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Raphael Assuncao

28-10-0
44y·5' 5"·66" reach·Orthodox
1:57
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.72
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
20%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
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 March 2011. 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 Dec 2021

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 19 recorded bouts, 786 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 53%Body 16%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 10%Ground 9%
And how often each lands
Head32%
Body64%
Legs78%
Distance40%
Clinch69%
Ground74%

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.

15Wins2 KO · 1 SUB · 12 DEC
9Losses3 KO · 3 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.

0%
Koch
33%
Eduardo
13%
Tamura
16%
Easton
42%
Lee
2%
Dillashaw
14%
Munhoz
5%
Caraway
0%
Dillashaw
0%
Sterling
0%
Moraes
0%
Lopez
30%
Font
0%
Moraes
14%
Sandhagen
0%
Garbrandt
0%
Simon
30%
Henry
29%
Grant

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
R13.31100%19
R23.2899%17
R33.91118%13

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.22
Strikes absorbed / min2.5
Striking accuracyof everything thrown42%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed66%
Takedowns / 15 min1.65
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land39%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed78%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.72
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 19 bouts11.9m

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.

40.1%
Landed at range
1,593 thrown over 19 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

LDavey GrantMar 2023SUB R34:17 ctrl42 str5 td
Significant strikes
42 of 58 · 72%
Total strikes
67 of 85 · 79%
Takedowns
5 of 12 · 42%
Control
4:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:43
Inverted Triangle From Bottom Side Control
Target
Head 38%Body 19%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 7%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
WVictor HenryOct 2022U-DEC4:29 ctrl60 str2 td
Significant strikes
60 of 91 · 66%
Total strikes
78 of 110 · 71%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
4:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 13%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 25%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LRicky SimonDec 2021KO R20:00 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 25 · 28%
Total strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:14
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 14%Body 14%Legs 71%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCody GarbrandtJun 2020KO R20:00 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 52 · 33%
Total strikes
17 of 52 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:59
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 24%Body 12%Legs 65%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCory SandhagenAug 2019U-DEC2:10 ctrl45 str4 td
Significant strikes
45 of 81 · 56%
Total strikes
65 of 103 · 63%
Takedowns
4 of 6 · 67%
Control
2:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 44%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 27%Ground 7%
This fight on UFCStats
LMarlon MoraesFeb 2019SUB R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 12 · 17%
Total strikes
3 of 13 · 23%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:17
Guillotine Choke On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 0%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRob FontJul 2018U-DEC4:31 ctrl54 str2 td
Significant strikes
54 of 120 · 45%
Total strikes
93 of 161 · 58%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
4:31
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 7%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 2%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatthew LopezNov 2017KO R30:01 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 154 · 30%
Total strikes
48 of 156 · 31%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:50
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 52%Body 13%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarlon MoraesJun 2017S-DEC0:00 ctrl43 str0 td
Significant strikes
43 of 134 · 32%
Total strikes
43 of 134 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 49%Body 9%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAljamain SterlingJan 2017S-DEC0:00 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 101 · 39%
Total strikes
39 of 101 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 26%Body 21%Legs 54%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTJ DillashawJul 2016U-DEC0:02 ctrl49 str0 td
Significant strikes
49 of 140 · 35%
Total strikes
52 of 143 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 22%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBryan CarawayOct 2014U-DEC0:41 ctrl75 str2 td
Significant strikes
75 of 133 · 56%
Total strikes
83 of 141 · 59%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 15%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 24%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
WPedro MunhozFeb 2014U-DEC2:06 ctrl100 str3 td
Significant strikes
100 of 206 · 49%
Total strikes
116 of 225 · 52%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
2:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 8%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 1%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats
WTJ DillashawOct 2013S-DEC0:19 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 101 · 32%
Total strikes
37 of 106 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 6 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 66%Body 9%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 3%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WVaughan LeeJun 2013SUB R22:52 ctrl17 str3 td
Significant strikes
17 of 54 · 31%
Total strikes
27 of 65 · 42%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
2:52
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 1:51
Armbar From Mount
Target
Head 59%Body 29%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 0%Ground 65%
This fight on UFCStats
WMike EastonDec 2012U-DEC2:23 ctrl57 str0 td
Significant strikes
57 of 156 · 37%
Total strikes
60 of 159 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 6 · 0%
Control
2:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 49%Body 11%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIssei TamuraJul 2012KO R20:42 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 60 · 65%
Total strikes
42 of 63 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:42
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:25
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 36%Body 28%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 3%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
WJohnny EduardoAug 2011U-DEC4:56 ctrl53 str3 td
Significant strikes
53 of 101 · 52%
Total strikes
93 of 143 · 65%
Takedowns
3 of 8 · 38%
Control
4:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 13%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 21%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
LErik KochMar 2011KO R10:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Total strikes
9 of 20 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:32
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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