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The Clinch

United States of America “The Mangler” 2017-2018 · 7 rounds on file

Matt Bessette

0-2-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 127/346
Takedown accuracy 0/3
Sig. strikes / round 18.1
Control / round 0:13
Inside the distance --
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4128 DEC 1984
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 3 fights - 1.3 takedown attempts and 5% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1499 avg
Positional Controller 2 0-2-0
Striking 1 0-0-1 vs 1460 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-0-1

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 2 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.

11 JUL 2017 - drew with Kurt Holobaugh · No Contest 20 JAN 2018 - lost to Enrique Barzola · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUL 2018 - lost to Steven Peterson · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 7 rounds across 3 of 3 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 18.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 25.1
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:13 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 37% 127/346
Takedowns 0% 0/3
Opponents’ accuracy 45% 176/395

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 84
Body 25% 32
Leg 9% 11

And from where

At distance 88% 112
In the clinch 10% 13
On the ground 2% 2

How the bouts ended

Decision 0 won Decision (Split) · 0-1 Decision (Unanimous) · 0-1
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
06 JUL 2018 Steven Peterson Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 57 74 The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
20 JAN 2018 Enrique Barzola Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 55 UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
11 JUL 2017 Kurt Holobaugh No decision No Contest R1 2:59 27 47 DWCS 1.1