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Matt Serra

11-7-0
52y·5' 6"·68" reach·Orthodox
5:08
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.66
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
43%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 333 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 51%Body 34%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 18%Ground 23%
And how often each lands
Head27%
Body76%
Legs86%
Distance32%
Clinch70%
Ground54%

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.

7Wins2 KO · 1 SUB · 4 DEC
7Losses2 KO · 5 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.

31%
Carter
56%
Edwards
80%
Dullanty
29%
Penn
9%
Thomas
87%
Curran
88%
Menjivar
6%
Parisyan
55%
Lytle
0%
St-Pierre
0%
St-Pierre
6%
Hughes
2%
Trigg
0%
Lytle

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
R12.46100%14
R21.7772%11
R31.5864%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.98
Strikes absorbed / min2.64
Striking accuracyof everything thrown39%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed46%
Takedowns / 15 min2.05
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land20%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed38%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.9
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.62
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 14 bouts12.0m

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.

32.4%
Landed at range
611 thrown over 14 bouts
34.2%
Expected
against these opponents
−1.8pp
Gap
below 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

LChris LytleSep 2010U-DEC0:00 ctrl124 str0 td
Significant strikes
124 of 298 · 42%
Total strikes
133 of 311 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 39%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrank TriggFeb 2010KO R10:03 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 36 · 33%
Total strikes
12 of 36 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:23
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 58%Body 25%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt HughesMay 2009U-DEC0:53 ctrl14 str1 td
Significant strikes
14 of 41 · 34%
Total strikes
36 of 63 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:53
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 21%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 7%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LGeorges St-PierreApr 2008KO R20:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 18 · 17%
Total strikes
10 of 25 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:45
Knees to Body On Ground
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGeorges St-PierreApr 2007KO R10:00 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Total strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:25
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 65%Body 15%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 0%Ground 35%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris LytleNov 2006S-DEC8:14 ctrl20 str1 td
Significant strikes
20 of 39 · 51%
Total strikes
91 of 114 · 80%
Takedowns
1 of 16 · 6%
Control
8:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 35%Body 35%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 15%Clinch 75%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LKaro ParisyanJun 2005U-DEC0:55 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 65 · 40%
Total strikes
52 of 91 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:55
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
2
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 15%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 12%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WIvan MenjivarJun 2004U-DEC13:16 ctrl14 str6 td
Significant strikes
14 of 40 · 35%
Total strikes
67 of 108 · 62%
Takedowns
6 of 7 · 86%
Control
13:16
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 36%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 14%Clinch 14%Ground 71%
This fight on UFCStats
WJeff CurranJan 2004U-DEC13:07 ctrl45 str6 td
Significant strikes
45 of 80 · 56%
Total strikes
118 of 159 · 74%
Takedowns
6 of 10 · 60%
Control
13:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 33%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 24%Ground 71%
This fight on UFCStats
LDin ThomasFeb 2003S-DEC1:25 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 81 · 32%
Total strikes
42 of 97 · 43%
Takedowns
1 of 28 · 4%
Control
1:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 19%Body 58%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 65%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBJ PennSep 2002U-DEC4:19 ctrl8 str1 td
Significant strikes
8 of 49 · 16%
Total strikes
22 of 63 · 35%
Takedowns
1 of 17 · 6%
Control
4:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 25%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 63%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKelly DullantyMar 2002SUB R12:22 ctrl2 str1 td
Significant strikes
2 of 8 · 25%
Total strikes
14 of 20 · 70%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
2:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:58
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WYves EdwardsSep 2001M-DEC8:27 ctrl9 str3 td
Significant strikes
9 of 17 · 53%
Total strikes
20 of 31 · 65%
Takedowns
3 of 12 · 25%
Control
8:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 44%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
LShonie CarterMay 2001KO R34:33 ctrl10 str2 td
Significant strikes
10 of 25 · 40%
Total strikes
27 of 44 · 61%
Takedowns
2 of 13 · 15%
Control
4:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
3
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:51
Spinning Back Fist Head
Target
Head 50%Body 20%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 30%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats

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