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The Clinch

United States of America “Quicksand” 2005-2018 · 43 rounds on file

Mike Pyle

14-10-0 W-L-D in this database

Mike Pyle, photograph by MMA Fight
Strike accuracy 480/1,046
Takedown accuracy 21/59
Sig. strikes / round 11.2
Control / round 0:39
Inside the distance 71% 10 of 14 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
74″188 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5118 SEP 1975
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 23 fights - 4.1 takedown attempts and 15% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 12 7-5-0 vs 1543 avg
Positional Controller 8 4-4-0
Submission Grappler 4 3-1-0
Hybrid 6 1-5-0 vs 1528 avg
Well-Rounded 6 1-5-0
Striking 3 3-0-0 vs 1523 avg
Pressure Striker 2 2-0-0
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 12 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.

14 OCT 2005 - beat Bret Bergmark · Submission 13 JAN 2006 - beat Shonie Carter · Submission 22 JUN 2007 - beat Aaron Wetherspoon · Decision (Unanimous) 10 NOV 2007 - lost to Jake Shields · Submission 19 JUL 2008 - beat JJ Ambrose · Submission 23 MAY 2009 - lost to Brock Larson · Submission 16 SEP 2009 - beat Chris Wilson · Submission 02 JAN 2010 - lost to Jake Ellenberger · Technical Knockout 12 JUN 2010 - beat Jesse Lennox · Submission 16 OCT 2010 - beat John Hathaway · Decision (Unanimous) 19 MAR 2011 - beat Ricardo Almeida · Decision (Unanimous) 06 AUG 2011 - lost to Rory MacDonald · Technical Knockout 14 JAN 2012 - beat Ricardo Funch · Technical Knockout 08 JUN 2012 - beat Josh Neer · Technical Knockout 15 DEC 2012 - beat James Head · Technical Knockout 25 MAY 2013 - beat Rick Story · Decision (Split) 17 AUG 2013 - lost to Matt Brown · Technical Knockout 22 FEB 2014 - beat TJ Waldburger · Technical Knockout 23 AUG 2014 - lost to Jordan Mein · Technical Knockout 23 MAY 2015 - lost to Colby Covington · Decision (Unanimous) 06 FEB 2016 - beat Sean Spencer · Technical Knockout 07 JUL 2016 - lost to Alberto Mina · Technical Knockout 30 DEC 2016 - lost to Alex Garcia · Technical Knockout 03 MAR 2018 - lost to Zak Ottow · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 43 rounds across 23 of 24 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 11.6
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:39 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 480/1,046
Takedowns 36% 21/59
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 497/1,268

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 322
Body 18% 85
Leg 15% 73

And from where

At distance 55% 266
In the clinch 19% 90
On the ground 26% 124

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-7
Submission 5 won Submission · 5-2
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-1 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
03 MAR 2018 Zak Ottow Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:34 4 22 UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
30 DEC 2016 Alex Garcia Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:34 5 14 UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
07 JUL 2016 Alberto Mina Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:17 2 16 UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
06 FEB 2016 Sean Spencer Won Technical Knockout R3 4:25 75 50 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
23 MAY 2015 Colby Covington Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 16 26 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
23 AUG 2014 Jordan Mein Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:12 2 10 UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos
22 FEB 2014 TJ Waldburger Won Technical Knockout R3 4:03 56 38 UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann
17 AUG 2013 Matt Brown Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:29 0 10 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
25 MAY 2013 Rick Story Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 33 57 UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2
15 DEC 2012 James Head Won Technical Knockout R1 1:55 9 13 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
08 JUN 2012 Josh Neer Won Technical Knockout R1 4:56 18 19 UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall
14 JAN 2012 Ricardo Funch Won Technical Knockout R1 1:22 11 2 UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes
06 AUG 2011 Rory MacDonald Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:54 3 24 UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2
19 MAR 2011 Ricardo Almeida Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 36 48 UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
16 OCT 2010 John Hathaway Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 46 18 UFC 120: Bisping vs Akiyama
12 JUN 2010 Jesse Lennox Won Submission R3 4:44 49 37 UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin
02 JAN 2010 Jake Ellenberger Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:22 5 15 UFC 108: Evans vs Silva
16 SEP 2009 Chris Wilson Won Submission R3 2:15 12 19 UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Guillard
23 MAY 2009 Brock Larson Lost Submission R1 3:06 1 4 UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
19 JUL 2008 JJ Ambrose Won Submission R1 2:51 18 9 Affliction - Banned
10 NOV 2007 Jake Shields Lost Submission R1 3:39 4 2 EliteXC - Renegade
22 JUN 2007 Aaron Wetherspoon Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 65 34 Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Baroni
13 JAN 2006 Shonie Carter Won Submission R1 2:06 -- -- WEC 18: Unfinished Business
14 OCT 2005 Bret Bergmark Won Submission R1 3:36 10 10 WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4

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