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The Clinch

-- “The Giant” 2001-2009 · 3 rounds on file

Jan Nortje

1-2-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 17/33
Takedown accuracy --
Sig. strikes / round 5.7
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 100% 1 of 1 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
5111 APR 1975
Listed weight
310 lb140.6 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 3 fights - 0.0 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 1 0-1-0 vs 1478 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1529 avg
Well-Rounded 1 0-1-0
Striking 1 1-0-0 vs 1526 avg
Pressure Striker 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 1 bout, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

23 DEC 2001 - lost to Yoshihisa Yamamoto · Submission 23 FEB 2008 - beat Bob Sapp · Technical Knockout 26 MAY 2009 - lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 3 rounds across 3 of 3 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 5.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.7
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 52% 17/33
Takedowns -- 0/0
Opponents’ accuracy 68% 23/34

Where the strikes land

Head 88% 15
Body 12% 2
Leg 0% 0

And from where

At distance 53% 9
In the clinch 35% 6
On the ground 12% 2

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-1
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
26 MAY 2009 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:29 1 18 DREAM 9: Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 2nd Round
23 FEB 2008 Bob Sapp Won Technical Knockout R1 0:55 15 3 Strikeforce - At the Dome
23 DEC 2001 Yoshihisa Yamamoto Lost Submission R1 1:43 1 2 PRIDE 18: Cold Fury 2