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The Clinch

-- “The Beast” 2002-2009 · 8 rounds on file

Bob Sapp

3-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 83/150
Takedown accuracy 1/1
Sig. strikes / round 10.4
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 100% 3 of 3 wins
Height
6′5″195.6 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
5222 SEP 1974
Listed weight
350 lb158.8 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 7 fights - 0.4 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1542 avg
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
Positional Controller 1 1-0-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1479 avg
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1540 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 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.

28 APR 2002 - beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto · Technical Knockout 23 JUN 2002 - beat Kiyoshi Tamura · Technical Knockout 28 AUG 2002 - lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Submission 23 FEB 2008 - lost to Jan Nortje · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2008 - beat Akihito Tanaka · Technical Knockout 26 MAY 2009 - lost to Ikuhisa Minowa · Submission 06 OCT 2009 - lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 8 rounds across 7 of 7 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.1
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.4
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 55% 83/150
Takedowns 100% 1/1
Opponents’ accuracy 51% 49/97

Where the strikes land

Head 87% 72
Body 12% 10
Leg 1% 1

And from where

At distance 20% 17
In the clinch 30% 25
On the ground 49% 41

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-2
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
06 OCT 2009 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:31 0 6 DREAM 11: Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
26 MAY 2009 Ikuhisa Minowa Lost Submission R1 1:15 3 0 DREAM 9: Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 2nd Round
31 DEC 2008 Akihito Tanaka Won Technical Knockout R1 5:22 11 1 Dynamite!! 2008
23 FEB 2008 Jan Nortje Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:55 3 15 Strikeforce - At the Dome
28 AUG 2002 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Lost Submission R2 4:03 40 16 PRIDE Shockwave 2002
23 JUN 2002 Kiyoshi Tamura Won Technical Knockout R1 0:11 3 2 PRIDE 21: Demolition
28 APR 2002 Yoshihisa Yamamoto Won Technical Knockout R1 2:44 23 9 PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready