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The Clinch

Japan “Kid” 2009-2015 · 15 rounds on file

Norifumi Yamamoto

1-5-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 154/341
Takedown accuracy 2/9
Sig. strikes / round 10.3
Control / round 0:21
Inside the distance 100% 1 of 1 wins
Height
5′4″162.6 cm
Reach
66″167.6 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Southpaw
Age
4915 MAR 1977
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 7 fights - 1.8 takedown attempts and 12% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 5 0-4-1 vs 1519 avg
Positional Controller 4 0-3-1
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1480 avg
Well-Rounded 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 5 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.

26 MAY 2009 - lost to Joe Warren · Decision (Split) 31 DEC 2009 - lost to Masanori Kanehara · Decision (Unanimous) 29 MAY 2010 - beat Federico Lopez · Technical Knockout 05 FEB 2011 - lost to Demetrious Johnson · Decision (Unanimous) 12 NOV 2011 - lost to Darren Uyenoyama · Decision (Unanimous) 25 FEB 2012 - lost to Vaughan Lee · Submission 28 FEB 2015 - drew with Roman Salazar · No Contest

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 15 rounds across 7 of 7 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.9
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:21 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 45% 154/341
Takedowns 22% 2/9
Opponents’ accuracy 43% 148/346

Where the strikes land

Head 54% 83
Body 23% 35
Leg 23% 36

And from where

At distance 79% 121
In the clinch 15% 23
On the ground 6% 10

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-0
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-3 Decision (Split) · 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
28 FEB 2015 Roman Salazar No decision No Contest R2 2:37 19 16 UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano
25 FEB 2012 Vaughan Lee Lost Submission R1 4:29 21 14 UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson
12 NOV 2011 Darren Uyenoyama Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 15 15 UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos
05 FEB 2011 Demetrious Johnson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 16 38 UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
29 MAY 2010 Federico Lopez Won Technical Knockout R1 1:41 9 3 DREAM 14
31 DEC 2009 Masanori Kanehara Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 27 Dynamite!! 2009
26 MAY 2009 Joe Warren Lost Decision (Split) R2 5:00 42 35 DREAM 9: Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 2nd Round