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The Clinch

Brazil 2003-2009 · 34 rounds on file

Hermes Franca

7-5-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 280/708
Takedown accuracy 16/44
Sig. strikes / round 8.2
Control / round 0:32
Inside the distance 71% 5 of 7 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5226 AUG 1974
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 3.9 takedown attempts and 11% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 8 5-3-0 vs 1553 avg
Positional Controller 6 3-3-0
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 3 1-2-0 vs 1567 avg
Well-Rounded 3 1-2-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 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.

25 APR 2003 - beat Richard Crunkilton · Decision (Unanimous) 26 SEP 2003 - beat Caol Uno · Technical Knockout 31 JAN 2004 - lost to Josh Thomson · Decision (Majority) 02 APR 2004 - lost to Yves Edwards · Decision (Split) 08 JUL 2006 - beat Joe Jordan · Submission 26 AUG 2006 - beat Jamie Varner · Submission 12 OCT 2006 - beat Nate Diaz · Submission 25 JAN 2007 - beat Spencer Fisher · Technical Knockout 07 JUL 2007 - lost to Sean Sherk · Decision (Unanimous) 19 JUL 2008 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 25 OCT 2008 - beat Marcus Aurelio · Decision (Unanimous) 19 SEP 2009 - lost to Tyson Griffin · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 34 rounds across 12 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.2
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.7
Control time 0:32 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 40% 280/708
Takedowns 36% 16/44
Opponents’ accuracy 45% 449/1,005

Where the strikes land

Head 68% 189
Body 10% 28
Leg 23% 63

And from where

At distance 70% 195
In the clinch 16% 46
On the ground 14% 39

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-1
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-2 Decision (Majority) · 0-1 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
19 SEP 2009 Tyson Griffin Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:26 11 67 UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort
25 OCT 2008 Marcus Aurelio Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 60 40 UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
19 JUL 2008 Frankie Edgar Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 18 69 UFC: Silva vs Irvin
07 JUL 2007 Sean Sherk Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 6 35 UFC 73: Stacked
25 JAN 2007 Spencer Fisher Won Technical Knockout R2 4:03 25 24 UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon
12 OCT 2006 Nate Diaz Won Submission R2 2:46 22 54 WEC 24: Full Force
26 AUG 2006 Jamie Varner Won Submission R3 3:31 22 18 UFC 62: Liddell vs Sobral
08 JUL 2006 Joe Jordan Won Submission R3 0:47 46 20 UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
02 APR 2004 Yves Edwards Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 8 21 UFC 47: It's On!
31 JAN 2004 Josh Thomson Lost Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 22 40 UFC 46: Supernatural
26 SEP 2003 Caol Uno Won Technical Knockout R2 2:46 13 32 UFC 44: Undisputed
25 APR 2003 Richard Crunkilton Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 27 29 UFC 42: Sudden Impact