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Matt Hamill

12-8-0
49y·6' 1"·76" reach·Orthodox
3:29
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.11
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
56%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 15 recorded bouts, 571 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 82%Body 4%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 10%Ground 22%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body68%
Legs73%
Distance36%
Clinch61%
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.

9Wins5 KO · 4 DEC
5Losses2 KO · 3 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.

61%
Forbes
68%
Petruzelli
24%
Holman
27%
Bisping
41%
Boetsch
5%
Franklin
6%
Andy
8%
Munoz
0%
Jones
10%
Jardine
26%
Ortiz
8%
Jackson
0%
Gustafsson
40%
Hollett
9%
Silva

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
R14.51100%15
R23.3073%11
R32.5557%8

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.69
Strikes absorbed / min3.8
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min3
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land34%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed91%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together7.49
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 15 bouts10.3m

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.

35.9%
Landed at range
1,082 thrown over 15 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

LThiago SilvaOct 2013U-DEC1:22 ctrl70 str3 td
Significant strikes
70 of 181 · 39%
Total strikes
74 of 186 · 40%
Takedowns
3 of 14 · 21%
Control
1:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 11%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoger HollettSep 2012U-DEC6:00 ctrl94 str6 td
Significant strikes
94 of 144 · 65%
Total strikes
151 of 216 · 70%
Takedowns
6 of 8 · 75%
Control
6:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 91%Body 0%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 24%Clinch 1%Ground 74%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlexander GustafssonAug 2011KO R20:00 ctrl13 str0 td
Significant strikes
13 of 34 · 38%
Total strikes
13 of 35 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 6 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:34
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LQuinton JacksonMay 2011U-DEC1:15 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 85 · 38%
Total strikes
34 of 87 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 17 · 0%
Control
1:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 3%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTito OrtizOct 2010U-DEC3:51 ctrl41 str3 td
Significant strikes
41 of 134 · 31%
Total strikes
58 of 154 · 38%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
3:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 5%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 0%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WKeith JardineJun 2010M-DEC1:30 ctrl77 str2 td
Significant strikes
77 of 199 · 39%
Total strikes
90 of 214 · 42%
Takedowns
2 of 9 · 22%
Control
1:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 87%Body 1%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJon JonesDec 2009DQ R10:00 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 17 · 29%
Total strikes
7 of 19 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Disqualification, R1 4:14
Illegal Elbows by Jones
Target
Head 40%Body 0%Legs 60%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMark MunozMar 2009KO R10:19 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 47 · 49%
Total strikes
40 of 64 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:53
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 78%Body 0%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 9%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WReese AndyDec 2008KO R20:25 ctrl40 str1 td
Significant strikes
40 of 115 · 35%
Total strikes
63 of 141 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:19
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 85%Body 13%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 10%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
LRich FranklinSep 2008KO R30:32 ctrl13 str1 td
Significant strikes
13 of 58 · 22%
Total strikes
17 of 62 · 27%
Takedowns
1 of 6 · 17%
Control
0:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:39
Kick to Body At Distance
Target
Head 54%Body 15%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 31%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WTim BoetschApr 2008KO R22:38 ctrl31 str1 td
Significant strikes
31 of 71 · 44%
Total strikes
53 of 96 · 55%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:25
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 97%Body 0%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 0%Ground 42%
This fight on UFCStats
LMichael BispingSep 2007S-DEC4:06 ctrl56 str6 td
Significant strikes
56 of 124 · 45%
Total strikes
88 of 165 · 53%
Takedowns
6 of 12 · 50%
Control
4:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 98%Body 2%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 2%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WRex HolmanMar 2007KO R10:58 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 49 · 59%
Total strikes
45 of 68 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:58
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:00
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 97%Body 3%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 34%Clinch 14%Ground 52%
This fight on UFCStats
WSeth PetruzelliOct 2006U-DEC10:09 ctrl14 str7 td
Significant strikes
14 of 40 · 35%
Total strikes
105 of 148 · 71%
Takedowns
7 of 11 · 64%
Control
10:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 79%Body 0%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 21%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
WJesse ForbesJun 2006KO R12:55 ctrl33 str1 td
Significant strikes
33 of 48 · 69%
Total strikes
93 of 117 · 79%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:47
Elbows to Head From Guard
Target
Head 91%Body 3%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 27%Clinch 48%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats

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