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The Clinch

Japan “Kaz” 2003-2011 · 43 rounds on file

Kazuhiro Nakamura

12-9-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 406/1,095
Takedown accuracy 30/82
Sig. strikes / round 9.4
Control / round 0:02
Inside the distance 33% 4 of 12 wins
Height
5′11″180.3 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4716 JUL 1979
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 21 fights - 5.7 takedown attempts and 9% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Striking 7 4-3-0 vs 1550 avg
Pressure Striker 7 4-3-0
Grappling 6 4-2-0 vs 1533 avg
Positional Controller 3 2-1-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 5 1-4-0 vs 1578 avg
Well-Rounded 5 1-4-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 vs 1503 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 7 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.

16 MAR 2003 - lost to Rogerio Nogueira · Submission 05 OCT 2003 - beat Daniel Gracie · Decision (Unanimous) 01 FEB 2004 - beat Dos Caras Jr. · Decision (Unanimous) 23 MAY 2004 - beat Chalid Arrab · Submission 19 JUL 2004 - lost to Rogerio Nogueira · Decision (Split) 15 AUG 2004 - beat Murilo Bustamante · Decision (Unanimous) 31 OCT 2004 - lost to Dan Henderson · Technical Knockout 20 FEB 2005 - beat Stefan Leko · Technical Knockout 23 APR 2005 - beat Kevin Randleman · Decision (Unanimous) 26 JUN 2005 - lost to Wanderlei Silva · Technical Knockout 28 AUG 2005 - beat Igor Vovchanchyn · Decision (Unanimous) 31 DEC 2005 - beat Yuki Kondo · Decision (Unanimous) 26 FEB 2006 - lost to Josh Barnett · Submission 01 JUL 2006 - beat Evangelista Santos · Submission 10 SEP 2006 - beat Yoshihiro Nakao · Decision (Unanimous) 21 OCT 2006 - beat Travis Galbraith · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2006 - lost to Mauricio Rua · Decision (Unanimous) 22 SEP 2007 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Decision (Unanimous) 24 MAY 2008 - lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou · Technical Knockout 10 JUL 2010 - beat Karl Amoussou · Decision (Unanimous) 24 SEP 2011 - lost to Gerald Harris · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 43 rounds across 21 of 21 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 9.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 11.1
Takedowns landed 0.7
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:02 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 37% 406/1,095
Takedowns 37% 30/82
Opponents’ accuracy 41% 476/1,165

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 270
Body 25% 103
Leg 8% 33

And from where

At distance 48% 196
In the clinch 17% 69
On the ground 35% 141

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-3
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-2
Decision 8 won Decision (Unanimous) · 8-2 Decision (Split) · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
24 SEP 2011 Gerald Harris Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 28 30 DREAM 17
10 JUL 2010 Karl Amoussou Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 40 22 DREAM 15
24 MAY 2008 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Lost Technical Knockout R1 5:00 6 26 UFC 84: Ill Will
22 SEP 2007 Lyoto Machida Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 15 70 UFC 76: Knockout
31 DEC 2006 Mauricio Rua Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 25 68 PRIDE Shockwave 2006
21 OCT 2006 Travis Galbraith Won Technical Knockout R2 1:16 11 11 PRIDE 32: The Real Deal
10 SEP 2006 Yoshihiro Nakao Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 61 30 PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute
01 JUL 2006 Evangelista Santos Won Submission R1 4:49 12 0 PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute
26 FEB 2006 Josh Barnett Lost Submission R1 8:10 1 21 PRIDE 31: Unbreakable
31 DEC 2005 Yuki Kondo Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 27 PRIDE Shockwave 2005
28 AUG 2005 Igor Vovchanchyn Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 4 9 PRIDE Final Conflict 2005
26 JUN 2005 Wanderlei Silva Lost Technical Knockout R1 5:24 8 29 PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005
23 APR 2005 Kevin Randleman Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 30 9 PRIDE Total Elimination 2005
20 FEB 2005 Stefan Leko Won Technical Knockout R1 0:54 9 0 PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire
31 OCT 2004 Dan Henderson Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:15 4 7 PRIDE 28: High Octane
15 AUG 2004 Murilo Bustamante Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 28 15 PRIDE Final Conflict 2004
19 JUL 2004 Rogerio Nogueira Lost Decision (Split) R2 5:00 23 40 PRIDE Bushido 4
23 MAY 2004 Chalid Arrab Won Submission R1 4:45 1 7 PRIDE Bushido 3
01 FEB 2004 Dos Caras Jr. Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 22 16 PRIDE 27: Inferno
05 OCT 2003 Daniel Gracie Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 29 18 PRIDE Bushido 1
16 MAR 2003 Rogerio Nogueira Lost Submission R2 3:49 6 21 PRIDE 25: Body Blow