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Tyson Griffin

16-8-0
42y·5' 6"·68" reach·Orthodox
3:13
Control / 15m
time on top
+1.41
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
33%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.3
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 612 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 52%Body 22%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 14%Ground 12%
And how often each lands
Head29%
Body74%
Legs82%
Distance37%
Clinch75%
Ground62%

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.

9Wins2 KO · 1 SUB · 6 DEC
6Losses2 KO · 4 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.

87%
Lee
11%
Edgar
12%
Guida
52%
Tavares
11%
Tibau
42%
Aurelio
0%
Sherk
19%
Anjos
3%
Franca
2%
Dunham
0%
Gomi
48%
Lentz
25%
Gamburyan
0%
Palaszewski

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
R13.59100%14
R23.80106%11
R33.82106%10

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

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.71
Strikes absorbed / min2.3
Striking accuracyof everything thrown41%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed65%
Takedowns / 15 min1.87
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land46%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed59%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.9
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.01
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 14 bouts11.7m

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.

37.1%
Landed at range
1,225 thrown over 14 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

LBart PalaszewskiOct 2011KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 21 · 29%
Total strikes
6 of 21 · 29%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:45
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 17%Body 17%Legs 67%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WManvel GamburyanJun 2011U-DEC3:48 ctrl67 str0 td
Significant strikes
67 of 125 · 54%
Total strikes
100 of 163 · 61%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
3:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 33%Body 25%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 31%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
LNik LentzNov 2010S-DEC7:08 ctrl31 str8 td
Significant strikes
31 of 60 · 52%
Total strikes
66 of 102 · 65%
Takedowns
8 of 13 · 62%
Control
7:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 61%Body 16%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 19%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LTakanori GomiAug 2010KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 14 · 21%
Total strikes
3 of 14 · 21%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:04
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LEvan DunhamJun 2010S-DEC0:18 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 70 · 37%
Total strikes
62 of 117 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 38%Body 0%Legs 62%
Position
Distance 96%Clinch 4%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WHermes FrancaSep 2009KO R20:17 ctrl67 str0 td
Significant strikes
67 of 149 · 45%
Total strikes
72 of 154 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:17
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:26
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 57%Body 10%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 3%Ground 19%
This fight on UFCStats
WRafael Dos AnjosApr 2009U-DEC2:51 ctrl69 str1 td
Significant strikes
69 of 213 · 32%
Total strikes
101 of 245 · 41%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
2:51
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 58%Body 20%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 6%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
LSean SherkOct 2008U-DEC0:00 ctrl74 str0 td
Significant strikes
74 of 240 · 31%
Total strikes
102 of 268 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 22%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 91%Clinch 9%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcus AurelioJul 2008U-DEC6:17 ctrl92 str3 td
Significant strikes
92 of 175 · 53%
Total strikes
144 of 227 · 63%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
6:17
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 51%Body 26%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 9%Ground 22%
This fight on UFCStats
WGleison TibauFeb 2008U-DEC1:41 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 119 · 50%
Total strikes
82 of 142 · 58%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
1:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 35%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 15%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WThiago TavaresSep 2007U-DEC7:52 ctrl29 str2 td
Significant strikes
29 of 66 · 44%
Total strikes
89 of 134 · 66%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
7:52
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 52%Body 10%Legs 38%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 52%Ground 31%
This fight on UFCStats
WClay GuidaJun 2007S-DEC1:49 ctrl50 str2 td
Significant strikes
50 of 87 · 57%
Total strikes
87 of 125 · 70%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:49
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 32%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 12%Ground 34%
This fight on UFCStats
LFrankie EdgarFeb 2007U-DEC1:38 ctrl38 str3 td
Significant strikes
38 of 115 · 33%
Total strikes
42 of 119 · 35%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
1:38
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
4
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 26%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 11%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WDavid LeeSep 2006SUB R11:36 ctrl0 str1 td
Significant strikes
0 of 1 · 0%
Total strikes
7 of 11 · 64%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:50
Rear Naked Choke
This fight on UFCStats

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