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The Clinch

-- “Mr. Perfect” 2013-2024 · 36 rounds on file

Kyung Ho Kang

8-5-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 549/1,151
Takedown accuracy 23/46
Sig. strikes / round 15.3
Control / round 1:38
Inside the distance 50% 4 of 8 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
73″185.4 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
3909 SEP 1987
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 14 fights - 3.8 takedown attempts and 33% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 5 2-3-0 vs 1513 avg
Well-Rounded 5 2-3-0
Grappling 4 2-2-0 vs 1528 avg
Positional Controller 3 2-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Striking 4 3-0-1 vs 1505 avg
Distance Striker 4 3-0-1
-- 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 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.

02 MAR 2013 - drew with Alex Caceres · No Contest 31 AUG 2013 - lost to Chico Camus · Decision (Unanimous) 04 JAN 2014 - beat Shunichi Shimizu · Submission 20 SEP 2014 - beat Michinori Tanaka · Decision (Split) 14 JAN 2018 - beat Guido Cannetti · Submission 04 AUG 2018 - lost to Ricardo Ramos · Decision (Split) 09 FEB 2019 - beat Teruto Ishihara · Submission 17 AUG 2019 - beat Brandon Davis · Decision (Split) 21 DEC 2019 - beat Pingyuan Liu · Decision (Split) 20 NOV 2021 - lost to Rani Yahya · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUN 2022 - beat Batgerel Danaa · Decision (Unanimous) 17 JUN 2023 - beat Cristian Quinonez · Submission 11 NOV 2023 - lost to John Castaneda · Decision (Unanimous) 22 JUN 2024 - lost to Muin Gafurov · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 36 rounds across 14 of 14 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 15.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 16.1
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 1:38 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 549/1,151
Takedowns 50% 23/46
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 581/1,275

Where the strikes land

Head 77% 421
Body 9% 51
Leg 14% 77

And from where

At distance 75% 413
In the clinch 4% 23
On the ground 21% 113

How the bouts ended

Submission 4 won Submission · 4-0
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-4 Decision (Split) · 3-1
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
22 JUN 2024 Muin Gafurov Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 12 47 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
11 NOV 2023 John Castaneda Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 88 111 UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira
17 JUN 2023 Cristian Quinonez Won Submission R1 2:25 22 13 UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier
11 JUN 2022 Batgerel Danaa Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 100 109 UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka
20 NOV 2021 Rani Yahya Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 27 UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate
21 DEC 2019 Pingyuan Liu Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 20 25 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
17 AUG 2019 Brandon Davis Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 50 77 UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
09 FEB 2019 Teruto Ishihara Won Submission R1 3:59 26 17 UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
04 AUG 2018 Ricardo Ramos Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 65 54 UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
14 JAN 2018 Guido Cannetti Won Submission R1 4:53 3 19 UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi
20 SEP 2014 Michinori Tanaka Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 21 22 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson
04 JAN 2014 Shunichi Shimizu Won Submission R3 3:53 65 2 UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs Lim
31 AUG 2013 Chico Camus Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 18 28 UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2
02 MAR 2013 Alex Caceres No decision No Contest R3 5:00 16 30 UFC on FUEL TV: Silva vs. Stann