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The Clinch

-- “The Gazelle” 2011-2012 · 8 rounds on file

Walel Watson

1-3-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 68/232
Takedown accuracy 0/1
Sig. strikes / round 8.5
Control / round 0:10
Inside the distance 100% 1 of 1 wins
Height
5′11″180.3 cm
Reach
75″190.5 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
4216 JUL 1984
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 4 fights - 0.4 takedown attempts and 3% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1477 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1489 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 2 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.

01 OCT 2011 - beat Joseph Sandoval · Technical Knockout 10 DEC 2011 - lost to Yves Jabouin · Decision (Split) 15 FEB 2012 - lost to TJ Dillashaw · Decision (Unanimous) 22 SEP 2012 - lost to Mitch Gagnon · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 8 rounds across 4 of 4 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.4
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:10 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 29% 68/232
Takedowns 0% 0/1
Opponents’ accuracy 56% 123/218

Where the strikes land

Head 54% 37
Body 19% 13
Leg 26% 18

And from where

At distance 84% 57
In the clinch 4% 3
On the ground 12% 8

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
22 SEP 2012 Mitch Gagnon Lost Submission R1 1:09 1 5 UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort
15 FEB 2012 TJ Dillashaw Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 11 85 UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger
10 DEC 2011 Yves Jabouin Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 47 33 UFC 140: Jones vs Machida
01 OCT 2011 Joseph Sandoval Won Technical Knockout R1 1:17 9 0 UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson