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Gegard Mousasi

42-6-2
41y·6' 2"·76" reach·Orthodox
3:30
Control / 15m
time on top
+2.54
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
79%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 12 recorded bouts, 465 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 71%Body 10%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 11%Ground 23%
And how often each lands
Head44%
Body70%
Legs89%
Distance44%
Clinch63%
Ground70%

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.

29Wins16 KO · 7 SUB · 6 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 2 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.

1%
Latifi
7%
Machida
39%
Munoz
2%
Souza
3%
Henderson
73%
Philippou
88%
Hall
25%
Leites
47%
Santos
20%
Belfort
16%
Hall
8%
Weidman

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
R13.44100%12
R25.13149%8
R34.29124%5
R41.401
R51.001

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.75
Strikes absorbed / min1.21
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed68%
Takedowns / 15 min1.59
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land60%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed59%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.96
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 12 bouts10.0m

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.

44.2%
Landed at range
685 thrown over 12 bouts
35.6%
Expected
against these opponents
+8.6pp
Gap
above expected
68.4%
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

WChris WeidmanApr 2017KO R20:38 ctrl49 str0 td
Significant strikes
49 of 93 · 53%
Total strikes
55 of 99 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:13
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 69%Body 10%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 31%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WUriah HallNov 2016KO R10:44 ctrl20 str1 td
Significant strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Total strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:37
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 70%Body 5%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 0%Ground 60%
This fight on UFCStats
WVitor BelfortOct 2016KO R21:32 ctrl57 str1 td
Significant strikes
57 of 114 · 50%
Total strikes
65 of 124 · 52%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
1:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:43
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 72%Body 7%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 25%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
WThiago SantosJul 2016KO R12:09 ctrl21 str2 td
Significant strikes
21 of 34 · 62%
Total strikes
39 of 55 · 71%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
2:09
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:32
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 76%Body 14%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 14%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats
WThales LeitesFeb 2016U-DEC3:42 ctrl81 str0 td
Significant strikes
81 of 171 · 47%
Total strikes
95 of 187 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 14%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 11%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LUriah HallSep 2015KO R24:46 ctrl17 str1 td
Significant strikes
17 of 24 · 71%
Total strikes
35 of 49 · 71%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:25
Spinning Back Kick Head
Target
Head 82%Body 6%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 12%Clinch 0%Ground 88%
This fight on UFCStats
WConstantinos PhilippouMay 2015U-DEC10:53 ctrl56 str4 td
Significant strikes
56 of 85 · 66%
Total strikes
137 of 182 · 75%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
10:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 16%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 39%Clinch 0%Ground 61%
This fight on UFCStats
WDan HendersonJan 2015KO R10:02 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 22 · 18%
Total strikes
5 of 24 · 21%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:10
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 0%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 0%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
LJacare SouzaSep 2014SUB R30:14 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 56 · 46%
Total strikes
78 of 109 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:30
Guillotine Choke On Ground
Target
Head 88%Body 4%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 27%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMark MunozMay 2014SUB R11:32 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 29 · 62%
Total strikes
30 of 47 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:57
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 72%Body 11%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 39%Clinch 11%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
LLyoto MachidaFeb 2014U-DEC1:43 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 106 · 34%
Total strikes
66 of 138 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
1:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 11%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 8%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WIlir LatifiApr 2013U-DEC0:06 ctrl80 str0 td
Significant strikes
80 of 150 · 53%
Total strikes
80 of 150 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 9%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 0%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats

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