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Rani Yahya

28-12-1 (1 NC)
41y·5' 6"·67" reach·Orthodox
5:45
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.37
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
65%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
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 April 2023. 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 Apr 2024

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in August 2017, 130 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 Apr 2024

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 21 recorded bouts, 440 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 54%Body 19%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 5%Ground 18%
And how often each lands
Head28%
Body69%
Legs77%
Distance34%
Clinch61%
Ground78%

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.

17Wins11 SUB · 6 DEC
9Losses3 KO · 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.

52%
Brown
0%
Mendes
75%
Grispi
60%
Hirota
56%
Clopton
23%
Niinimaki
0%
Bedford
19%
Bedford
35%
Kanehara
54%
Lopez
47%
Tanaka
6%
Soto
82%
Briones
79%
Doane
4%
Sanders
0%
Simon
32%
Barzola
86%
Rodriguez
71%
Kang
4%
Jackson
6%
Henry

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
R12.24100%21
R22.1094%16
R31.2154%14

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min1.71
Strikes absorbed / min2.08
Striking accuracyof everything thrown38%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min2.73
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land30%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed29%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.8
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together3.79
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 21 bouts11.0m

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.

34.3%
Landed at range
980 thrown over 21 bouts
34.3%
Expected
against these opponents
−0.0pp
Gap
below expected
71.7%
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

LVictor HenryApr 2024KO R30:48 ctrl54 str0 td
Significant strikes
54 of 109 · 50%
Total strikes
56 of 111 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 10 · 0%
Control
0:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:36
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 52%Body 11%Legs 37%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMontel JacksonApr 2023KO R10:08 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 21 · 33%
Total strikes
7 of 22 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:42
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 14%Body 14%Legs 71%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WKyung Ho KangNov 2021U-DEC10:36 ctrl27 str3 td
Significant strikes
27 of 48 · 56%
Total strikes
152 of 218 · 70%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
10:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 26%Body 4%Legs 70%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 0%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WRay RodriguezMar 2021SUB R27:00 ctrl8 str2 td
Significant strikes
8 of 13 · 62%
Total strikes
42 of 65 · 65%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
7:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:09
Arm Triangle From Half Guard
Target
Head 0%Body 13%Legs 88%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
DEnrique BarzolaMar 2020M-DEC4:48 ctrl24 str2 td
Significant strikes
24 of 45 · 53%
Total strikes
58 of 83 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
4:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Majority decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 21%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 4%Ground 17%
This fight on UFCStats
LRicky SimonFeb 2019U-DEC0:00 ctrl47 str0 td
Significant strikes
47 of 186 · 25%
Total strikes
52 of 195 · 27%
Takedowns
0 of 9 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 21%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WLuke SandersAug 2018SUB R10:04 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 8 · 50%
Total strikes
4 of 8 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:31
Heel Hook On Ground
Target
Head 25%Body 25%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRussell DoaneFeb 2018SUB R39:57 ctrl17 str2 td
Significant strikes
17 of 20 · 85%
Total strikes
105 of 149 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
9:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Submission, R3 2:32
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 6%Body 82%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 12%Clinch 0%Ground 88%
This fight on UFCStats
WHenry BrionesAug 2017SUB R11:39 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 4 · 75%
Total strikes
14 of 15 · 93%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 2:01
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 33%Body 0%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats
LJoe SotoMar 2017U-DEC0:57 ctrl59 str1 td
Significant strikes
59 of 215 · 27%
Total strikes
65 of 221 · 29%
Takedowns
1 of 11 · 9%
Control
0:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 22%Legs 8%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichinori TanakaSep 2016U-DEC7:05 ctrl10 str7 td
Significant strikes
10 of 18 · 56%
Total strikes
19 of 28 · 68%
Takedowns
7 of 11 · 64%
Control
7:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 40%Body 20%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatthew LopezJul 2016SUB R37:40 ctrl40 str3 td
Significant strikes
40 of 75 · 53%
Total strikes
109 of 148 · 74%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
7:40
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:19
Arm Triangle From Side Control
Target
Head 70%Body 15%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 3%Ground 35%
This fight on UFCStats
WMasanori KaneharaJul 2015S-DEC5:19 ctrl24 str4 td
Significant strikes
24 of 68 · 35%
Total strikes
26 of 70 · 37%
Takedowns
4 of 11 · 36%
Control
5:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 8%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohnny BedfordSep 2014SUB R21:19 ctrl13 str3 td
Significant strikes
13 of 28 · 46%
Total strikes
16 of 31 · 52%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
1:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:04
Kimura From Side Control
Target
Head 62%Body 23%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
NCJohnny BedfordApr 2014NC R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 8 · 38%
Total strikes
3 of 8 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Could not continue, R1 0:39
Head Butt
Target
Head 0%Body 33%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTom NiinimakiNov 2013S-DEC3:30 ctrl15 str2 td
Significant strikes
15 of 33 · 45%
Total strikes
24 of 43 · 56%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
3:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 0%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 20%Ground 40%
This fight on UFCStats
WJosh CloptonAug 2013U-DEC8:22 ctrl14 str2 td
Significant strikes
14 of 40 · 35%
Total strikes
135 of 163 · 83%
Takedowns
2 of 7 · 29%
Control
8:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 0%Ground 71%
This fight on UFCStats
WMizuto HirotaMar 2013U-DEC8:59 ctrl13 str5 td
Significant strikes
13 of 29 · 45%
Total strikes
105 of 122 · 86%
Takedowns
5 of 12 · 42%
Control
8:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 15%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 8%Ground 69%
This fight on UFCStats
WJosh GrispiAug 2012SUB R12:27 ctrl3 str1 td
Significant strikes
3 of 9 · 33%
Total strikes
11 of 27 · 41%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
2:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:15
North-South Choke
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
LChad MendesAug 2011U-DEC0:00 ctrl15 str0 td
Significant strikes
15 of 87 · 17%
Total strikes
43 of 115 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 53%Body 20%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMike BrownJan 2011U-DEC7:45 ctrl40 str3 td
Significant strikes
40 of 58 · 69%
Total strikes
97 of 129 · 75%
Takedowns
3 of 11 · 27%
Control
7:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 25%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 13%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats

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