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Maki Pitolo

13-9-0
35y·5' 10"·75" reach·Orthodox
3:21
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.17
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
100%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
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 December 2021. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in February 2021, 131 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 Dec 2021

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 6 recorded bouts, 217 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 70%Body 24%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 6%Ground 5%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body68%
Legs88%
Distance40%
Clinch87%
Ground55%

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.

2Wins2 KO
5Losses1 KO · 2 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.

10%
Potter
30%
Byrd
8%
Stewart
2%
Kasanganay
64%
Marquez
0%
Todorovic

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
R13.32100%6
R25.19156%4
R32.7382%3

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.1
Strikes absorbed / min3.93
Striking accuracyof everything thrown44%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed55%
Takedowns / 15 min2.24
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land52%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed50%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.03
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 6 bouts9.8m

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.

40.5%
Landed at range
477 thrown over 6 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

LDusko TodorovicDec 2021KO R10:00 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 29 · 45%
Total strikes
13 of 29 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:34
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 38%Body 38%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJulian MarquezFeb 2021SUB R39:07 ctrl32 str5 td
Significant strikes
32 of 65 · 49%
Total strikes
70 of 110 · 64%
Takedowns
5 of 11 · 45%
Control
9:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 4:17
Anaconda Choke On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 38%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 22%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
LImpa KasanganayAug 2020U-DEC0:16 ctrl71 str0 td
Significant strikes
71 of 173 · 41%
Total strikes
72 of 174 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 18%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDarren StewartAug 2020SUB R10:17 ctrl12 str1 td
Significant strikes
12 of 31 · 39%
Total strikes
14 of 33 · 42%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:41
Guillotine Choke From Bottom Half Guard
Target
Head 58%Body 33%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCharles ByrdJun 2020KO R21:52 ctrl29 str3 td
Significant strikes
29 of 59 · 49%
Total strikes
33 of 65 · 51%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
1:52
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:10
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 69%Body 31%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 17%Ground 28%
This fight on UFCStats
LCallan PotterOct 2019U-DEC1:34 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 155 · 39%
Total strikes
103 of 198 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:34
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 82%Body 15%Legs 3%
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.