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The Clinch

United States of America “Cool Hand” 2011-2021 · 16 rounds on file

Luke Sanders

4-5-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 416/791
Takedown accuracy 3/10
Sig. strikes / round 26.0
Control / round 0:42
Inside the distance 75% 3 of 4 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
67″170.2 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4012 DEC 1985
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 8 fights - 1.9 takedown attempts and 14% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 4 2-2-0 vs 1537 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0
Submission Grappler 2 1-1-0
Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1469 avg
Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0
Striking 2 0-2-0 vs 1546 avg
Pressure Striker 2 0-2-0
-- 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 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.

07 JAN 2011 - beat Josh Jarvis · Technical Knockout 17 JAN 2016 - beat Maximo Blanco · Submission 04 MAR 2017 - lost to Iuri Alcantara · Submission 09 DEC 2017 - lost to Andre Soukhamthath · Technical Knockout 14 APR 2018 - beat Patrick Williams · Decision (Unanimous) 25 AUG 2018 - lost to Rani Yahya · Submission 17 FEB 2019 - beat Renan Barao · Technical Knockout 28 NOV 2020 - lost to Nate Maness · Submission 01 MAY 2021 - lost to Felipe Colares · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 16 rounds across 8 of 9 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 26.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 17.2
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:42 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 53% 416/791
Takedowns 30% 3/10
Opponents’ accuracy 49% 275/559

Where the strikes land

Head 81% 335
Body 12% 51
Leg 7% 30

And from where

At distance 68% 284
In the clinch 10% 41
On the ground 22% 91

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-1
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-3
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 MAY 2021 Felipe Colares Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 118 78 UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka
28 NOV 2020 Nate Maness Lost Submission R2 2:29 55 33 UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark
17 FEB 2019 Renan Barao Won Technical Knockout R2 1:01 39 40 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
25 AUG 2018 Rani Yahya Lost Submission R1 1:31 2 4 UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
14 APR 2018 Patrick Williams Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 59 61 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
09 DEC 2017 Andre Soukhamthath Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:06 23 20 UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
04 MAR 2017 Iuri Alcantara Lost Submission R2 3:13 94 23 UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
17 JAN 2016 Maximo Blanco Won Submission R1 3:38 26 16 UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz
07 JAN 2011 Josh Jarvis Won Technical Knockout R1 3:15 -- -- Strikeforce Challengers 13