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Ken Shamrock

28-17-2
62y·6' 1"·72" reach·Orthodox
0:26
Control / 15m
time on top
-2.83
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
100%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.9
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 117 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 68%Body 26%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 20%Clinch 23%Ground 57%
And how often each lands
Head33%
Body88%
Legs100%
Distance16%
Clinch68%
Ground68%

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.

8Wins3 KO · 5 SUB
9Losses6 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.

Mitchell
Leninger
Gracie
Severn
Taktarov
Leopoldo
Severn
Johnston
0%
Ortiz
9%
Leopoldo
16%
Franklin
5%
Ortiz
0%
Ortiz

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
R11.90100%13
R20.7841%4
R31.132

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.47
Strikes absorbed / min4.3
Striking accuracyof everything thrown46%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed39%
Takedowns / 15 min0.94
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land60%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed44%
Sub attempts / 15 min2.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.77
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts5.8m

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.

13.9%
Landed at range
36 thrown over 4 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

It takes 5 bouts before this comparison says anything. There are 4 here, so it's only showing what they actually landed.

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

LTito OrtizOct 2006KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
7 of 7 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:23
Punches to Head From Guard
This fight on UFCStats
LTito OrtizJul 2006KO R10:04 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Total strikes
3 of 6 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:18
Elbows to Head From Guard
This fight on UFCStats
LRich FranklinApr 2005KO R10:26 ctrl0 str1 td
Significant strikes
0 of 4 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 4 · 0%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:42
Punches to Head On Ground
This fight on UFCStats
WKimo LeopoldoJun 2004KO R10:08 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 15 · 80%
Total strikes
14 of 17 · 82%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:26
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 25%Body 75%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 92%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LTito OrtizNov 2002KO R30:01 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 44 · 27%
Total strikes
48 of 84 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 5:00
to Corner Stoppage
Target
Head 67%Body 25%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 58%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrian JohnstonDec 1996SUB R1 ctrl22 str1 td
Significant strikes
22 of 39 · 56%
Total strikes
70 of 91 · 77%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 5:48
Forearm Choke From Guard
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
LDan SevernMay 1996S-DEC R3 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 81 · 22%
Total strikes
59 of 122 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, R3 3:00
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 44%Clinch 6%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WKimo LeopoldoFeb 1996SUB R1 ctrl0 str1 td
Significant strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Total strikes
13 of 14 · 93%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:24
Kneebar From Bottom Guard
This fight on UFCStats
DOleg TaktarovSep 1995— R2 ctrl29 str1 td
Significant strikes
29 of 58 · 50%
Total strikes
180 of 222 · 81%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Other, R2 3:00
Time Expired
Target
Head 90%Body 7%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 28%Clinch 14%Ground 59%
This fight on UFCStats
WDan SevernJul 1995SUB R1 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Total strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:14
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 50%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
DRoyce GracieApr 1995— R2 ctrl10 str1 td
Significant strikes
10 of 22 · 45%
Total strikes
98 of 123 · 80%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Other, R2 5:00
Time Expired
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 0%Ground 90%
This fight on UFCStats
WChristophe LeningerSep 1994KO R1 ctrl8 str1 td
Significant strikes
8 of 9 · 89%
Total strikes
16 of 20 · 80%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:49
Punches to Head From Half Guard Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 63%Body 38%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WFelix Lee MitchellSep 1994SUB R1 ctrl4 str1 td
Significant strikes
4 of 4 · 100%
Total strikes
7 of 7 · 100%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:34
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 25%Body 50%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 75%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats

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