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Mike Pierce

17-7-0
46y·5' 8"·71" reach·Orthodox
7:03
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.26
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.7
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 442 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 64%Body 19%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 29%Ground 24%
And how often each lands
Head33%
Body73%
Legs86%
Distance31%
Clinch63%
Ground71%

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.

10Wins4 KO · 1 SUB · 5 DEC
5Losses1 SUB · 4 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.

79%
Larson
21%
Fitch
77%
Paulino
91%
Alves
72%
Robertson
21%
Hendricks
4%
Bradley
18%
Koscheck
75%
Rocha
21%
Simpson
67%
Baczynski
59%
Mitchell
26%
Palhares
16%
LaFlare

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
R11.88100%14
R23.02161%13
R33.24172%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.62
Strikes absorbed / min2.36
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed62%
Takedowns / 15 min3.08
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land42%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed71%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.98
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.

30.5%
Landed at range
695 thrown over 14 bouts
35.1%
Expected
against these opponents
−4.6pp
Gap
below expected
72.1%
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

LRyan LaFlareDec 2015U-DEC2:28 ctrl42 str0 td
Significant strikes
42 of 127 · 33%
Total strikes
44 of 130 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
2:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 17%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRousimar PalharesOct 2013SUB R10:08 ctrl2 str1 td
Significant strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Total strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:31
Heel Hook After Drop to Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid MitchellJul 2013KO R24:40 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 41 · 41%
Total strikes
25 of 49 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 4 · 0%
Control
4:40
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:55
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 65%Body 24%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 24%Clinch 53%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
WSeth BaczynskiDec 2012U-DEC10:02 ctrl16 str6 td
Significant strikes
16 of 48 · 33%
Total strikes
51 of 93 · 55%
Takedowns
6 of 12 · 50%
Control
10:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 19%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
WAaron SimpsonOct 2012KO R21:09 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 21 · 48%
Total strikes
21 of 32 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:09
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:29
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 10%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 20%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlos Eduardo RochaJun 2012U-DEC11:19 ctrl32 str3 td
Significant strikes
32 of 51 · 63%
Total strikes
117 of 149 · 79%
Takedowns
3 of 10 · 30%
Control
11:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 56%Body 9%Legs 34%
Position
Distance 16%Clinch 41%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
LJosh KoscheckFeb 2012S-DEC2:39 ctrl41 str1 td
Significant strikes
41 of 119 · 34%
Total strikes
62 of 141 · 44%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
2:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 20%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 22%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaul BradleyNov 2011S-DEC0:37 ctrl75 str0 td
Significant strikes
75 of 144 · 52%
Total strikes
133 of 206 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 19%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 17%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LJohny HendricksAug 2011S-DEC3:10 ctrl37 str1 td
Significant strikes
37 of 99 · 37%
Total strikes
81 of 145 · 56%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
3:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 24%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 57%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WKenny RobertsonFeb 2011KO R23:58 ctrl19 str2 td
Significant strikes
19 of 37 · 51%
Total strikes
33 of 51 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
3:58
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:29
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 79%Body 16%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 21%Ground 47%
This fight on UFCStats
WAmilcar AlvesAug 2010SUB R312:00 ctrl31 str4 td
Significant strikes
31 of 47 · 66%
Total strikes
87 of 110 · 79%
Takedowns
4 of 6 · 67%
Control
12:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 3:11
Armbar From Half Guard
Target
Head 35%Body 29%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 13%Ground 87%
This fight on UFCStats
WJulio PaulinoMar 2010U-DEC11:35 ctrl39 str6 td
Significant strikes
39 of 76 · 51%
Total strikes
90 of 131 · 69%
Takedowns
6 of 10 · 60%
Control
11:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 8%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 5%Ground 56%
This fight on UFCStats
LJon FitchDec 2009U-DEC3:10 ctrl54 str1 td
Significant strikes
54 of 174 · 31%
Total strikes
94 of 220 · 43%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
3:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 63%Body 22%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 52%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrock LarsonSep 2009U-DEC11:47 ctrl27 str6 td
Significant strikes
27 of 54 · 50%
Total strikes
122 of 152 · 80%
Takedowns
6 of 11 · 55%
Control
11:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 4%Body 37%Legs 59%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 33%Ground 63%
This fight on UFCStats

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