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The Clinch

United States of America “The Assassin” 2007-2009 · 8 rounds on file

Houston Alexander

2-4-0 W-L-D in this database

Houston Alexander, photograph by jamie.lovelock Crop: East718 at en.wikipedia
Strike accuracy 92/165
Takedown accuracy 1/1
Sig. strikes / round 11.5
Control / round 0:14
Inside the distance 100% 2 of 2 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
72″182.9 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5422 MAR 1972
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 6 fights - 0.4 takedown attempts and 5% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 3 2-1-0 vs 1580 avg
Well-Rounded 3 2-1-0
Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1509 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1503 avg
Pressure 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 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.

26 MAY 2007 - beat Keith Jardine · Technical Knockout 08 SEP 2007 - beat Alessio Sakara · Technical Knockout 17 NOV 2007 - lost to Thiago Silva · Technical Knockout 02 APR 2008 - lost to James Irvin · Technical Knockout 17 SEP 2008 - lost to Eric Schafer · Submission 05 DEC 2009 - lost to Kevin Ferguson · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 8 rounds across 6 of 6 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 10.3
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.4
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:14 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 56% 92/165
Takedowns 100% 1/1
Opponents’ accuracy 53% 82/156

Where the strikes land

Head 53% 49
Body 8% 7
Leg 39% 36

And from where

At distance 49% 45
In the clinch 26% 24
On the ground 25% 23

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
05 DEC 2009 Kevin Ferguson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 27 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
17 SEP 2008 Eric Schafer Lost Submission R1 4:53 12 24 UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer
02 APR 2008 James Irvin Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:08 0 3 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
17 NOV 2007 Thiago Silva Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:25 2 22 UFC 78: Validation
08 SEP 2007 Alessio Sakara Won Technical Knockout R1 1:01 18 1 UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
26 MAY 2007 Keith Jardine Won Technical Knockout R1 0:48 17 5 UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson

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