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Mirko Filipovic

35-11-2 (1 NC)
52y·6' 2"·73" reach·Southpaw
1:55
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.22
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
89%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 236 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 71%Body 21%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 28%Ground 18%
And how often each lands
Head38%
Body76%
Legs75%
Distance34%
Clinch67%
Ground65%

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.

28Wins22 KO · 3 SUB · 3 DEC
10Losses6 KO · 1 SUB · 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.

21%
Sanchez
0%
Gonzaga
14%
Kongo
8%
Al-Turk
3%
Santos
35%
Perosh
31%
Barry
0%
Mir
13%
Schaub
4%
Nelson
7%
Gonzaga

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
R11.83100%11
R21.82100%8
R32.76151%7

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.11
Strikes absorbed / min1.89
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed63%
Takedowns / 15 min0.19
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land40%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed78%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.3
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts10.6m

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.

34.4%
Landed at range
372 thrown over 11 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

WGabriel GonzagaApr 2015KO R30:59 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 46 · 46%
Total strikes
32 of 59 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:30
Elbows to Head On Ground
Target
Head 95%Body 5%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 14%Ground 76%
This fight on UFCStats
LRoy NelsonOct 2011KO R30:27 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 59 · 51%
Total strikes
37 of 66 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:30
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 77%Body 23%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 47%Clinch 53%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBrendan SchaubMar 2011KO R31:51 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 39 · 54%
Total strikes
52 of 71 · 73%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:44
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 57%Body 38%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 24%Clinch 71%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrank MirSep 2010KO R30:00 ctrl19 str0 td
Significant strikes
19 of 69 · 28%
Total strikes
33 of 89 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:02
Knee to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 63%Body 21%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 32%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WPat BarryJun 2010SUB R34:27 ctrl42 str0 td
Significant strikes
42 of 100 · 42%
Total strikes
113 of 174 · 65%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
4:27
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:30
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 62%Body 24%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 29%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WAnthony PeroshFeb 2010DOC R23:32 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 63 · 46%
Total strikes
65 of 102 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R2 5:00
Facial Cut
Target
Head 79%Body 17%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 10%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
LJunior Dos SantosSep 2009KO R30:23 ctrl22 str0 td
Significant strikes
22 of 49 · 45%
Total strikes
24 of 51 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:00
Punches to Head At Distance Submission - Eye Injury
Target
Head 59%Body 23%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 18%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMostapha Al-TurkJun 2009KO R10:15 ctrl16 str1 td
Significant strikes
16 of 35 · 46%
Total strikes
18 of 37 · 49%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:06
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 94%Body 6%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 19%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
LCheick KongoSep 2007U-DEC2:05 ctrl15 str1 td
Significant strikes
15 of 33 · 45%
Total strikes
45 of 63 · 71%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 33%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 20%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
LGabriel GonzagaApr 2007KO R10:00 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Total strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:51
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEddie SanchezFeb 2007KO R10:58 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 39 · 51%
Total strikes
32 of 51 · 63%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:58
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:33
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 80%Body 15%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 5%Ground 35%
This fight on UFCStats

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