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Kamaru Usman

21-5-0
39y·6' 0"·76" reach·Switch
6:04
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.27
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
31%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.7
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss August 2022. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in May 2018, 87 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Aug 2022

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 20 recorded bouts, 1503 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 63%Body 29%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 16%Ground 24%
And how often each lands
Head42%
Body78%
Legs87%
Distance41%
Clinch81%
Ground76%

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.

16Wins4 KO · 1 SUB · 11 DEC
4Losses1 KO · 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.

82%
Hassan
72%
Edwards
87%
Yakovlev
36%
Alves
54%
Strickland
3%
Moraes
86%
Meek
17%
Maia
74%
Anjos
73%
Woodley
1%
Covington
67%
Masvidal
20%
Burns
28%
Masvidal
5%
Covington
44%
Edwards
20%
Edwards
0%
Chimaev
52%
Buckley
2%
Plessis

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
R13.20100%20
R24.52141%19
R34.45139%17
R44.78149%10
R54.09128%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.13
Strikes absorbed / min2.86
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed54%
Takedowns / 15 min2.6
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land42%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed90%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.99
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 20 bouts18.2m

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.

41.2%
Landed at range
2,176 thrown over 20 bouts
38.8%
Expected
against these opponents
+2.4pp
Gap
above expected
92.2%
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

LDricus Du PlessisJul 2026U-DEC0:24 ctrl92 str0 td
Significant strikes
92 of 234 · 39%
Total strikes
99 of 244 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 7 · 0%
Control
0:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 40%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJoaquin BuckleyJun 2025U-DEC12:57 ctrl41 str4 td
Significant strikes
41 of 99 · 41%
Total strikes
137 of 243 · 56%
Takedowns
4 of 13 · 31%
Control
12:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 5%Ground 41%
This fight on UFCStats
LKhamzat ChimaevOct 2023M-DEC0:00 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 66 · 55%
Total strikes
58 of 92 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 17%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 3%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LLeon EdwardsMar 2023M-DEC5:03 ctrl87 str4 td
Significant strikes
87 of 205 · 42%
Total strikes
113 of 232 · 49%
Takedowns
4 of 15 · 27%
Control
5:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 66%Body 28%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 24%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LLeon EdwardsAug 2022KO R510:36 ctrl83 str5 td
Significant strikes
83 of 135 · 61%
Total strikes
189 of 247 · 77%
Takedowns
5 of 12 · 42%
Control
10:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 4:04
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 73%Body 20%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 18%Ground 27%
This fight on UFCStats
WColby CovingtonNov 2021U-DEC1:16 ctrl123 str1 td
Significant strikes
123 of 293 · 42%
Total strikes
158 of 336 · 47%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:16
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 33%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 5%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WJorge MasvidalApr 2021KO R21:42 ctrl21 str2 td
Significant strikes
21 of 40 · 53%
Total strikes
32 of 54 · 59%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:42
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:02
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 71%Body 24%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 0%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats
WGilbert BurnsFeb 2021KO R32:05 ctrl83 str0 td
Significant strikes
83 of 136 · 61%
Total strikes
93 of 149 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
2:05
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:34
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 67%Body 13%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 4%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WJorge MasvidalJul 2020U-DEC16:38 ctrl94 str5 td
Significant strikes
94 of 151 · 62%
Total strikes
263 of 341 · 77%
Takedowns
5 of 16 · 31%
Control
16:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 52%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 45%Clinch 41%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WColby CovingtonDec 2019KO R50:11 ctrl175 str0 td
Significant strikes
175 of 360 · 49%
Total strikes
175 of 360 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 4:10
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 66%Body 30%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 3%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WTyron WoodleyMar 2019U-DEC18:13 ctrl141 str2 td
Significant strikes
141 of 194 · 73%
Total strikes
336 of 390 · 86%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
18:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 59%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 19%Clinch 55%Ground 26%
This fight on UFCStats
WRafael Dos AnjosNov 2018U-DEC18:24 ctrl130 str12 td
Significant strikes
130 of 223 · 58%
Total strikes
227 of 334 · 68%
Takedowns
12 of 18 · 67%
Control
18:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 22%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 37%Clinch 25%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WDemian MaiaMay 2018U-DEC4:18 ctrl66 str0 td
Significant strikes
66 of 209 · 32%
Total strikes
97 of 244 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
4:18
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 6%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 2%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WEmil MeekJan 2018U-DEC12:56 ctrl50 str8 td
Significant strikes
50 of 66 · 76%
Total strikes
112 of 132 · 85%
Takedowns
8 of 19 · 42%
Control
12:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 18%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 16%Ground 68%
This fight on UFCStats
WSergio MoraesSep 2017KO R10:05 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 48 · 33%
Total strikes
16 of 48 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:48
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 25%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 0%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WSean StricklandApr 2017U-DEC8:08 ctrl90 str2 td
Significant strikes
90 of 171 · 53%
Total strikes
117 of 200 · 59%
Takedowns
2 of 8 · 25%
Control
8:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 26%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 7%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats
WWarlley AlvesNov 2016U-DEC5:21 ctrl71 str1 td
Significant strikes
71 of 150 · 47%
Total strikes
129 of 216 · 60%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
5:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 82%Body 15%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 4%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlexander YakovlevJul 2016U-DEC13:02 ctrl41 str5 td
Significant strikes
41 of 67 · 61%
Total strikes
155 of 195 · 79%
Takedowns
5 of 9 · 56%
Control
13:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 24%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 2%Ground 98%
This fight on UFCStats
WLeon EdwardsDec 2015U-DEC10:46 ctrl48 str6 td
Significant strikes
48 of 80 · 60%
Total strikes
126 of 163 · 77%
Takedowns
6 of 13 · 46%
Control
10:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 25%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 25%Ground 52%
This fight on UFCStats
WHayder HassanJul 2015SUB R25:09 ctrl15 str6 td
Significant strikes
15 of 26 · 58%
Total strikes
31 of 43 · 72%
Takedowns
6 of 8 · 75%
Control
5:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:19
Arm Triangle From Mount
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 27%Clinch 27%Ground 47%
This fight on UFCStats

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