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Luke Sanders

13-5-0
40y·5' 6"·67" reach·Southpaw
2:40
Control / 15m
time on top
+2.24
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
75%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 8 recorded bouts, 416 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 81%Body 12%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 10%Ground 22%
And how often each lands
Head49%
Body76%
Legs77%
Distance45%
Clinch68%
Ground92%

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.

4Wins2 KO · 1 SUB · 1 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 3 SUB · 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.

6%
Blanco
44%
Alcantara
30%
Soukhamthath
9%
Williams
24%
Yahya
5%
Barao
9%
Maness
19%
Colares

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
R16.99100%8
R26.5293%6
R35.402

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min6.61
Strikes absorbed / min4.37
Striking accuracyof everything thrown52%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min0.71
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land30%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed72%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together10.98
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 8 bouts7.9m

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.

44.7%
Landed at range
530 thrown over 7 bouts
43.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+1.7pp
Gap
above expected
71.7%
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

LFelipe ColaresMay 2021U-DEC2:55 ctrl118 str2 td
Significant strikes
118 of 211 · 56%
Total strikes
131 of 225 · 58%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
2:55
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 79%Body 14%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 10%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LNate ManessNov 2020SUB R20:40 ctrl55 str0 td
Significant strikes
55 of 112 · 49%
Total strikes
63 of 120 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:29
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 73%Body 13%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRenan BaraoFeb 2019KO R20:18 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 75 · 52%
Total strikes
41 of 78 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:01
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 15%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 5%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LRani YahyaAug 2018SUB R10:22 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Total strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:31
Heel Hook On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WPatrick WilliamsApr 2018U-DEC1:18 ctrl59 str0 td
Significant strikes
59 of 140 · 42%
Total strikes
62 of 143 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:18
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 22%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 22%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
LAndre SoukhamthathDec 2017KO R21:49 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 67 · 34%
Total strikes
37 of 82 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:06
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LIuri AlcantaraMar 2017SUB R23:37 ctrl94 str1 td
Significant strikes
94 of 134 · 70%
Total strikes
134 of 182 · 74%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
3:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:13
Kneebar From Bottom
Target
Head 96%Body 4%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 4%Ground 80%
This fight on UFCStats
WMaximo BlancoJan 2016SUB R10:12 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 48 · 54%
Total strikes
27 of 49 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:38
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 81%Body 4%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 0%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats

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