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Hermes Franca

24-17-0 (1 NC)
52y·5' 6"·71" reach·Orthodox
1:50
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.07
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
71%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.6
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 258 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 67%Body 10%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 17%Ground 11%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body76%
Legs73%
Distance36%
Clinch56%
Ground41%

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.

7Wins2 KO · 3 SUB · 2 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 4 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.

5%
Crunkilton
18%
Uno
35%
Thomson
25%
Edwards
13%
Jordan
8%
Varner
43%
Fisher
3%
Sherk
0%
Edgar
0%
Aurelio
0%
Griffin

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
R11.36100%11
R22.49182%11
R31.63120%8
R40.201
R50.201

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.78
Strikes absorbed / min2.85
Striking accuracyof everything thrown39%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed55%
Takedowns / 15 min1.53
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land36%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed37%
Sub attempts / 15 min2.4
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.63
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts13.6m

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.

35.9%
Landed at range
412 thrown over 10 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

LTyson GriffinSep 2009KO R20:00 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 71 · 15%
Total strikes
12 of 72 · 17%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:26
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 45%Body 9%Legs 45%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcus AurelioOct 2008U-DEC0:02 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 122 · 49%
Total strikes
65 of 127 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 2%Legs 58%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrankie EdgarJul 2008U-DEC0:00 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 38 · 47%
Total strikes
63 of 94 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 11%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 22%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LSean SherkJul 2007U-DEC0:41 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 23 · 26%
Total strikes
59 of 79 · 75%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 83%Body 0%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 17%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
WSpencer FisherJan 2007KO R23:53 ctrl25 str2 td
Significant strikes
25 of 80 · 31%
Total strikes
57 of 118 · 48%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
3:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:03
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 20%Ground 32%
This fight on UFCStats
WJamie VarnerAug 2006SUB R31:07 ctrl22 str1 td
Significant strikes
22 of 46 · 48%
Total strikes
97 of 125 · 78%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
2
Ended
Submission, R3 3:31
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 59%Body 18%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 27%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe JordanJul 2006SUB R31:22 ctrl46 str3 td
Significant strikes
46 of 113 · 41%
Total strikes
71 of 138 · 51%
Takedowns
3 of 9 · 33%
Control
1:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 0:47
Triangle Choke From Mount
Target
Head 72%Body 17%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 15%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LYves EdwardsApr 2004S-DEC3:46 ctrl8 str4 td
Significant strikes
8 of 44 · 18%
Total strikes
63 of 104 · 61%
Takedowns
4 of 10 · 40%
Control
3:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 0%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 25%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
LJosh ThomsonJan 2004M-DEC5:19 ctrl22 str2 td
Significant strikes
22 of 46 · 48%
Total strikes
60 of 87 · 69%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
5:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 27%Clinch 18%Ground 55%
This fight on UFCStats
WCaol UnoSep 2003KO R21:26 ctrl13 str2 td
Significant strikes
13 of 22 · 59%
Total strikes
35 of 44 · 80%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:26
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:46
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 46%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WRichard CrunkiltonApr 2003U-DEC0:44 ctrl27 str2 td
Significant strikes
27 of 54 · 50%
Total strikes
97 of 125 · 78%
Takedowns
2 of 11 · 18%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
9
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 15%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 26%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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