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The Clinch

-- “The Mangler” 2007-2009 · 13 rounds on file

Manny Tapia

2-3-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 165/783
Takedown accuracy 2/5
Sig. strikes / round 12.7
Control / round 0:40
Inside the distance 50% 1 of 2 wins
Height
5′5″165.1 cm
Reach
67″170.2 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
4514 MAR 1981
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 1.2 takedown attempts and 25% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Striking 3 0-3-0 vs 1507 avg
Distance Striker 2 0-2-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 1-0-0 vs 1522 avg
Well-Rounded 1 1-0-0
-- 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 3 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.

12 MAY 2007 - beat Brandon Foxworth · Technical Knockout 13 FEB 2008 - beat Antonio Banuelos · Decision (Split) 03 DEC 2008 - lost to Miguel Torres · Technical Knockout 05 APR 2009 - lost to Akitoshi Tamura · Decision (Unanimous) 10 OCT 2009 - lost to Eddie Wineland · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 13 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 22.4
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:40 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 21% 165/783
Takedowns 40% 2/5
Opponents’ accuracy 42% 291/695

Where the strikes land

Head 74% 122
Body 21% 34
Leg 5% 9

And from where

At distance 71% 117
In the clinch 12% 20
On the ground 17% 28

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-2 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
10 OCT 2009 Eddie Wineland Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 67 WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson
05 APR 2009 Akitoshi Tamura Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 34 134 WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki
03 DEC 2008 Miguel Torres Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:04 10 48 WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
13 FEB 2008 Antonio Banuelos Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 45 31 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater
12 MAY 2007 Brandon Foxworth Won Technical Knockout R2 3:17 38 11 WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh