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The Clinch

United States of America “The Polar Bear” 1995-1996 · 8 rounds on file

Paul Varelans

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

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 56/128
Takedown accuracy 2/2
Sig. strikes / round 7.0
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 75% 3 of 4 wins
Height
6′8″203.2 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5717 SEP 1969
Listed weight
300 lb136.1 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 8 fights - 0.8 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 3 1-2-0 vs 1466 avg
Well-Rounded 3 1-2-0
Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1572 avg
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
Striking 1 1-0-0 --
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

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

14 JUL 1995 - lost to David Abbott · Technical Knockout 14 JUL 1995 - beat Cal Worsham · Technical Knockout 08 SEP 1995 - lost to Marco Ruas · Technical Knockout 08 SEP 1995 - beat Mark Hall · Submission 08 SEP 1995 - beat Gerry Harris · Technical Knockout 16 DEC 1995 - lost to Dan Severn · Submission 16 FEB 1996 - beat Joe Moreira · Decision (Unanimous) 07 DEC 1996 - lost to Kimo Leopoldo · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 8 rounds across 8 of 8 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 7.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.9
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 56/128
Takedowns 100% 2/2
Opponents’ accuracy 50% 79/157

Where the strikes land

Head 71% 40
Body 11% 6
Leg 18% 10

And from where

At distance 30% 17
In the clinch 38% 21
On the ground 32% 18

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
07 DEC 1996 Kimo Leopoldo Lost Technical Knockout R1 9:08 21 9 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '96
16 FEB 1996 Joe Moreira Won Decision (Unanimous) R1 10:00 9 12 UFC 8: David vs Goliath
16 DEC 1995 Dan Severn Lost Submission R1 1:01 1 0 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95
08 SEP 1995 Gerry Harris Won Technical Knockout R1 1:05 4 0 UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo
08 SEP 1995 Mark Hall Won Submission R1 1:01 2 2 UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo
08 SEP 1995 Marco Ruas Lost Technical Knockout R1 13:17 10 33 UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo
14 JUL 1995 Cal Worsham Won Technical Knockout R1 1:02 8 9 UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
14 JUL 1995 David Abbott Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:53 1 14 UFC 6: Clash of the Titans