The Record

News
Back to the card

Jacob Volkmann

19-7-0
46y·5' 9"·71" reach·Southpaw
7:27
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.59
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
17%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 134 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 73%Body 15%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 8%Ground 59%
And how often each lands
Head31%
Body65%
Legs38%
Distance18%
Clinch52%
Ground61%

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.

6Wins1 SUB · 5 DEC
4Losses3 SUB · 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.

41%
Thiago
1%
Kampmann
67%
Torres
52%
Kelly
30%
McKee
52%
Castillo
76%
Escudero
80%
Sass
53%
Roller
39%
Green

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
R11.63100%10
R20.8049%7
R31.0262%7

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.19
Strikes absorbed / min1.78
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed52%
Takedowns / 15 min3.19
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land48%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed52%
Sub attempts / 15 min2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together2.97
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts11.3m

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.

18.4%
Landed at range
239 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

LKing GreenFeb 2013SUB R35:38 ctrl6 str4 td
Significant strikes
6 of 51 · 12%
Total strikes
11 of 60 · 18%
Takedowns
4 of 12 · 33%
Control
5:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:25
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 17%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WShane RollerOct 2012SUB R11:23 ctrl8 str1 td
Significant strikes
8 of 25 · 32%
Total strikes
14 of 32 · 44%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
1:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 0%Ground 63%
This fight on UFCStats
LPaul SassMay 2012SUB R11:31 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Total strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:54
Triangle Armbar From Bottom
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEfrain EscuderoDec 2011U-DEC11:20 ctrl17 str3 td
Significant strikes
17 of 35 · 49%
Total strikes
85 of 108 · 79%
Takedowns
3 of 9 · 33%
Control
11:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 18%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 18%Clinch 6%Ground 76%
This fight on UFCStats
WDanny CastilloAug 2011U-DEC7:48 ctrl6 str3 td
Significant strikes
6 of 16 · 38%
Total strikes
39 of 51 · 76%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
7:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
6
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 17%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WAntonio McKeeJan 2011S-DEC4:26 ctrl10 str1 td
Significant strikes
10 of 47 · 21%
Total strikes
21 of 58 · 36%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
4:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 30%Body 20%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 0%Ground 30%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaul KellyAug 2010U-DEC7:51 ctrl32 str6 td
Significant strikes
32 of 79 · 41%
Total strikes
61 of 111 · 55%
Takedowns
6 of 7 · 86%
Control
7:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 6%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 22%Clinch 3%Ground 75%
This fight on UFCStats
WRonys TorresMar 2010S-DEC10:02 ctrl24 str5 td
Significant strikes
24 of 57 · 42%
Total strikes
79 of 125 · 63%
Takedowns
5 of 6 · 83%
Control
10:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 79%Body 21%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 13%Clinch 4%Ground 83%
This fight on UFCStats
LMartin KampmannJan 2010SUB R10:02 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 36 · 36%
Total strikes
14 of 38 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:03
Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LPaulo ThiagoNov 2009U-DEC6:06 ctrl16 str1 td
Significant strikes
16 of 38 · 42%
Total strikes
83 of 115 · 72%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
6:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 13%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 13%Clinch 38%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats

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