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Joe Duffy

16-5-0
38y·5' 10"·73" reach·Orthodox
1:26
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.10
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
75%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 8 recorded bouts, 168 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 65%Body 21%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 8%Ground 7%
And how often each lands
Head27%
Body67%
Legs88%
Distance32%
Clinch65%
Ground67%

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.

4Wins1 KO · 2 SUB · 1 DEC
4Losses1 KO · 1 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.

1%
Lindsey
0%
Jorge
1%
Poirier
60%
Clarke
29%
Madadi
5%
Vick
4%
Diakiese
6%
Alvarez

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
R13.50100%8
R21.8051%4
R32.3367%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.68
Strikes absorbed / min3.78
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed54%
Takedowns / 15 min0.96
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land66%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed64%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.7
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.46
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 8 bouts7.8m

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.

31.7%
Landed at range
451 thrown over 8 bouts
36.3%
Expected
against these opponents
−4.6pp
Gap
below expected
85.6%
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

LJoel AlvarezJul 2020SUB R10:09 ctrl14 str1 td
Significant strikes
14 of 26 · 54%
Total strikes
14 of 26 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:25
Guillotine Choke From Guard
Target
Head 43%Body 29%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMarc DiakieseMar 2019U-DEC0:35 ctrl15 str1 td
Significant strikes
15 of 60 · 25%
Total strikes
24 of 71 · 34%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 20%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJames VickNov 2017KO R20:30 ctrl25 str2 td
Significant strikes
25 of 66 · 38%
Total strikes
26 of 67 · 39%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:59
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 36%Body 28%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WReza MadadiMar 2017U-DEC4:20 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 161 · 32%
Total strikes
61 of 172 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
4:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 18%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 2%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WMitch ClarkeJul 2016SUB R10:15 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 7 · 43%
Total strikes
3 of 7 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:25
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin PoirierJan 2016U-DEC0:08 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 100 · 37%
Total strikes
60 of 123 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 19%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 22%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WIvan JorgeJul 2015SUB R10:00 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 29 · 28%
Total strikes
10 of 31 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:05
Triangle Choke On Ground
Target
Head 63%Body 25%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 25%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJake LindseyMar 2015KO R10:01 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 40 · 38%
Total strikes
15 of 40 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:47
Punch to Body In Clinch
Target
Head 73%Body 20%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 0%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats

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