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The Clinch

-- “Niko” 2003-2008 · 10 rounds on file

Falaniko Vitale

2-3-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 78/159
Takedown accuracy 2/6
Sig. strikes / round 7.8
Control / round 0:34
Inside the distance 100% 2 of 2 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5214 JUL 1974
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 1.8 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 4 1-3-0 vs 1564 avg
Positional Controller 4 1-3-0
-- 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 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.

06 JUN 2003 - beat Matt Lindland · Technical Knockout 21 NOV 2003 - lost to Matt Lindland · Technical Knockout 29 SEP 2007 - beat Ron Fields · Technical Knockout 16 NOV 2007 - lost to Trevor Prangley · Unknown 03 OCT 2008 - lost to Frank Trigg · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 10 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 7.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 15.3
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:34 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 49% 78/159
Takedowns 33% 2/6
Opponents’ accuracy 52% 153/294

Where the strikes land

Head 59% 46
Body 27% 21
Leg 14% 11

And from where

At distance 55% 43
In the clinch 33% 26
On the ground 12% 9

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-1
Other 0 won Unknown · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
03 OCT 2008 Frank Trigg Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 36 69 Strikeforce - Payback
16 NOV 2007 Trevor Prangley Lost Unknown R2 2:12 29 46 Strikeforce - Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
29 SEP 2007 Ron Fields Won Technical Knockout R1 3:02 8 1 Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion
21 NOV 2003 Matt Lindland Lost Technical Knockout R3 4:23 3 35 UFC 45: Revolution
06 JUN 2003 Matt Lindland Won Technical Knockout R1 1:56 2 2 UFC 43: Meltdown