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The Clinch

United States of America “Rumble” 2007-2017 · 33 rounds on file

Anthony Johnson

13-6-0 W-L-D in this database

Anthony Johnson, photograph by Ringside cameraman
Strike accuracy 381/800
Takedown accuracy 19/33
Sig. strikes / round 11.5
Control / round 1:19
Inside the distance 85% 11 of 13 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
78″198.1 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4206 MAR 1984
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 19 fights - 3.0 takedown attempts and 26% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 10 6-4-0 vs 1594 avg
Positional Controller 7 4-3-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 4 4-0-0 vs 1566 avg
Well-Rounded 4 4-0-0
Striking 4 2-2-0 vs 1591 avg
Pressure Striker 4 2-2-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1479 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 10 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.

12 JUN 2007 - beat Chad Reiner · Technical Knockout 22 SEP 2007 - lost to Rich Clementi · Submission 02 APR 2008 - beat Tommy Speer · Technical Knockout 19 JUL 2008 - lost to Kevin Burns · Technical Knockout 13 DEC 2008 - beat Kevin Burns · Technical Knockout 07 FEB 2009 - beat Luigi Fioravanti · Technical Knockout 24 OCT 2009 - beat Yoshiyuki Yoshida · Technical Knockout 21 NOV 2009 - lost to Josh Koscheck · Submission 26 MAR 2011 - beat Dan Hardy · Decision (Unanimous) 01 OCT 2011 - beat Charlie Brenneman · Technical Knockout 14 JAN 2012 - lost to Vitor Belfort · Submission 26 APR 2014 - beat Phil Davis · Decision (Unanimous) 26 JUL 2014 - beat Rogerio Nogueira · Technical Knockout 24 JAN 2015 - beat Alexander Gustafsson · Technical Knockout 23 MAY 2015 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Submission 05 SEP 2015 - beat Jimi Manuwa · Technical Knockout 30 JAN 2016 - beat Ryan Bader · Technical Knockout 20 AUG 2016 - beat Glover Teixeira · Technical Knockout 08 APR 2017 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 33 rounds across 19 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.5
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.4
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:19 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 381/800
Takedowns 58% 19/33
Opponents’ accuracy 40% 215/543

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 255
Body 15% 57
Leg 18% 69

And from where

At distance 56% 214
In the clinch 18% 67
On the ground 26% 100

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 11 won Technical Knockout · 11-1
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-5
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
08 APR 2017 Daniel Cormier Lost Submission R2 3:37 22 36 UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2
20 AUG 2016 Glover Teixeira Won Technical Knockout R1 0:13 4 1 UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2
30 JAN 2016 Ryan Bader Won Technical Knockout R1 1:26 11 0 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Bader
05 SEP 2015 Jimi Manuwa Won Technical Knockout R2 0:28 25 8 UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2
23 MAY 2015 Daniel Cormier Lost Submission R3 2:39 23 23 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
24 JAN 2015 Alexander Gustafsson Won Technical Knockout R1 2:15 30 10 UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson
26 JUL 2014 Rogerio Nogueira Won Technical Knockout R1 0:44 8 0 UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown
26 APR 2014 Phil Davis Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 45 21 UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira
14 JAN 2012 Vitor Belfort Lost Submission R1 4:49 4 14 UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes
01 OCT 2011 Charlie Brenneman Won Technical Knockout R1 2:49 16 1 UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson
26 MAR 2011 Dan Hardy Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 20 2 UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis
21 NOV 2009 Josh Koscheck Lost Submission R2 4:47 16 19 UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin 2
24 OCT 2009 Yoshiyuki Yoshida Won Technical Knockout R1 0:41 10 0 UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
07 FEB 2009 Luigi Fioravanti Won Technical Knockout R1 4:39 21 12 UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens
13 DEC 2008 Kevin Burns Won Technical Knockout R3 0:28 35 17 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale
19 JUL 2008 Kevin Burns Lost Technical Knockout R3 3:35 51 37 UFC: Silva vs Irvin
02 APR 2008 Tommy Speer Won Technical Knockout R1 0:51 15 0 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
22 SEP 2007 Rich Clementi Lost Submission R2 3:05 22 12 UFC 76: Knockout
12 JUN 2007 Chad Reiner Won Technical Knockout R1 0:13 3 2 UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher

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