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Jamie Varner

21-11-1 (2 NC)
41y·5' 8"·71" reach·Orthodox
4:01
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.37
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
71%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.8
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 9 recorded bouts, 243 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 75%Body 20%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 13%Ground 21%
And how often each lands
Head33%
Body70%
Legs73%
Distance35%
Clinch51%
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.

7Wins4 KO · 1 SUB · 2 DEC
9Losses2 KO · 5 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.

53%
Franca
86%
Gilliam
34%
Barboza
13%
Lauzon
26%
Guillard
13%
Tibau
33%
Trujillo
12%
Krause
0%
Dober

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
R13.13100%9
R23.51112%5
R33.0196%4

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.92
Strikes absorbed / min2.55
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed58%
Takedowns / 15 min3.49
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land53%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed66%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.47
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 9 bouts8.4m

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.

35.4%
Landed at range
449 thrown over 9 bouts
31.9%
Expected
against these opponents
+3.5pp
Gap
above expected
85.5%
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

LDrew DoberDec 2014SUB R10:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 10 · 40%
Total strikes
4 of 10 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:52
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 50%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJames KrauseMay 2014KO R10:35 ctrl7 str1 td
Significant strikes
7 of 30 · 23%
Total strikes
9 of 33 · 27%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 5:00
to Ankle Injury
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 29%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
LAbel TrujilloFeb 2014KO R22:30 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 96 · 38%
Total strikes
51 of 122 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:32
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 94%Body 6%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 53%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LGleison TibauAug 2013S-DEC1:58 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 76 · 49%
Total strikes
63 of 104 · 61%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
1:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 19%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 3%Ground 41%
This fight on UFCStats
WMelvin GuillardDec 2012S-DEC3:51 ctrl32 str7 td
Significant strikes
32 of 97 · 33%
Total strikes
66 of 148 · 45%
Takedowns
7 of 10 · 70%
Control
3:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 22%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 16%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoe LauzonAug 2012SUB R31:41 ctrl82 str2 td
Significant strikes
82 of 177 · 46%
Total strikes
84 of 181 · 46%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
1:41
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
2
Ended
Submission, R3 2:44
Triangle Choke From Bottom
Target
Head 65%Body 32%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WEdson BarbozaMay 2012KO R11:09 ctrl20 str2 td
Significant strikes
20 of 35 · 57%
Total strikes
33 of 57 · 58%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:09
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:23
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 85%Body 15%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 0%Ground 45%
This fight on UFCStats
WJason GilliamMar 2007SUB R11:21 ctrl7 str1 td
Significant strikes
7 of 13 · 54%
Total strikes
10 of 16 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:34
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 86%Body 0%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 14%Clinch 0%Ground 86%
This fight on UFCStats
LHermes FrancaAug 2006SUB R37:08 ctrl18 str9 td
Significant strikes
18 of 106 · 17%
Total strikes
41 of 129 · 32%
Takedowns
9 of 15 · 60%
Control
7:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:31
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 78%Body 6%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 6%Ground 89%
This fight on UFCStats

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