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Marc-Andre Barriault

17-11-0 (1 NC)
36y·6' 1"·74" reach·Orthodox
1:33
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.29
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
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 February 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 Nov 2024

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in June 2020, 123 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 Nov 2024

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 17 recorded bouts, 995 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 72%Body 20%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 28%Ground 7%
And how often each lands
Head41%
Body76%
Legs83%
Distance40%
Clinch70%
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.

6Wins3 KO · 1 SUB · 2 DEC
10Losses3 KO · 1 SUB · 6 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.

1%
Sanchez
15%
Jotko
1%
Park
18%
Piechota
40%
Azaitar
3%
Lungiambula
0%
Njokuani
2%
Wright
4%
Hernandez
16%
Marquez
4%
Anders
0%
Curtis
0%
Pyfer
0%
Stoltzfus
21%
Silva
30%
Magomedov
0%
Oleksiejczuk

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
R13.62100%17
R27.36203%12
R36.56181%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.65
Strikes absorbed / min5.94
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed49%
Takedowns / 15 min0.34
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land28%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed68%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.1
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together11.59
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 17 bouts10.4m

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.

40.0%
Landed at range
1,620 thrown over 16 bouts
43.3%
Expected
against these opponents
−3.3pp
Gap
below expected
76.4%
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

LMichal OleksiejczukFeb 2026U-DEC0:02 ctrl77 str0 td
Significant strikes
77 of 201 · 38%
Total strikes
79 of 204 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 21%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 23%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LShara MagomedovJul 2025U-DEC4:30 ctrl39 str2 td
Significant strikes
39 of 77 · 51%
Total strikes
60 of 100 · 60%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
4:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 33%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 46%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBruno SilvaMay 2025KO R10:18 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 24 · 58%
Total strikes
14 of 24 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:27
Elbows to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 79%Body 21%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 50%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin StoltzfusNov 2024KO R10:01 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 11 · 64%
Total strikes
13 of 17 · 76%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:28
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 100%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoe PyferJun 2024KO R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 5 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 5 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:25
Punch to Head At Distance
This fight on UFCStats
LChris CurtisJan 2024S-DEC0:00 ctrl122 str0 td
Significant strikes
122 of 243 · 50%
Total strikes
124 of 245 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 27%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 14%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEryk AndersJun 2023U-DEC0:40 ctrl95 str0 td
Significant strikes
95 of 192 · 49%
Total strikes
103 of 200 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 34%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 27%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WJulian MarquezMar 2023KO R21:29 ctrl109 str0 td
Significant strikes
109 of 222 · 49%
Total strikes
127 of 246 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:12
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 45%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony HernandezSep 2022SUB R30:25 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 53 · 47%
Total strikes
34 of 62 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 1:53
Arm Triangle From Mount
Target
Head 64%Body 36%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 40%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJordan WrightApr 2022SUB R10:03 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 17 · 76%
Total strikes
17 of 21 · 81%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R1 2:36
Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 85%Body 15%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 15%Clinch 69%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LChidi NjokuaniFeb 2022KO R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 2 · 100%
Total strikes
2 of 2 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:16
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDalcha LungiambulaSep 2021U-DEC0:31 ctrl118 str0 td
Significant strikes
118 of 289 · 41%
Total strikes
128 of 299 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 20%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAbu AzaitarMar 2021KO R36:00 ctrl141 str0 td
Significant strikes
141 of 275 · 51%
Total strikes
190 of 339 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
6:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:56
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 89%Body 6%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 11%Ground 30%
This fight on UFCStats
NCOskar PiechotaJun 2020NC R21:45 ctrl74 str1 td
Significant strikes
74 of 137 · 54%
Total strikes
74 of 137 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:45
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Overturned, R2 4:50
Failed Drug Test by Barriault
Target
Head 82%Body 7%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 31%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
LJunYong ParkDec 2019U-DEC0:07 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 160 · 32%
Total strikes
57 of 166 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 16%Legs 41%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LKrzysztof JotkoJul 2019S-DEC2:15 ctrl39 str1 td
Significant strikes
39 of 77 · 51%
Total strikes
62 of 102 · 61%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
2:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 28%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 46%Clinch 54%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAndrew SanchezMay 2019U-DEC0:05 ctrl69 str0 td
Significant strikes
69 of 130 · 53%
Total strikes
76 of 137 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 17%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 51%Clinch 42%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats

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