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The Clinch

United States of America 2005-2009 · 12 rounds on file

Mike Whitehead

1-4-0 W-L-D in this database

Mike Whitehead, photograph by LeeBrimelow
Strike accuracy 88/261
Takedown accuracy 13/30
Sig. strikes / round 7.3
Control / round 1:06
Inside the distance 0% 0 of 1 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4529 JUN 1981
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 7.5 takedown attempts and 37% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1558 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 2 0-2-0 vs 1603 avg
Well-Rounded 2 0-2-0

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.

22 JAN 2005 - lost to Brandon Vera · Technical Knockout 04 FEB 2006 - lost to Keith Jardine · Decision (Unanimous) 19 JUL 2008 - lost to Renato Sobral · Decision (Unanimous) 06 JUN 2009 - beat Kevin Randleman · Decision (Unanimous) 19 DEC 2009 - lost to Muhammed Lawal · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 12 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 7.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 10.7
Takedowns landed 1.1
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 1:06 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 34% 88/261
Takedowns 43% 13/30
Opponents’ accuracy 41% 128/314

Where the strikes land

Head 56% 49
Body 19% 17
Leg 25% 22

And from where

At distance 82% 72
In the clinch 16% 14
On the ground 2% 2

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
19 DEC 2009 Muhammed Lawal Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:08 10 12 Strikeforce - Evolution
06 JUN 2009 Kevin Randleman Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 27 12 Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields
19 JUL 2008 Renato Sobral Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 53 Affliction - Banned
04 FEB 2006 Keith Jardine Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 27 44 UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
22 JAN 2005 Brandon Vera Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:12 1 7 WEC 13: Heavyweight Explosion

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