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James Head

9-4-0
42y·6' 1"·73" reach·Orthodox
1:57
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.36
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 5 recorded bouts, 101 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 65%Body 32%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 53%Clinch 43%Ground 4%
And how often each lands
Head40%
Body84%
Legs75%
Distance36%
Clinch80%
Ground80%

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.

2Wins1 SUB · 1 DEC
3Losses1 KO · 2 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.

3%
Ring
16%
Abedi
22%
Ebersole
17%
Pyle
3%
High

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
R14.12100%5
R21.602
R31.162

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.75
Strikes absorbed / min3.11
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed49%
Takedowns / 15 min0.41
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land100%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed66%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.86
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 5 bouts7.3m

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.

36.2%
Landed at range
149 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

LJason HighAug 2013SUB R10:03 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:41
Guillotine Choke From Mount
This fight on UFCStats
LMike PyleDec 2012KO R10:20 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 25 · 52%
Total strikes
15 of 27 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:55
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 54%Body 46%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 62%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrian EbersoleJul 2012S-DEC3:16 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 83 · 45%
Total strikes
62 of 108 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 35%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 46%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WPapy AbediApr 2012SUB R10:43 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 43 · 49%
Total strikes
28 of 50 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:33
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 76%Body 24%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 48%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LNick RingJun 2011SUB R30:24 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 56 · 54%
Total strikes
43 of 69 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:24
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:33
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 70%Body 27%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 27%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats

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