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The Clinch

United States of America “The One” 2011-2023 · 47 rounds on file

Derek Brunson

17-8-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 688/1,452
Takedown accuracy 41/123
Sig. strikes / round 14.6
Control / round 1:29
Inside the distance 59% 10 of 17 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4204 JAN 1984
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 23 fights - 7.9 takedown attempts and 32% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Striking 9 5-4-0 vs 1585 avg
Distance Striker 5 2-3-0
Pressure Striker 4 3-1-0
Hybrid 7 6-1-0 vs 1585 avg
Well-Rounded 7 6-1-0
Grappling 6 3-3-0 vs 1576 avg
Positional Controller 4 3-1-0
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 vs 1524 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

24 JUN 2011 - beat Jeremy Hamilton · Decision (Unanimous) 30 JUL 2011 - beat Lumumba Sayers · Submission 18 NOV 2011 - beat Nate James · Decision (Unanimous) 18 AUG 2012 - lost to Jacare Souza · Technical Knockout 29 DEC 2012 - beat Chris Leben · Decision (Unanimous) 06 NOV 2013 - beat Brian Houston · Submission 15 JAN 2014 - lost to Yoel Romero · Technical Knockout 30 AUG 2014 - beat Lorenz Larkin · Decision (Unanimous) 31 JAN 2015 - beat Ed Herman · Technical Knockout 08 AUG 2015 - beat Sam Alvey · Technical Knockout 21 FEB 2016 - beat Roan Carneiro · Technical Knockout 17 SEP 2016 - beat Uriah Hall · Technical Knockout 26 NOV 2016 - lost to Robert Whittaker · Technical Knockout 11 FEB 2017 - lost to Anderson Silva · Decision (Unanimous) 10 JUN 2017 - beat Daniel Kelly · Technical Knockout 28 OCT 2017 - beat Lyoto Machida · Technical Knockout 27 JAN 2018 - lost to Jacare Souza · Technical Knockout 03 NOV 2018 - lost to Israel Adesanya · Technical Knockout 04 MAY 2019 - beat Elias Theodorou · Decision (Unanimous) 17 AUG 2019 - beat Ian Heinisch · Decision (Unanimous) 01 AUG 2020 - beat Edmen Shahbazyan · Technical Knockout 20 MAR 2021 - beat Kevin Holland · Decision (Unanimous) 04 SEP 2021 - beat Darren Till · Submission 12 FEB 2022 - lost to Jared Cannonier · Technical Knockout 04 MAR 2023 - lost to Dricus Du Plessis · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 47 rounds across 23 of 25 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 14.6
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.7
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:29 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 47% 688/1,452
Takedowns 33% 41/123
Opponents’ accuracy 49% 598/1,223

Where the strikes land

Head 69% 474
Body 15% 106
Leg 16% 108

And from where

At distance 62% 429
In the clinch 15% 103
On the ground 23% 156

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-7
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 7 won Decision (Unanimous) · 7-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
04 MAR 2023 Dricus Du Plessis Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:59 37 71 UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane
12 FEB 2022 Jared Cannonier Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:29 43 55 UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
04 SEP 2021 Darren Till Won Submission R3 2:13 41 26 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till
20 MAR 2021 Kevin Holland Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 43 36 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland
01 AUG 2020 Edmen Shahbazyan Won Technical Knockout R3 0:26 88 35 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan
17 AUG 2019 Ian Heinisch Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 81 58 UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
04 MAY 2019 Elias Theodorou Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 56 65 UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
03 NOV 2018 Israel Adesanya Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:51 3 13 UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
27 JAN 2018 Jacare Souza Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:50 8 9 UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Brunson 2
28 OCT 2017 Lyoto Machida Won Technical Knockout R1 2:30 10 3 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida
10 JUN 2017 Daniel Kelly Won Technical Knockout R1 1:16 8 1 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt
11 FEB 2017 Anderson Silva Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 54 43 UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie
26 NOV 2016 Robert Whittaker Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:07 19 33 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
17 SEP 2016 Uriah Hall Won Technical Knockout R1 1:41 4 1 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson
21 FEB 2016 Roan Carneiro Won Technical Knockout R1 2:38 23 0 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
08 AUG 2015 Sam Alvey Won Technical Knockout R1 2:19 27 4 UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux
31 JAN 2015 Ed Herman Won Technical Knockout R1 0:36 11 0 UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz
30 AUG 2014 Lorenz Larkin Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 12 20 UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto
15 JAN 2014 Yoel Romero Lost Technical Knockout R3 3:23 38 60 UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou
06 NOV 2013 Brian Houston Won Submission R1 0:48 1 0 UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3
29 DEC 2012 Chris Leben Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 41 40 UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II
18 AUG 2012 Jacare Souza Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:41 0 5 Strikeforce - Rousey vs Kaufman
18 NOV 2011 Nate James Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 20 Strikeforce Challengers 20
30 JUL 2011 Lumumba Sayers Won Submission R1 4:33 -- -- Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Henderson
24 JUN 2011 Jeremy Hamilton Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 -- -- Strikeforce Challengers 16