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The Clinch

-- 2002-2009 · 18 rounds on file

Paulo Filho

11-1-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 186/386
Takedown accuracy 16/50
Sig. strikes / round 10.3
Control / round 0:09
Inside the distance 73% 8 of 11 wins
Height
5′8″172.7 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4824 MAY 1978
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 8.3 takedown attempts and 9% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 6 5-1-0 vs 1495 avg
Positional Controller 4 3-1-0
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 3 3-0-0 vs 1519 avg
Well-Rounded 3 3-0-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1517 avg
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- 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 6 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.

29 SEP 2002 - beat Akira Shoji · Submission 19 JUL 2004 - beat Akira Shoji · Decision (Split) 03 APR 2005 - beat Amar Suloev · Submission 25 SEP 2005 - beat Ryuta Sakurai · Submission 02 APR 2006 - beat Murilo Rua · Decision (Unanimous) 04 JUN 2006 - beat Gregory Bouchelaghem · Decision (Unanimous) 27 AUG 2006 - beat Ryo Chonan · Submission 05 NOV 2006 - beat Kazuo Misaki · Submission 05 AUG 2007 - beat Joe Doerksen · Technical Knockout 12 DEC 2007 - beat Chael Sonnen · Submission 05 NOV 2008 - lost to Chael Sonnen · Decision (Unanimous) 20 JUL 2009 - beat Melvin Manhoef · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 18 rounds across 12 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.3
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.6
Control time 0:09 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 186/386
Takedowns 32% 16/50
Opponents’ accuracy 33% 167/502

Where the strikes land

Head 72% 133
Body 16% 29
Leg 13% 24

And from where

At distance 43% 80
In the clinch 10% 18
On the ground 47% 88

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
20 JUL 2009 Melvin Manhoef Won Submission R1 2:36 0 22 DREAM 10: Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
05 NOV 2008 Chael Sonnen Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 5 53 WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
12 DEC 2007 Chael Sonnen Won Submission R2 4:55 3 32 WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
05 AUG 2007 Joe Doerksen Won Technical Knockout R1 4:07 13 3 WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson
05 NOV 2006 Kazuo Misaki Won Submission R1 9:43 23 1 PRIDE Bushido 13
27 AUG 2006 Ryo Chonan Won Submission R1 2:30 3 0 PRIDE Bushido 12
04 JUN 2006 Gregory Bouchelaghem Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 23 4 PRIDE Bushido 11
02 APR 2006 Murilo Rua Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 30 4 PRIDE Bushido 10
25 SEP 2005 Ryuta Sakurai Won Submission R1 3:49 7 5 PRIDE Bushido 9: The Tournament
03 APR 2005 Amar Suloev Won Submission R1 4:22 7 3 PRIDE Bushido 6
19 JUL 2004 Akira Shoji Won Decision (Split) R2 5:00 61 38 PRIDE Bushido 4
29 SEP 2002 Akira Shoji Won Submission R1 2:48 11 2 PRIDE 22: Beasts from the East 2