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Song Kenan

22-9-0
36y·6' 0"·71" reach·Orthodox
0:29
Control / 15m
time on top
-1.33
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1
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 2021. 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 Nov 2024

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in August 2019, 91 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 Nov 2024

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 11 recorded bouts, 484 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 64%Body 18%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 12%Ground 5%
And how often each lands
Head40%
Body65%
Legs78%
Distance44%
Clinch72%
Ground76%

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.

6Wins3 KO · 3 DEC
5Losses3 KO · 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.

40%
Nash
1%
Aldana
0%
Morono
4%
Krantz
5%
Potter
0%
Griffin
5%
Garry
4%
Bedoya
0%
Jousset
5%
Glenn
8%
Salikhov

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
R14.07100%11
R23.9998%7
R35.68139%6

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.49
Strikes absorbed / min5.82
Striking accuracyof everything thrown46%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min0.42
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land30%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed73%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together10.31
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 11 bouts9.8m

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.

44.0%
Landed at range
923 thrown over 11 bouts
43.5%
Expected
against these opponents
+0.5pp
Gap
above expected
65.8%
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

LMuslim SalikhovNov 2024KO R10:19 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 21 · 43%
Total strikes
11 of 23 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:49
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick
Target
Head 44%Body 11%Legs 44%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRicky GlennAug 2024U-DEC0:48 ctrl87 str1 td
Significant strikes
87 of 170 · 51%
Total strikes
113 of 199 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 5 · 20%
Control
0:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 75%Body 22%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 24%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LKevin JoussetDec 2023U-DEC0:00 ctrl62 str0 td
Significant strikes
62 of 156 · 40%
Total strikes
88 of 188 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 69%Body 13%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 89%Clinch 11%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRolando BedoyaAug 2023U-DEC0:40 ctrl75 str0 td
Significant strikes
75 of 149 · 50%
Total strikes
85 of 161 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:40
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 72%Body 21%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 8%Ground 1%
This fight on UFCStats
LIan Machado GarryMar 2023KO R30:44 ctrl55 str2 td
Significant strikes
55 of 110 · 50%
Total strikes
61 of 120 · 51%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:22
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 33%Body 15%Legs 53%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 13%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
LMax GriffinMar 2021KO R10:00 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 24 · 58%
Total strikes
14 of 24 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:20
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 36%Body 36%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCallan PotterFeb 2020KO R10:07 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 35 · 49%
Total strikes
21 of 40 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:20
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 71%Body 29%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 12%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WDerrick KrantzAug 2019U-DEC0:35 ctrl58 str0 td
Significant strikes
58 of 128 · 45%
Total strikes
61 of 131 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:35
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 10%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlex MoronoNov 2018U-DEC0:03 ctrl61 str0 td
Significant strikes
61 of 152 · 40%
Total strikes
62 of 153 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 59%Body 21%Legs 20%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WHector AldanaJun 2018KO R20:04 ctrl32 str0 td
Significant strikes
32 of 71 · 45%
Total strikes
34 of 76 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:45
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 53%Body 9%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 0%Ground 16%
This fight on UFCStats
WBobby NashNov 2017KO R10:06 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 14 · 100%
Total strikes
15 of 15 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:06
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:15
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 14%Clinch 0%Ground 86%
This fight on UFCStats

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