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Malcolm Gordon

14-8-0
36y·5' 7"·71" reach·Switch
4:43
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.50
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
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 November 2020. 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 Mar 2023

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 7 recorded bouts, 109 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 87%Body 6%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 14%Ground 37%
And how often each lands
Head43%
Body88%
Legs64%
Distance32%
Clinch88%
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.

2Wins1 KO · 1 DEC
5Losses2 KO · 3 SUB

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.

8%
Albazi
0%
Sumudaerji
40%
Figueiredo
18%
Bondar
20%
Mokaev
0%
Hadley
67%
Flick

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
R12.02100%7
R24.07202%3
R31.812

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.5
Strikes absorbed / min2
Striking accuracyof everything thrown45%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed43%
Takedowns / 15 min1.72
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land35%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed26%
Sub attempts / 15 min1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.5
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 7 bouts6.2m

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.

32.0%
Landed at range
169 thrown over 7 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

LJimmy FlickJan 2024SUB R24:13 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 70 · 53%
Total strikes
74 of 116 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
4:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:17
Arm Triangle From Half Guard
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 49%Clinch 14%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
LJake HadleyMar 2023KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 15 · 20%
Total strikes
3 of 15 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:01
Punch to Body At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMuhammad MokaevOct 2022SUB R32:49 ctrl17 str1 td
Significant strikes
17 of 38 · 45%
Total strikes
38 of 62 · 61%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 4:26
Armbar From Back Control
Target
Head 88%Body 12%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 29%Ground 41%
This fight on UFCStats
WDenys BondarFeb 2022KO R10:15 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 11 · 27%
Total strikes
6 of 15 · 40%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:22
to Arm Injury
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrancisco FigueiredoJul 2021U-DEC6:01 ctrl46 str2 td
Significant strikes
46 of 84 · 55%
Total strikes
100 of 145 · 69%
Takedowns
2 of 11 · 18%
Control
6:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 4%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 11%Ground 41%
This fight on UFCStats
LSumudaerjiNov 2020KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 6 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 6 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:44
Punches to Head At Distance
This fight on UFCStats
LAmir AlbaziJul 2020SUB R10:22 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 16 · 19%
Total strikes
5 of 18 · 28%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 4:42
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
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.