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Ricardo Almeida

13-5-0
49y·6' 0"·74" reach·Orthodox
7:03
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.82
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
38%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 255 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 61%Body 25%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 45%Clinch 15%Ground 40%
And how often each lands
Head44%
Body85%
Legs78%
Distance44%
Clinch67%
Ground63%

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.

8Wins3 SUB · 5 DEC
4Losses1 KO · 1 SUB · 2 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%
Lindland
76%
Jackson
11%
Semenov
29%
Yundt
33%
Cote
56%
Horwich
75%
Grove
84%
Brown
0%
Hughes
82%
Grant
35%
Pyle

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
R12.25100%11
R22.25100%8
R32.24100%6

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.02
Strikes absorbed / min1.2
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed61%
Takedowns / 15 min3.74
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land38%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed31%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together3.22
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 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.

44.6%
Landed at range
249 thrown over 10 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

LMike PyleMar 2011U-DEC5:13 ctrl48 str1 td
Significant strikes
48 of 84 · 57%
Total strikes
66 of 103 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 18 · 6%
Control
5:13
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 27%Body 42%Legs 31%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 17%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WTJ GrantDec 2010U-DEC12:18 ctrl48 str6 td
Significant strikes
48 of 85 · 56%
Total strikes
93 of 136 · 68%
Takedowns
6 of 8 · 75%
Control
12:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 10%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 2%Ground 81%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt HughesAug 2010SUB R10:00 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Total strikes
10 of 28 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:15
Schultz Front Headlock On Ground Technical Submission
Target
Head 50%Body 20%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt BrownMar 2010SUB R27:07 ctrl15 str5 td
Significant strikes
15 of 27 · 56%
Total strikes
24 of 36 · 67%
Takedowns
5 of 11 · 45%
Control
7:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:30
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 87%Body 13%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 67%Ground 27%
This fight on UFCStats
WKendall GroveAug 2009U-DEC11:11 ctrl38 str6 td
Significant strikes
38 of 62 · 61%
Total strikes
70 of 102 · 69%
Takedowns
6 of 14 · 43%
Control
11:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 26%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 32%Clinch 11%Ground 58%
This fight on UFCStats
WMatt HorwichApr 2009U-DEC8:23 ctrl41 str9 td
Significant strikes
41 of 67 · 61%
Total strikes
79 of 107 · 74%
Takedowns
9 of 15 · 60%
Control
8:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 78%Body 22%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 61%Clinch 12%Ground 27%
This fight on UFCStats
LPatrick CoteJul 2008S-DEC4:56 ctrl26 str2 td
Significant strikes
26 of 62 · 42%
Total strikes
36 of 72 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 11 · 18%
Control
4:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 42%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 35%Clinch 8%Ground 58%
This fight on UFCStats
WRob YundtFeb 2008SUB R10:20 ctrl4 str1 td
Significant strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Total strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:20
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:08
Guillotine Choke After Drop to Guard
Target
Head 50%Body 50%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 0%Ground 25%
This fight on UFCStats
LAndrei SemenovJan 2002KO R20:45 ctrl12 str1 td
Significant strikes
12 of 35 · 34%
Total strikes
12 of 35 · 34%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:45
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
5
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 2:01
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 8%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 58%Clinch 42%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WEugene JacksonSep 2001SUB R13:07 ctrl4 str1 td
Significant strikes
4 of 4 · 100%
Total strikes
16 of 17 · 94%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
3:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 4:06
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 0%Body 50%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt LindlandMay 2001DQ R30:00 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 18 · 50%
Total strikes
16 of 25 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Disqualification, R3 4:21
Illegal Kicks on Ground by Almeida
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 56%Clinch 11%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats

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