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The Clinch

-- “The Colossus” 2004-2010 · 14 rounds on file

James Thompson

5-6-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 294/556
Takedown accuracy 12/33
Sig. strikes / round 21.0
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 100% 5 of 5 wins
Height
6′5″195.6 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
4716 DEC 1978
Listed weight
265 lb120.2 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 7.1 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Striking 4 3-1-0 vs 1503 avg
Pressure Striker 3 2-1-0
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1555 avg
Positional Controller 2 0-2-0
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 2 0-2-0 vs 1575 avg
Well-Rounded 2 0-2-0
-- Not classified 2 1-1-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 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.

31 OCT 2004 - lost to Aleksander Emelianenko · Technical Knockout 17 JUL 2005 - beat Henry Miller · Technical Knockout 23 OCT 2005 - beat Alexandru Lungu · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2005 - beat Paulo Cesar Silva · Technical Knockout 05 MAY 2006 - lost to Kazuyuki Fujita · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2006 - beat Hidehiko Yoshida · Technical Knockout 08 APR 2007 - beat Don Frye · Technical Knockout 16 FEB 2008 - lost to Brett Rogers · Technical Knockout 31 MAY 2008 - lost to Kevin Ferguson · Technical Knockout 25 OCT 2009 - lost to Alistair Overeem · Submission 25 SEP 2010 - lost to Yusuke Kawaguchi · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 14 rounds across 11 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 21.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.2
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 53% 294/556
Takedowns 36% 12/33
Opponents’ accuracy 58% 171/297

Where the strikes land

Head 70% 205
Body 23% 67
Leg 7% 22

And from where

At distance 24% 71
In the clinch 55% 161
On the ground 21% 62

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-4
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
25 SEP 2010 Yusuke Kawaguchi Lost Decision (Split) R2 5:00 59 43 DREAM 16
25 OCT 2009 Alistair Overeem Lost Submission R1 0:33 0 1 DREAM 12
31 MAY 2008 Kevin Ferguson Lost Technical Knockout R3 0:38 36 35 EliteXC - Primetime
16 FEB 2008 Brett Rogers Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:24 7 13 EliteXC - Street Certified
08 APR 2007 Don Frye Won Technical Knockout R1 6:23 70 13 PRIDE 34: Kamikaze
31 DEC 2006 Hidehiko Yoshida Won Technical Knockout R1 7:50 40 21 PRIDE Shockwave 2006
05 MAY 2006 Kazuyuki Fujita Lost Technical Knockout R1 8:25 48 28 PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute
31 DEC 2005 Paulo Cesar Silva Won Technical Knockout R1 1:28 9 1 PRIDE Shockwave 2005
23 OCT 2005 Alexandru Lungu Won Technical Knockout R1 2:13 16 8 PRIDE 30: Fully Loaded
17 JUL 2005 Henry Miller Won Technical Knockout R1 1:21 8 1 PRIDE Bushido 8
31 OCT 2004 Aleksander Emelianenko Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:11 1 7 PRIDE 28: High Octane