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United States of America “Diesel” 2004-2016 · 34 rounds on file

Joe Riggs

9-10-0 W-L-D in this database

Joe Riggs, photograph by The original uploader was East718 at English Wikipedia.
Strike accuracy 310/603
Takedown accuracy 21/38
Sig. strikes / round 9.1
Control / round 0:49
Inside the distance 67% 6 of 9 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4423 SEP 1982
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 19 fights - 3.4 takedown attempts and 19% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 8 3-5-0 vs 1564 avg
Positional Controller 4 0-4-0
Submission Grappler 4 3-1-0
Hybrid 6 3-3-0 vs 1530 avg
Well-Rounded 6 3-3-0
Striking 4 2-2-0 vs 1516 avg
Pressure Striker 3 2-1-0
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1476 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 8 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.

21 AUG 2004 - beat Joe Doerksen · Technical Knockout 16 APR 2005 - lost to Ivan Salaverry · Submission 07 OCT 2005 - beat Chris Lytle · Technical Knockout 19 NOV 2005 - lost to Matt Hughes · Submission 04 FEB 2006 - beat Nick Diaz · Decision (Unanimous) 27 MAY 2006 - lost to Mike Swick · Submission 17 AUG 2006 - beat Jason Von Flue · Submission 13 DEC 2006 - lost to Diego Sanchez · Technical Knockout 29 SEP 2007 - beat Eugene Jackson · Technical Knockout 23 FEB 2008 - lost to Cory Devela · Technical Knockout 20 SEP 2008 - lost to Kazuo Misaki · Technical Knockout 21 NOV 2008 - beat Luke Stewart · Technical Knockout 06 JUN 2009 - beat Phil Baroni · Decision (Unanimous) 30 JAN 2010 - lost to Jay Hieron · Decision (Unanimous) 13 AUG 2010 - beat Louis Taylor · Technical Knockout 13 DEC 2014 - lost to Ben Saunders · Submission 25 APR 2015 - lost to Patrick Cote · Decision (Unanimous) 05 SEP 2015 - beat Ron Stallings · Disqualification 21 FEB 2016 - lost to Chris Camozzi · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 34 rounds across 19 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 9.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.4
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:49 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 51% 310/603
Takedowns 55% 21/38
Opponents’ accuracy 43% 217/505

Where the strikes land

Head 78% 241
Body 13% 39
Leg 10% 30

And from where

At distance 39% 122
In the clinch 21% 66
On the ground 39% 122

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 5 won Technical Knockout · 5-4
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-4
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-2
Other 1 won Disqualification · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
21 FEB 2016 Chris Camozzi Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:26 0 11 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
05 SEP 2015 Ron Stallings Won Disqualification R2 2:28 35 24 UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2
25 APR 2015 Patrick Cote Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 21 UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi
13 DEC 2014 Ben Saunders Lost Submission R1 0:57 2 4 UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic
13 AUG 2010 Louis Taylor Won Technical Knockout R3 2:07 15 25 Strikeforce Challengers 10
30 JAN 2010 Jay Hieron Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 6 21 Strikeforce - Miami
06 JUN 2009 Phil Baroni Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 58 16 Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields
21 NOV 2008 Luke Stewart Won Technical Knockout R2 2:05 36 2 Strikeforce - Destruction
20 SEP 2008 Kazuo Misaki Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:29 8 19 Strikeforce - At the Mansion 2
23 FEB 2008 Cory Devela Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:22 1 3 Strikeforce - At the Dome
29 SEP 2007 Eugene Jackson Won Technical Knockout R1 3:56 21 3 Strikeforce - Playboy Mansion
13 DEC 2006 Diego Sanchez Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:45 3 6 UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs
17 AUG 2006 Jason Von Flue Won Submission R1 2:01 1 0 UFC Fight Night 6
27 MAY 2006 Mike Swick Lost Submission R1 2:19 1 5 UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie
04 FEB 2006 Nick Diaz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 51 38 UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
19 NOV 2005 Matt Hughes Lost Submission R1 3:28 1 8 UFC 56: Full Force
07 OCT 2005 Chris Lytle Won Technical Knockout R2 2:00 15 3 UFC 55: Fury
16 APR 2005 Ivan Salaverry Lost Submission R1 2:42 6 2 UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
21 AUG 2004 Joe Doerksen Won Technical Knockout R2 3:39 29 6 UFC 49: Unfinished Business

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