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The Clinch

United States of America 2018-2021 · 10 rounds on file

Matt Sayles

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

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 201/481
Takedown accuracy 1/6
Sig. strikes / round 20.1
Control / round 0:31
Inside the distance 100% 2 of 2 wins
Height
5′7″170.2 cm
Reach
68″172.7 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
3221 FEB 1994
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 1.8 takedown attempts and 11% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1536 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 1-0-0 vs 1479 avg
Well-Rounded 1 1-0-0
Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1478 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
-- 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 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.

19 JUN 2018 - beat Yazan Hajeh · Technical Knockout 04 AUG 2018 - lost to Sheymon Moraes · Decision (Unanimous) 04 MAY 2019 - beat Kyle Nelson · Submission 07 DEC 2019 - lost to Bryce Mitchell · Submission 18 DEC 2021 - lost to Jordan Leavitt · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 10 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 20.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 11.7
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:31 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 42% 201/481
Takedowns 17% 1/6
Opponents’ accuracy 38% 117/304

Where the strikes land

Head 58% 117
Body 25% 50
Leg 17% 34

And from where

At distance 67% 135
In the clinch 7% 14
On the ground 26% 52

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-0
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-2
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
18 DEC 2021 Jordan Leavitt Lost Submission R2 2:05 13 9 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
07 DEC 2019 Bryce Mitchell Lost Submission R1 4:20 2 6 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
04 MAY 2019 Kyle Nelson Won Submission R3 3:16 75 26 UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
04 AUG 2018 Sheymon Moraes Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 77 73 UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
19 JUN 2018 Yazan Hajeh Won Technical Knockout R1 1:57 34 3 DWCS 2.2