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Kyle Daukaus

17-5-0 (1 NC)
33y·6' 2"·76" reach·Southpaw
6:08
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.22
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
60%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
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 June 2022. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Jun 2026

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in October 2021, 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 Jun 2026

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 10 recorded bouts, 197 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 73%Body 14%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 13%Ground 18%
And how often each lands
Head43%
Body74%
Legs87%
Distance44%
Clinch81%
Ground62%

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.

5Wins1 KO · 2 SUB · 2 DEC
5Losses3 KO · 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.

52%
Allen
58%
Stoltzfus
28%
Hawes
58%
Holland
84%
Pickett
0%
Dolidze
9%
Anders
16%
Pereira
34%
Meerschaert
0%
Nickal

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
R12.42100%10
R23.65151%4
R33.00124%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.16
Strikes absorbed / min2.94
Striking accuracyof everything thrown53%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed42%
Takedowns / 15 min1.97
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land25%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed79%
Sub attempts / 15 min2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.1
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 10 bouts6.9m

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.

43.4%
Landed at range
302 thrown over 9 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

LBo NickalJun 2026KO R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 7 · 29%
Total strikes
26 of 31 · 84%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:34
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGerald MeerschaertNov 2025SUB R10:17 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 11 · 73%
Total strikes
8 of 11 · 73%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:50
D'Arce Choke On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichel PereiraAug 2025KO R10:07 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 8 · 63%
Total strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:43
Elbows to Head From Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 20%Clinch 0%Ground 80%
This fight on UFCStats
LEryk AndersDec 2022KO R20:44 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 79 · 47%
Total strikes
38 of 83 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 8 · 0%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:45
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 38%Body 22%Legs 41%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRoman DolidzeJun 2022KO R10:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 9 · 44%
Total strikes
5 of 10 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:13
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 25%Body 25%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJamie PickettFeb 2022SUB R14:12 ctrl6 str3 td
Significant strikes
6 of 9 · 67%
Total strikes
19 of 29 · 66%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
4:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:59
D'Arce Choke From Half Guard
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
NCKevin HollandOct 2021NC R12:10 ctrl9 str1 td
Significant strikes
9 of 13 · 69%
Total strikes
19 of 25 · 76%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
2:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
Overturned, R1 3:43
Daukaus submission overturned on replay
Target
Head 56%Body 33%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 22%Clinch 44%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LPhil HawesMay 2021U-DEC4:13 ctrl28 str0 td
Significant strikes
28 of 82 · 34%
Total strikes
52 of 113 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 7 · 0%
Control
4:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 21%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDustin StoltzfusNov 2020U-DEC8:40 ctrl64 str2 td
Significant strikes
64 of 122 · 52%
Total strikes
113 of 183 · 62%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
8:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 88%Body 11%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 22%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
LBrendan AllenJun 2020U-DEC7:44 ctrl34 str3 td
Significant strikes
34 of 58 · 59%
Total strikes
92 of 127 · 72%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
7:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 9%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 6%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats

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