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The Clinch

-- 2010-2019 · 20 rounds on file

David Branch

4-5-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 137/344
Takedown accuracy 14/43
Sig. strikes / round 6.9
Control / round 1:43
Inside the distance 25% 1 of 4 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
78″198.1 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4526 SEP 1981
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 9 fights - 6.5 takedown attempts and 34% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 4 1-3-0 vs 1594 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1566 avg
Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0
Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1509 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 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.

03 JUL 2010 - lost to Gerald Harris · Technical Knockout 15 SEP 2010 - beat Tomasz Drwal · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2010 - beat Rich Attonito · Decision (Unanimous) 03 MAR 2011 - lost to Rousimar Palhares · Submission 13 MAY 2017 - beat Krzysztof Jotko · Decision (Split) 16 SEP 2017 - lost to Luke Rockhold · Technical Knockout 21 APR 2018 - beat Thiago Santos · Technical Knockout 03 NOV 2018 - lost to Jared Cannonier · Technical Knockout 30 MAR 2019 - lost to Jack Hermansson · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 20 rounds across 9 of 9 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 6.9
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.9
Takedowns landed 0.7
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 1:43 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 40% 137/344
Takedowns 33% 14/43
Opponents’ accuracy 43% 157/363

Where the strikes land

Head 47% 65
Body 30% 41
Leg 23% 31

And from where

At distance 50% 68
In the clinch 35% 48
On the ground 15% 21

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
30 MAR 2019 Jack Hermansson Lost Submission R1 0:49 1 3 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
03 NOV 2018 Jared Cannonier Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:39 10 26 UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
21 APR 2018 Thiago Santos Won Technical Knockout R1 2:30 5 14 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
16 SEP 2017 Luke Rockhold Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:05 25 58 UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch
13 MAY 2017 Krzysztof Jotko Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 39 28 UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos
03 MAR 2011 Rousimar Palhares Lost Submission R2 1:44 6 2 UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann
04 DEC 2010 Rich Attonito Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 16 6 The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale
15 SEP 2010 Tomasz Drwal Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 15 10 UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs Palhares
03 JUL 2010 Gerald Harris Lost Technical Knockout R3 2:35 20 10 UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin