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The Clinch

-- “Mamba” 2023-2026 · 19 rounds on file

Themba Gorimbo

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

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 224/395
Takedown accuracy 25/40
Sig. strikes / round 11.8
Control / round 2:18
Inside the distance 25% 1 of 4 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
3523 JAN 1991
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 8 fights - 6.3 takedown attempts and 46% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1560 avg
Submission Grappler 2 1-1-0
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 3 1-2-0 vs 1531 avg
Well-Rounded 3 1-2-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1490 avg
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
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 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.

18 FEB 2023 - lost to AJ Fletcher · Submission 20 MAY 2023 - beat Takashi Sato · Decision (Unanimous) 03 FEB 2024 - beat Pete Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 18 MAY 2024 - beat Ramiz Brahimaj · Decision (Unanimous) 12 OCT 2024 - beat Niko Price · Decision (Unanimous) 07 DEC 2024 - lost to Vicente Luque · Submission 01 NOV 2025 - lost to Jeremiah Wells · Decision (Unanimous) 02 MAY 2026 - lost to Jonathan Micallef · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 19 rounds across 8 of 8 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.6
Takedowns landed 1.3
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 2:18 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 57% 224/395
Takedowns 63% 25/40
Opponents’ accuracy 48% 145/299

Where the strikes land

Head 52% 117
Body 31% 69
Leg 17% 38

And from where

At distance 55% 123
In the clinch 25% 56
On the ground 20% 45

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
02 MAY 2026 Jonathan Micallef Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 39 55 UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
01 NOV 2025 Jeremiah Wells Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 18 32 UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
07 DEC 2024 Vicente Luque Lost Submission R1 0:52 5 2 UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
12 OCT 2024 Niko Price Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 68 16 UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
18 MAY 2024 Ramiz Brahimaj Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 3 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy
03 FEB 2024 Pete Rodriguez Won Technical Knockout R1 0:32 12 0 UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov
20 MAY 2023 Takashi Sato Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 33 30 UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill
18 FEB 2023 AJ Fletcher Lost Submission R2 1:37 6 7 UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield