:36 ctrl63 str0 td
Significant strikes
63 of 127 · 50%
Total strikes
69 of 135 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 11%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 0%Ground 32%
This fight on UFCStats

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