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Phil Davis

17-4-0 (1 NC)
41y·6' 2"·79" reach·Orthodox
5:03
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.52
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
33%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 485 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 56%Body 31%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 13%Ground 38%
And how often each lands
Head26%
Body59%
Legs65%
Distance23%
Clinch70%
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.

9Wins3 SUB · 6 DEC
3Losses3 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%
Stann
75%
Gustafsson
76%
Wallace
60%
Boetsch
41%
Nogueira
8%
Evans
0%
Prado
62%
Prado
6%
Magalhaes
8%
Machida
4%
Johnson
54%
Teixeira
10%
Bader

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
R13.22100%13
R23.0394%11
R32.4275%9
R42.001
R51.801

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.85
Strikes absorbed / min1.33
Striking accuracyof everything thrown34%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed72%
Takedowns / 15 min2.99
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land38%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed72%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together4.18
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts13.0m

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.

23.2%
Landed at range
1,039 thrown over 13 bouts
30.6%
Expected
against these opponents
−7.4pp
Gap
below expected
80.3%
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 BaderJan 2015S-DEC1:28 ctrl35 str0 td
Significant strikes
35 of 129 · 27%
Total strikes
51 of 145 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 9 · 0%
Control
1:28
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 31%Body 43%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGlover TeixeiraOct 2014U-DEC8:06 ctrl49 str9 td
Significant strikes
49 of 145 · 34%
Total strikes
109 of 214 · 51%
Takedowns
9 of 18 · 50%
Control
8:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 22%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 4%Ground 63%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony JohnsonApr 2014U-DEC0:32 ctrl21 str0 td
Significant strikes
21 of 127 · 17%
Total strikes
27 of 133 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 8 · 0%
Control
0:32
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 29%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 14%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WLyoto MachidaAug 2013U-DEC1:12 ctrl21 str2 td
Significant strikes
21 of 90 · 23%
Total strikes
29 of 98 · 30%
Takedowns
2 of 10 · 20%
Control
1:12
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 19%Body 38%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 5%Ground 24%
This fight on UFCStats
WVinny MagalhaesApr 2013U-DEC0:53 ctrl79 str0 td
Significant strikes
79 of 268 · 29%
Total strikes
83 of 272 · 31%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 91%Body 6%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WWagner PradoOct 2012SUB R25:52 ctrl29 str5 td
Significant strikes
29 of 49 · 59%
Total strikes
59 of 82 · 72%
Takedowns
5 of 6 · 83%
Control
5:52
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 4:29
Anaconda Choke On Ground
Target
Head 55%Body 38%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 17%Ground 72%
This fight on UFCStats
NCWagner PradoAug 2012NC R10:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 12 · 33%
Total strikes
4 of 12 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Could not continue, R1 1:28
Eye Poke by Davis
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRashad EvansJan 2012U-DEC2:07 ctrl51 str2 td
Significant strikes
51 of 197 · 26%
Total strikes
61 of 208 · 29%
Takedowns
2 of 9 · 22%
Control
2:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 41%Body 33%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 27%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRogerio NogueiraMar 2011U-DEC6:09 ctrl42 str4 td
Significant strikes
42 of 101 · 42%
Total strikes
72 of 143 · 50%
Takedowns
4 of 11 · 36%
Control
6:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 38%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 12%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats
WTim BoetschNov 2010SUB R24:45 ctrl33 str2 td
Significant strikes
33 of 75 · 44%
Total strikes
51 of 98 · 52%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
4:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:55
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 30%Body 45%Legs 24%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 21%Ground 36%
This fight on UFCStats
WRodney WallaceAug 2010U-DEC11:23 ctrl59 str3 td
Significant strikes
59 of 92 · 64%
Total strikes
97 of 137 · 71%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
11:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 32%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 12%Clinch 12%Ground 76%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlexander GustafssonApr 2010SUB R13:40 ctrl14 str1 td
Significant strikes
14 of 18 · 78%
Total strikes
28 of 34 · 82%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
3:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:55
Anaconda Choke From Front Headlock
Target
Head 29%Body 29%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 43%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrian StannFeb 2010U-DEC10:43 ctrl48 str3 td
Significant strikes
48 of 103 · 47%
Total strikes
104 of 169 · 62%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
10:43
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 44%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 8%Ground 81%
This fight on UFCStats

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