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Nigeria “Poster Boy” 2012-2019 · 22 rounds on file

Jimi Manuwa

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

Jimi Manuwa, photograph by Davidmc5585
Strike accuracy 289/533
Takedown accuracy 3/16
Sig. strikes / round 13.1
Control / round 0:40
Inside the distance 83% 5 of 6 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
79″200.7 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4618 FEB 1980
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 2.2 takedown attempts and 13% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 5 2-3-0 vs 1585 avg
Well-Rounded 5 2-3-0
Grappling 4 3-1-0 vs 1556 avg
Positional Controller 4 3-1-0
Striking 3 1-2-0 vs 1530 avg
Distance Striker 3 1-2-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 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.

29 SEP 2012 - beat Kyle Kingsbury · Technical Knockout 16 FEB 2013 - beat Cyrille Diabate · Technical Knockout 26 OCT 2013 - beat Ryan Jimmo · Technical Knockout 08 MAR 2014 - lost to Alexander Gustafsson · Technical Knockout 11 APR 2015 - beat Jan Blachowicz · Decision (Unanimous) 05 SEP 2015 - lost to Anthony Johnson · Technical Knockout 08 OCT 2016 - beat Ovince Saint Preux · Technical Knockout 18 MAR 2017 - beat Corey Anderson · Technical Knockout 29 JUL 2017 - lost to Volkan Oezdemir · Technical Knockout 17 MAR 2018 - lost to Jan Blachowicz · Decision (Unanimous) 08 DEC 2018 - lost to Thiago Santos · Technical Knockout 01 JUN 2019 - lost to Aleksandar Rakic · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 22 rounds across 12 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.2
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:40 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 54% 289/533
Takedowns 19% 3/16
Opponents’ accuracy 51% 335/659

Where the strikes land

Head 41% 119
Body 28% 80
Leg 31% 90

And from where

At distance 62% 180
In the clinch 36% 104
On the ground 2% 5

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-5
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
01 JUN 2019 Aleksandar Rakic Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:47 2 2 UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith
08 DEC 2018 Thiago Santos Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:41 27 42 UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
17 MAR 2018 Jan Blachowicz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 37 97 UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
29 JUL 2017 Volkan Oezdemir Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:42 2 12 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
18 MAR 2017 Corey Anderson Won Technical Knockout R1 3:05 6 6 UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
08 OCT 2016 Ovince Saint Preux Won Technical Knockout R2 2:38 32 13 UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson
05 SEP 2015 Anthony Johnson Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:28 8 25 UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2
11 APR 2015 Jan Blachowicz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 44 UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2
08 MAR 2014 Alexander Gustafsson Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:18 13 21 UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa
26 OCT 2013 Ryan Jimmo Won Technical Knockout R2 4:41 48 36 UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz
16 FEB 2013 Cyrille Diabate Won Technical Knockout R1 5:00 18 9 UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald
29 SEP 2012 Kyle Kingsbury Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 53 28 UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic

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