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Ovince Saint Preux

27-18-0
43y·6' 3"·80" reach·Southpaw
1:44
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.30
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
67%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.8
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss October 2016. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Feb 2023

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in October 2016, 127 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Feb 2023

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 28 recorded bouts, 793 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 60%Body 27%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 9%Ground 8%
And how often each lands
Head37%
Body70%
Legs76%
Distance43%
Clinch67%
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.

21Wins9 KO · 5 SUB · 7 DEC
14Losses4 KO · 4 SUB · 6 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.

7%
Villante
8%
Donovan
69%
Krylov
28%
Jimmo
7%
Bader
18%
Rua
1%
Cummins
11%
Teixeira
44%
Cavalcante
0%
Jones
45%
Manuwa
4%
Oezdemir
25%
Lima
93%
Okami
0%
Anderson
0%
Latifi
20%
Pedro
10%
Reyes
43%
Krylov
11%
Oleksiejczuk
2%
Rothwell
1%
Menifield
0%
Hill
16%
Boser
2%
Rua
0%
Lins
1%
Nzechukwu
3%
Spann

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
R12.53100%28
R23.29130%19
R34.83191%11
R41.202
R51.702

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.03
Strikes absorbed / min3.33
Striking accuracyof everything thrown47%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed47%
Takedowns / 15 min1.09
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land36%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed67%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.36
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 28 bouts9.2m

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.

42.8%
Landed at range
1,526 thrown over 27 bouts
39.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+3.8pp
Gap
above expected
66.5%
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 SpannOct 2024SUB R10:03 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Total strikes
7 of 10 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:35
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 29%Body 0%Legs 71%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKennedy NzechukwuMar 2024S-DEC0:06 ctrl143 str0 td
Significant strikes
143 of 276 · 52%
Total strikes
143 of 276 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 22%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LPhilipe LinsFeb 2023KO R10:00 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Total strikes
1 of 3 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:49
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 0%Legs 100%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMauricio RuaMay 2022S-DEC0:15 ctrl62 str0 td
Significant strikes
62 of 112 · 55%
Total strikes
62 of 112 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 29%Body 58%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTanner BoserJun 2021KO R21:12 ctrl9 str1 td
Significant strikes
9 of 21 · 43%
Total strikes
12 of 26 · 46%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
1:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:31
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 22%Body 67%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJamahal HillDec 2020KO R20:00 ctrl36 str0 td
Significant strikes
36 of 72 · 50%
Total strikes
37 of 73 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:37
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 19%Body 39%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlonzo MenifieldSep 2020KO R20:03 ctrl33 str0 td
Significant strikes
33 of 80 · 41%
Total strikes
33 of 80 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:07
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 36%Body 52%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBen RothwellMay 2020S-DEC0:22 ctrl42 str0 td
Significant strikes
42 of 82 · 51%
Total strikes
46 of 87 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:22
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 64%Body 31%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichal OleksiejczukSep 2019SUB R20:49 ctrl14 str1 td
Significant strikes
14 of 48 · 29%
Total strikes
20 of 54 · 37%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:46
Von Flue Choke From Side Control
Target
Head 36%Body 64%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LNikita KrylovApr 2019SUB R23:14 ctrl4 str3 td
Significant strikes
4 of 8 · 50%
Total strikes
8 of 12 · 67%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
3:14
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R2 2:30
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 25%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
LDominick ReyesOct 2018U-DEC1:33 ctrl38 str1 td
Significant strikes
38 of 71 · 54%
Total strikes
39 of 72 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 9 · 11%
Control
1:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 24%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTyson PedroJun 2018SUB R10:35 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 12 · 58%
Total strikes
13 of 18 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:54
Armbar From Half Guard
Target
Head 71%Body 29%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 0%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats
LIlir LatifiFeb 2018SUB R10:00 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 24 · 29%
Total strikes
7 of 24 · 29%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:48
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 29%Body 29%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCorey AndersonNov 2017KO R30:02 ctrl23 str0 td
Significant strikes
23 of 49 · 47%
Total strikes
30 of 56 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:25
Kick to Head At Distance
Target
Head 74%Body 13%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 26%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WYushin OkamiSep 2017SUB R11:42 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
3 of 3 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:50
Von Flue Choke From Half Guard Technical Submission
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcos Rogerio de LimaApr 2017SUB R21:49 ctrl21 str1 td
Significant strikes
21 of 41 · 51%
Total strikes
30 of 50 · 60%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:11
Von Flue Choke From Half Guard
Target
Head 71%Body 19%Legs 10%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 5%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
LVolkan OezdemirFeb 2017S-DEC0:38 ctrl76 str0 td
Significant strikes
76 of 189 · 40%
Total strikes
79 of 192 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 4 · 0%
Control
0:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJimi ManuwaOct 2016KO R23:27 ctrl13 str2 td
Significant strikes
13 of 38 · 34%
Total strikes
17 of 44 · 39%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
3:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:38
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 54%Body 31%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 15%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LJon JonesApr 2016U-DEC0:00 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 160 · 36%
Total strikes
58 of 161 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 21%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 19%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRafael CavalcanteFeb 2016U-DEC6:34 ctrl51 str1 td
Significant strikes
51 of 102 · 50%
Total strikes
106 of 165 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
6:34
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 84%Body 12%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 10%Ground 55%
This fight on UFCStats
LGlover TeixeiraAug 2015SUB R31:26 ctrl30 str0 td
Significant strikes
30 of 54 · 56%
Total strikes
36 of 61 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
1:26
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 3:10
Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission
Target
Head 60%Body 40%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 30%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WPatrick CumminsApr 2015KO R10:04 ctrl18 str0 td
Significant strikes
18 of 41 · 44%
Total strikes
18 of 41 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:54
Punch to In Clinch
Target
Head 72%Body 28%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 61%Clinch 0%Ground 39%
This fight on UFCStats
WMauricio RuaNov 2014KO R10:06 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 15 · 60%
Total strikes
9 of 15 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:34
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 89%Body 11%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 22%Clinch 0%Ground 78%
This fight on UFCStats
LRyan BaderAug 2014U-DEC1:45 ctrl24 str2 td
Significant strikes
24 of 91 · 26%
Total strikes
30 of 97 · 31%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 71%Body 25%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRyan JimmoJun 2014KO R22:00 ctrl14 str2 td
Significant strikes
14 of 34 · 41%
Total strikes
20 of 40 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
2:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:10
to Verbal Submission - Arm Injury
Target
Head 50%Body 21%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 14%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
WNikita KrylovMar 2014SUB R11:01 ctrl1 str1 td
Significant strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Total strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:29
Von Flue Choke From Side Control Technical Submission
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCody DonovanAug 2013KO R10:10 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Total strikes
8 of 13 · 62%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:07
Punches to Head From Guard
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 0%Ground 100%
This fight on UFCStats
WGian VillanteApr 2013M-DEC R30:42 ctrl47 str0 td
Significant strikes
47 of 84 · 56%
Total strikes
57 of 94 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Majority decision, R3 0:33
Target
Head 70%Body 11%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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