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Khabib Nurmagomedov

29-0-0
37y·5' 10"·70" reach·Orthodox
8:16
Control / 15m
time on top
+2.35
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
54%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 705 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 86%Body 9%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 4%Ground 54%
And how often each lands
Head46%
Body75%
Legs92%
Distance34%
Clinch68%
Ground73%

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.

49%
Shalorus
29%
Tibau
11%
Tavares
70%
Trujillo
43%
Healy
65%
Anjos
64%
Horcher
70%
Johnson
70%
Barboza
42%
Iaquinta
68%
McGregor
73%
Poirier
14%
Gaethje

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
R13.91100%13
R24.84124%12
R32.9776%10
R45.192
R56.001

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.1
Strikes absorbed / min1.75
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed65%
Takedowns / 15 min5.32
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land48%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed84%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.85
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts13.2m

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.

33.8%
Landed at range
873 thrown over 12 bouts
34.1%
Expected
against these opponents
−0.3pp
Gap
below expected
85.6%
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

WJustin GaethjeOct 2020SUB R20:55 ctrl26 str2 td
Significant strikes
26 of 80 · 33%
Total strikes
26 of 80 · 33%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
0:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:34
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 69%Body 27%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 0%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WDustin PoirierSep 2019SUB R38:51 ctrl22 str7 td
Significant strikes
22 of 41 · 54%
Total strikes
54 of 77 · 70%
Takedowns
7 of 8 · 88%
Control
8:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:06
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 73%Body 14%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 45%Clinch 5%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WConor McGregorOct 2018SUB R412:14 ctrl70 str3 td
Significant strikes
70 of 119 · 59%
Total strikes
104 of 157 · 66%
Takedowns
3 of 7 · 43%
Control
12:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R4 3:03
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 83%Body 16%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 34%Clinch 1%Ground 64%
This fight on UFCStats
WAl IaquintaApr 2018U-DEC10:33 ctrl134 str6 td
Significant strikes
134 of 304 · 44%
Total strikes
172 of 352 · 49%
Takedowns
6 of 15 · 40%
Control
10:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 91%Body 5%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 0%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
WEdson BarbozaDec 2017U-DEC10:31 ctrl89 str4 td
Significant strikes
89 of 177 · 50%
Total strikes
154 of 246 · 63%
Takedowns
4 of 13 · 31%
Control
10:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 9%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 36%Clinch 2%Ground 62%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichael JohnsonNov 2016SUB R38:44 ctrl94 str2 td
Significant strikes
94 of 142 · 66%
Total strikes
140 of 190 · 74%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
8:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:31
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 99%Body 1%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 5%Clinch 1%Ground 94%
This fight on UFCStats
WDarrell HorcherApr 2016KO R25:33 ctrl75 str2 td
Significant strikes
75 of 105 · 71%
Total strikes
107 of 139 · 77%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
5:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:38
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 97%Body 0%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 1%Ground 95%
This fight on UFCStats
WRafael Dos AnjosApr 2014U-DEC9:47 ctrl36 str6 td
Significant strikes
36 of 97 · 37%
Total strikes
72 of 135 · 53%
Takedowns
6 of 12 · 50%
Control
9:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 17%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 39%Clinch 11%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WPat HealySep 2013U-DEC6:30 ctrl54 str5 td
Significant strikes
54 of 130 · 42%
Total strikes
90 of 169 · 53%
Takedowns
5 of 11 · 45%
Control
6:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 17%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 4%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WAbel TrujilloMay 2013U-DEC10:26 ctrl23 str21 td
Significant strikes
23 of 40 · 57%
Total strikes
46 of 68 · 68%
Takedowns
21 of 27 · 78%
Control
10:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 70%Body 13%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 26%Clinch 9%Ground 65%
This fight on UFCStats
WThiago TavaresJan 2013KO R10:13 ctrl22 str0 td
Significant strikes
22 of 31 · 71%
Total strikes
22 of 31 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:13
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:55
Elbows to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 0%Ground 77%
This fight on UFCStats
WGleison TibauJul 2012U-DEC4:25 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 101 · 25%
Total strikes
33 of 112 · 29%
Takedowns
0 of 13 · 0%
Control
4:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 28%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 40%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKamal ShalorusJan 2012SUB R35:59 ctrl35 str3 td
Significant strikes
35 of 77 · 45%
Total strikes
59 of 106 · 56%
Takedowns
3 of 9 · 33%
Control
5:59
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:08
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 91%Body 9%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 9%Ground 49%
This fight on UFCStats

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