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United States of America “Mr. Wonderful” 2010-2015 · 35 rounds on file

Phil Davis

9-3-1 W-L-D in this database

Phil Davis, photograph by Sgt. Barry St. Clair
Strike accuracy 485/1,406
Takedown accuracy 31/87
Sig. strikes / round 13.9
Control / round 1:37
Inside the distance 33% 3 of 9 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
79″200.7 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4225 SEP 1984
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 13 fights - 7.5 takedown attempts and 32% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 6 5-1-0 vs 1565 avg
Well-Rounded 6 5-1-0
Grappling 4 2-2-0 vs 1599 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-2-0
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0
Striking 3 2-0-1 vs 1583 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-0-1
Pressure Striker 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.

06 FEB 2010 - beat Brian Stann · Decision (Unanimous) 10 APR 2010 - beat Alexander Gustafsson · Submission 07 AUG 2010 - beat Rodney Wallace · Decision (Unanimous) 20 NOV 2010 - beat Tim Boetsch · Submission 26 MAR 2011 - beat Rogerio Nogueira · Decision (Unanimous) 28 JAN 2012 - lost to Rashad Evans · Decision (Unanimous) 04 AUG 2012 - drew with Wagner Prado · No Contest 13 OCT 2012 - beat Wagner Prado · Submission 27 APR 2013 - beat Vinny Magalhaes · Decision (Unanimous) 03 AUG 2013 - beat Lyoto Machida · Decision (Unanimous) 26 APR 2014 - lost to Anthony Johnson · Decision (Unanimous) 25 OCT 2014 - beat Glover Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous) 24 JAN 2015 - lost to Ryan Bader · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 35 rounds across 13 of 13 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.9
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.4
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:37 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 34% 485/1,406
Takedowns 36% 31/87
Opponents’ accuracy 28% 224/810

Where the strikes land

Head 56% 272
Body 31% 149
Leg 13% 64

And from where

At distance 50% 241
In the clinch 13% 62
On the ground 38% 182

How the bouts ended

Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 6 won Decision (Unanimous) · 6-2 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
24 JAN 2015 Ryan Bader Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 35 26 UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson
25 OCT 2014 Glover Teixeira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 49 9 UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2
26 APR 2014 Anthony Johnson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 45 UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira
03 AUG 2013 Lyoto Machida Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 27 UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung
27 APR 2013 Vinny Magalhaes Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 79 29 UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen
13 OCT 2012 Wagner Prado Won Submission R2 4:29 29 2 UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar
04 AUG 2012 Wagner Prado No decision No Contest R1 1:28 4 2 UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera
28 JAN 2012 Rashad Evans Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 51 62 UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis
26 MAR 2011 Rogerio Nogueira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 8 UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis
20 NOV 2010 Tim Boetsch Won Submission R2 2:55 33 7 UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida
07 AUG 2010 Rodney Wallace Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 59 2 UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
10 APR 2010 Alexander Gustafsson Won Submission R1 4:55 14 0 UFC 112: Invincible
06 FEB 2010 Brian Stann Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 48 5 UFC 109: Relentless

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