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The Clinch

United States of America “The Beast” 1994-2001 · 17 rounds on file

Dan Severn

10-4-1 W-L-D in this database

Dan Severn, photograph by Mike Kalasnik
Strike accuracy 171/474
Takedown accuracy 11/29
Sig. strikes / round 10.1
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 60% 6 of 10 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
6808 JUN 1958
Listed weight
250 lb113.4 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 14 fights - 5.1 takedown attempts and 0% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 6 3-3-0 vs 1590 avg
Submission Grappler 6 3-3-0
Hybrid 3 2-0-1 vs 1510 avg
Well-Rounded 3 2-0-1
Striking 3 2-1-0 vs 1547 avg
Pressure Striker 3 2-1-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 vs 1514 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 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.

16 DEC 1994 - lost to Royce Gracie · Submission 16 DEC 1994 - beat Marcus Bossett · Submission 16 DEC 1994 - beat Anthony Macias · Submission 07 APR 1995 - beat Dave Beneteau · Submission 07 APR 1995 - beat Oleg Taktarov · Technical Knockout 07 APR 1995 - beat Joe Charles · Submission 14 JUL 1995 - lost to Ken Shamrock · Submission 16 DEC 1995 - beat Oleg Taktarov · Decision (Unanimous) 16 DEC 1995 - beat David Abbott · Decision (Unanimous) 16 DEC 1995 - beat Paul Varelans · Submission 17 MAY 1996 - beat Ken Shamrock · Decision (Split) 07 FEB 1997 - lost to Mark Coleman · Submission 11 OCT 1997 - drew with Kimo Leopoldo · Unknown 22 SEP 2000 - lost to Pedro Rizzo · Technical Knockout 30 JUN 2001 - beat Travis Fulton · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 17 rounds across 14 of 15 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.1
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 36% 171/474
Takedowns 38% 11/29
Opponents’ accuracy 33% 103/309

Where the strikes land

Head 78% 134
Body 15% 26
Leg 6% 11

And from where

At distance 38% 65
In the clinch 6% 11
On the ground 56% 95

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Submission 5 won Submission · 5-3
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-0 Decision (Split) · 1-0
Other 0 won Unknown · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
30 JUN 2001 Travis Fulton Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 -- -- WEC 1: Princes of Pain
22 SEP 2000 Pedro Rizzo Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:33 0 2 UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
11 OCT 1997 Kimo Leopoldo No decision Unknown R1 30:00 53 53 PRIDE 1
07 FEB 1997 Mark Coleman Lost Submission R1 2:57 2 4 UFC 12: Judgement Day
17 MAY 1996 Ken Shamrock Won Decision (Split) R3 3:00 16 18 UFC 9: Motor City Madness
16 DEC 1995 Paul Varelans Won Submission R1 1:01 0 1 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95
16 DEC 1995 David Abbott Won Decision (Unanimous) R1 18:00 57 3 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95
16 DEC 1995 Oleg Taktarov Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 3:00 24 8 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '95
14 JUL 1995 Ken Shamrock Lost Submission R1 2:14 2 2 UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
07 APR 1995 Joe Charles Won Submission R1 1:38 2 1 UFC 5: The Return of the Beast
07 APR 1995 Oleg Taktarov Won Technical Knockout R1 4:21 9 0 UFC 5: The Return of the Beast
07 APR 1995 Dave Beneteau Won Submission R1 3:01 2 2 UFC 5: The Return of the Beast
16 DEC 1994 Anthony Macias Won Submission R1 1:45 0 8 UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
16 DEC 1994 Marcus Bossett Won Submission R1 0:52 0 1 UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
16 DEC 1994 Royce Gracie Lost Submission R1 15:49 4 0 UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

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