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Joe Riggs

44-17-0 (1 NC)
43y·6' 0"·70" reach·Southpaw
4:58
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.72
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
75%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.6
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 12 recorded bouts, 165 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 82%Body 12%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 22%Ground 40%
And how often each lands
Head47%
Body73%
Legs91%
Distance41%
Clinch60%
Ground58%

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.

8Wins5 KO · 1 SUB · 2 DEC
10Losses4 KO · 4 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.

70%
Doerksen
49%
Salaverry
42%
Lytle
0%
Hughes
14%
Diaz
19%
Swick
31%
Flue
0%
Sanchez
33%
Saunders
29%
Cote
53%
Stallings
0%
Camozzi

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
R11.81100%12
R24.03222%5
R32.202

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.41
Strikes absorbed / min1.69
Striking accuracyof everything thrown51%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed57%
Takedowns / 15 min2.45
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land55%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed62%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.1
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 12 bouts5.6m

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.

41.3%
Landed at range
150 thrown over 11 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

LChris CamozziFeb 2016KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:26
Knees to Head In Clinch
This fight on UFCStats
WRon StallingsSep 2015DQ R23:59 ctrl35 str2 td
Significant strikes
35 of 61 · 57%
Total strikes
47 of 74 · 64%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
3:59
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Disqualification, R2 2:28
Illegal Upkick by Stallings
Target
Head 89%Body 6%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 0%Ground 57%
This fight on UFCStats
LPatrick CoteApr 2015U-DEC4:20 ctrl21 str2 td
Significant strikes
21 of 35 · 60%
Total strikes
47 of 61 · 77%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
4:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 14%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 43%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
LBen SaundersDec 2014SUB R10:19 ctrl2 str1 td
Significant strikes
2 of 3 · 67%
Total strikes
2 of 3 · 67%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:57
Injury Neck Injury
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDiego SanchezDec 2006KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Total strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:45
Flying Knee Head
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJason Von FlueAug 2006SUB R10:38 ctrl1 str1 td
Significant strikes
1 of 4 · 25%
Total strikes
1 of 4 · 25%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:01
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMike SwickMay 2006SUB R10:27 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 4 · 25%
Total strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:19
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 0%Body 0%Legs 100%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 100%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WNick DiazFeb 2006U-DEC2:04 ctrl51 str3 td
Significant strikes
51 of 116 · 44%
Total strikes
69 of 135 · 51%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
2:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 82%Body 18%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 41%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt HughesNov 2005SUB R10:00 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 5 · 20%
Total strikes
1 of 5 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:28
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 100%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris LytleOct 2005DOC R22:57 ctrl15 str1 td
Significant strikes
15 of 25 · 60%
Total strikes
26 of 37 · 70%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 2:00
Facial Cut
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 7%Ground 87%
This fight on UFCStats
LIvan SalaverryApr 2005SUB R11:20 ctrl6 str1 td
Significant strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Total strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:42
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 33%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoe DoerksenAug 2004KO R26:04 ctrl29 str2 td
Significant strikes
29 of 55 · 53%
Total strikes
44 of 71 · 62%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
6:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:39
Elbows to Head From Half Guard Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 83%Body 10%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 7%Ground 86%
This fight on UFCStats

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