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James Irvin

17-10-0 (2 NC)
47y·6' 2"·75" reach·Orthodox
0:53
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.83
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
100%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
5.1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 59 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 49%Body 14%Legs 37%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 12%Ground 29%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body89%
Legs71%
Distance41%
Clinch64%
Ground68%

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 KO
6Losses4 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.

5%
Kyle
1%
Martin
0%
Bonnar
1%
Ramirez
26%
Silva
1%
Cane
25%
Alexander
0%
Silva
0%
Sakara
44%
Pokrajac

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
R11.85100%10
R23.932

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.03
Strikes absorbed / min3.86
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed35%
Takedowns / 15 min0
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land0%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed36%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.89
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts2.9m

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.

41.2%
Landed at range
85 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

LIgor PokrajacAug 2010SUB R11:06 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 22 · 50%
Total strikes
14 of 25 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 2:29
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 9%Clinch 0%Ground 91%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlessio SakaraMar 2010KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 16 · 38%
Total strikes
6 of 16 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:01
to Eye Injury
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnderson SilvaJul 2008KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:01
Punch to Head At Distance
This fight on UFCStats
WHouston AlexanderApr 2008KO R10:02 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Total strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:08
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WLuiz CaneDec 2007DQ R10:01 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 19 · 26%
Total strikes
5 of 19 · 26%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Disqualification, R1 1:51
Illegal Knee on Ground by Cane
Target
Head 40%Body 20%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LThiago SilvaMay 2007KO R10:17 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Total strikes
4 of 5 · 80%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:06
to Knee Injury
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WHector RamirezNov 2006KO R20:06 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 34 · 50%
Total strikes
18 of 35 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:36
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 24%Body 12%Legs 65%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 6%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
LStephan BonnarJan 2006SUB R10:00 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 6 · 83%
Total strikes
8 of 9 · 89%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:30
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 20%Body 60%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 60%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTerry MartinAug 2005KO R20:04 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 7 · 86%
Total strikes
9 of 10 · 90%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:09
Flying Knee Head
Target
Head 50%Body 17%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMike KyleFeb 2005KO R10:06 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:55
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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