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The Clinch

-- “Zen Machine” 2001-2006 · 9 rounds on file

Mario Sperry

4-3-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 121/231
Takedown accuracy 6/14
Sig. strikes / round 13.4
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 100% 4 of 4 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
6028 SEP 1966
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 7 fights - 4.7 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1507 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1560 avg
Pressure Striker 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1479 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 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.

03 NOV 2001 - beat Igor Vovchanchyn · Submission 28 APR 2002 - lost to Murilo Rua · Decision (Unanimous) 29 SEP 2002 - beat Andrei Kopylov · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2003 - lost to Yuki Kondo · Technical Knockout 15 FEB 2004 - beat Mike Bencic · Technical Knockout 20 FEB 2005 - beat Hirotaka Yokoi · Technical Knockout 26 FEB 2006 - lost to Tsuyoshi Kohsaka · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 9 rounds across 7 of 7 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.3
Takedowns landed 0.7
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 52% 121/231
Takedowns 43% 6/14
Opponents’ accuracy 53% 66/125

Where the strikes land

Head 79% 96
Body 14% 17
Leg 7% 8

And from where

At distance 23% 28
In the clinch 18% 22
On the ground 59% 71

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-2
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
26 FEB 2006 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:20 14 10 PRIDE 31: Unbreakable
20 FEB 2005 Hirotaka Yokoi Won Technical Knockout R1 9:08 56 4 PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire
15 FEB 2004 Mike Bencic Won Technical Knockout R1 0:11 4 0 PRIDE Bushido 2
31 DEC 2003 Yuki Kondo Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:27 0 2 PRIDE Shockwave 2003
29 SEP 2002 Andrei Kopylov Won Technical Knockout R1 6:02 26 2 PRIDE 22: Beasts from the East 2
28 APR 2002 Murilo Rua Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 48 PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready
03 NOV 2001 Igor Vovchanchyn Won Submission R1 2:52 0 0 PRIDE 17: Championship Chaos