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Josh Barnett

35-8-0
48y·6' 3"·78" reach·Orthodox
4:44
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.09
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
86%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 392 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 63%Body 30%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 34%Clinch 44%Ground 22%
And how often each lands
Head52%
Body89%
Legs90%
Distance47%
Clinch78%
Ground66%

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.

21Wins7 KO · 11 SUB · 3 DEC
8Losses3 KO · 2 SUB · 3 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.

14%
McGee
0%
Rizzo
82%
Schilt
58%
Hoffman
20%
Couture
60%
Mir
17%
Browne
33%
Nelson
5%
Rothwell
51%
Arlovski

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
R13.00100%10
R25.14171%7
R34.812
R47.801
R55.001

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.2
Strikes absorbed / min2.11
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed57%
Takedowns / 15 min1.26
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land55%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed55%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.4
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.31
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts9.2m

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.

47.0%
Landed at range
281 thrown over 9 bouts
42.5%
Expected
against these opponents
+4.5pp
Gap
above expected
82.8%
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

WAndrei ArlovskiSep 2016SUB R36:34 ctrl53 str1 td
Significant strikes
53 of 82 · 65%
Total strikes
112 of 150 · 75%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
6:34
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 2:53
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 23%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 25%Clinch 28%Ground 47%
This fight on UFCStats
LBen RothwellJan 2016SUB R20:28 ctrl35 str0 td
Significant strikes
35 of 68 · 51%
Total strikes
35 of 68 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:48
Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock
Target
Head 60%Body 34%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoy NelsonSep 2015U-DEC8:22 ctrl146 str0 td
Significant strikes
146 of 205 · 71%
Total strikes
215 of 276 · 78%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
8:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 36%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 65%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTravis BrowneDec 2013KO R10:10 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 7 · 71%
Total strikes
6 of 8 · 75%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:00
Elbows to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 40%Body 20%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 20%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrank MirAug 2013KO R11:10 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 38 · 68%
Total strikes
33 of 46 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:10
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:56
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 96%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRandy CoutureMar 2002KO R21:55 ctrl44 str0 td
Significant strikes
44 of 75 · 59%
Total strikes
53 of 85 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:35
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 70%Body 27%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 30%Ground 70%
This fight on UFCStats
WBobby HoffmanNov 2001KO R25:27 ctrl17 str2 td
Significant strikes
17 of 20 · 85%
Total strikes
83 of 88 · 94%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
5:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:25
Punches to Head From Half Guard Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 71%Body 18%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 24%Ground 71%
This fight on UFCStats
WSemmy SchiltJun 2001SUB R13:35 ctrl10 str1 td
Significant strikes
10 of 17 · 59%
Total strikes
21 of 28 · 75%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:21
Armbar From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
LPedro RizzoFeb 2001KO R20:00 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 101 · 39%
Total strikes
41 of 103 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:21
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 44%Body 15%Legs 41%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 26%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGan McGeeNov 2000KO R21:18 ctrl17 str1 td
Significant strikes
17 of 24 · 71%
Total strikes
44 of 55 · 80%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:34
Elbows to Head From Mount
Target
Head 59%Body 29%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 35%Ground 59%
This fight on UFCStats

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