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Sean Spencer

12-6-0
39y·5' 10"·74" reach·Orthodox
0:59
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.22
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
0%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.7
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 8 recorded bouts, 456 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 76%Body 17%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 86%Clinch 11%Ground 4%
And how often each lands
Head28%
Body57%
Legs76%
Distance30%
Clinch58%
Ground80%

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.

3Wins3 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 2 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.

2%
Natal
0%
Villefort
6%
Dober
3%
Garcia
33%
Thiago
1%
Pendred
4%
Pyle
0%
Medeiros

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
R13.27100%8
R23.85118%8
R35.92181%7

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.24
Strikes absorbed / min4.02
Striking accuracyof everything thrown32%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed60%
Takedowns / 15 min0.14
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land33%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed68%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.26
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 8 bouts13.4m

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.

30.0%
Landed at range
1,302 thrown over 8 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

LYancy MedeirosSep 2016SUB R20:00 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 89 · 19%
Total strikes
18 of 90 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 0:49
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 35%Body 29%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LMike PyleFeb 2016KO R30:32 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 208 · 24%
Total strikes
54 of 213 · 25%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:32
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:25
Elbow to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 80%Body 18%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 2%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LCathal PendredJan 2015U-DEC0:06 ctrl52 str0 td
Significant strikes
52 of 155 · 34%
Total strikes
52 of 155 · 34%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 79%Body 17%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 2%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WPaulo ThiagoSep 2014U-DEC4:56 ctrl63 str1 td
Significant strikes
63 of 159 · 40%
Total strikes
105 of 202 · 52%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
4:56
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 21%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 6%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlex GarciaMar 2014S-DEC0:23 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 160 · 36%
Total strikes
62 of 164 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:23
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 12%Legs 16%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 16%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDrew DoberNov 2013U-DEC0:52 ctrl105 str0 td
Significant strikes
105 of 270 · 39%
Total strikes
109 of 274 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:52
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 67%Body 25%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 23%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WYuri VillefortSep 2013S-DEC0:00 ctrl99 str0 td
Significant strikes
99 of 281 · 35%
Total strikes
100 of 282 · 35%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 90%Body 7%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 8%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LRafael NatalJan 2013SUB R30:11 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 84 · 14%
Total strikes
14 of 86 · 16%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 2:13
Arm Triangle From Mount
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 92%Clinch 8%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

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