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Keita Nakamura

34-10-2 (1 NC)
42y·5' 11"·73" reach·Southpaw
2:16
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.97
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
40%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 337 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 79%Body 15%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 11%Ground 10%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body62%
Legs60%
Distance32%
Clinch66%
Ground61%

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.

5Wins2 SUB · 3 DEC
7Losses7 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.

0%
Larson
20%
Fickett
10%
Emerson
35%
Jingliang
27%
Breese
5%
Noke
51%
Santos
5%
Morono
11%
Martin
0%
Touahri
2%
Aliev

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
R11.75100%11
R22.69154%11
R31.97113%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.23
Strikes absorbed / min3.2
Striking accuracyof everything thrown36%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed58%
Takedowns / 15 min1.65
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land48%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed63%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.3
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.43
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts14.3m

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.

32.0%
Landed at range
834 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

LSultan AlievApr 2019U-DEC0:18 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 81 · 36%
Total strikes
57 of 109 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 24%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 14%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WSalim TouahriDec 2018S-DEC0:00 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 97 · 42%
Total strikes
55 of 112 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 4 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 5%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony Rocco MartinApr 2018U-DEC1:39 ctrl24 str2 td
Significant strikes
24 of 83 · 29%
Total strikes
26 of 85 · 31%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
1:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 25%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlex MoronoSep 2017S-DEC0:45 ctrl27 str2 td
Significant strikes
27 of 86 · 31%
Total strikes
29 of 88 · 33%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 41%Body 52%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosOct 2016U-DEC7:41 ctrl24 str5 td
Significant strikes
24 of 58 · 41%
Total strikes
64 of 113 · 57%
Takedowns
5 of 6 · 83%
Control
7:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 88%Body 13%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 13%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyle NokeJul 2016SUB R20:31 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 113 · 36%
Total strikes
45 of 117 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:31
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:59
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 80%Body 12%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 2%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
LTom BreeseFeb 2016U-DEC4:00 ctrl6 str3 td
Significant strikes
6 of 16 · 38%
Total strikes
16 of 27 · 59%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
4:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WLi JingliangSep 2015SUB R34:20 ctrl40 str0 td
Significant strikes
40 of 87 · 46%
Total strikes
85 of 138 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
4:20
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:17
Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission
Target
Head 90%Body 5%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 8%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
LRob EmersonFeb 2008S-DEC1:28 ctrl57 str4 td
Significant strikes
57 of 191 · 30%
Total strikes
66 of 203 · 33%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
1:28
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 18%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDrew FickettApr 2007U-DEC3:01 ctrl32 str2 td
Significant strikes
32 of 88 · 36%
Total strikes
49 of 118 · 42%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
3:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 91%Body 6%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 25%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
LBrock LarsonDec 2006U-DEC0:01 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 44 · 36%
Total strikes
75 of 104 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 88%Body 13%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 13%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats

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