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Luke Rockhold

16-6-0
41y·6' 3"·77" reach·Southpaw
3:18
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.42
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
87%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 376 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 59%Body 26%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 7%Ground 34%
And how often each lands
Head47%
Body78%
Legs85%
Distance49%
Clinch74%
Ground74%

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.

15Wins6 KO · 7 SUB · 2 DEC
5Losses4 KO · 1 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%
Belfort
10%
Philippou
74%
Boetsch
5%
Bisping
42%
Machida
30%
Weidman
0%
Bisping
41%
Branch
0%
Romero
52%
Blachowicz
5%
Costa

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
R12.82100%11
R25.79205%7
R37.37262%3
R46.251

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.1
Strikes absorbed / min2.68
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed53%
Takedowns / 15 min0.7
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land29%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed65%
Sub attempts / 15 min1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.78
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts7.7m

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.

49.1%
Landed at range
454 thrown over 11 bouts
34.7%
Expected
against these opponents
+14.4pp
Gap
above expected
90.0%
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

LPaulo CostaAug 2022U-DEC0:47 ctrl51 str1 td
Significant strikes
51 of 70 · 73%
Total strikes
57 of 78 · 73%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 45%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 4%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LJan BlachowiczJul 2019KO R23:26 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 36 · 39%
Total strikes
17 of 39 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
3:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:39
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 29%Body 57%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 36%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LYoel RomeroFeb 2018KO R30:00 ctrl45 str0 td
Significant strikes
45 of 119 · 38%
Total strikes
45 of 119 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:48
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 49%Body 22%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid BranchSep 2017KO R23:41 ctrl58 str2 td
Significant strikes
58 of 85 · 68%
Total strikes
68 of 97 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
3:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:05
Punches to Head From Back Control Submission to Strikes
Target
Head 69%Body 14%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 36%Clinch 5%Ground 59%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichael BispingJun 2016KO R10:00 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 37 · 46%
Total strikes
17 of 37 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:36
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 35%Body 47%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris WeidmanDec 2015KO R45:30 ctrl126 str2 td
Significant strikes
126 of 191 · 66%
Total strikes
161 of 229 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
5:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 3:12
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 76%Body 14%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 7%Ground 58%
This fight on UFCStats
WLyoto MachidaApr 2015SUB R23:11 ctrl23 str1 td
Significant strikes
23 of 44 · 52%
Total strikes
39 of 63 · 62%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:31
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 61%Body 17%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 4%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichael BispingNov 2014SUB R20:17 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 41 · 49%
Total strikes
20 of 41 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 0:57
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 35%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 5%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WTim BoetschApr 2014SUB R11:35 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 4 · 100%
Total strikes
9 of 9 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:08
Kimura On Ground
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 25%Clinch 0%Ground 75%
This fight on UFCStats
WConstantinos PhilippouJan 2014KO R10:15 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Total strikes
12 of 19 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:31
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 58%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 25%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LVitor BelfortMay 2013KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 15 · 40%
Total strikes
6 of 15 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:32
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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