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Nordine Taleb

15-7-0
45y·6' 1"·74" reach·Orthodox
3:32
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.04
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
29%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.4
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 12 recorded bouts, 453 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 49%Body 23%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 7%Ground 14%
And how often each lands
Head38%
Body65%
Legs84%
Distance47%
Clinch79%
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.

7Wins2 KO · 5 DEC
5Losses2 KO · 2 SUB · 1 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.

71%
Grujic
17%
Jingliang
67%
Clements
12%
Alves
1%
Silva
0%
Ponzinibbio
30%
Enkamp
0%
Roberts
4%
Silva
0%
Strickland
0%
Prepolec
0%
Salikhov

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
R13.52100%12
R23.55101%9
R34.07116%6

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.66
Strikes absorbed / min2.62
Striking accuracyof everything thrown51%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed66%
Takedowns / 15 min1.94
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land76%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed73%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.28
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 12 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.

47.2%
Landed at range
752 thrown over 12 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

LMuslim SalikhovSep 2019KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 26 · 23%
Total strikes
6 of 26 · 23%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:26
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyle PrepolecMay 2019U-DEC0:03 ctrl90 str0 td
Significant strikes
90 of 201 · 45%
Total strikes
90 of 201 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 36%Body 30%Legs 34%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 0%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LSean StricklandOct 2018KO R20:00 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 95 · 51%
Total strikes
49 of 96 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:10
Punch to Head On Ground
Target
Head 23%Body 25%Legs 52%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LClaudio SilvaMay 2018SUB R10:11 ctrl6 str1 td
Significant strikes
6 of 12 · 50%
Total strikes
6 of 12 · 50%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:31
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 17%Body 50%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 33%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDanny RobertsDec 2017KO R10:00 ctrl5 str0 td
Significant strikes
5 of 5 · 100%
Total strikes
5 of 5 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:59
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 60%Body 20%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 0%Ground 20%
This fight on UFCStats
WOliver EnkampMay 2017U-DEC4:32 ctrl57 str2 td
Significant strikes
57 of 88 · 65%
Total strikes
71 of 103 · 69%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
4:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 16%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 68%Clinch 11%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LSantiago PonzinibbioFeb 2017U-DEC0:00 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 121 · 40%
Total strikes
57 of 130 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 31%Body 17%Legs 52%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WErick SilvaMar 2016KO R20:05 ctrl26 str1 td
Significant strikes
26 of 50 · 52%
Total strikes
26 of 50 · 52%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:34
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 38%Body 19%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 8%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LWarlley AlvesAug 2015SUB R21:04 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 34 · 50%
Total strikes
30 of 47 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:11
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 47%Body 29%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 24%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris ClementsApr 2015U-DEC10:02 ctrl36 str6 td
Significant strikes
36 of 64 · 56%
Total strikes
64 of 97 · 66%
Takedowns
6 of 6 · 100%
Control
10:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 19%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 14%Ground 53%
This fight on UFCStats
WLi JingliangOct 2014S-DEC2:29 ctrl66 str2 td
Significant strikes
66 of 115 · 57%
Total strikes
92 of 141 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
2:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 74%Body 11%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WVik GrujicApr 2014U-DEC10:41 ctrl48 str4 td
Significant strikes
48 of 75 · 64%
Total strikes
131 of 161 · 81%
Takedowns
4 of 4 · 100%
Control
10:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 46%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 19%Clinch 19%Ground 63%
This fight on UFCStats

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