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The Clinch

-- “The People's Warrior” 2005-2018 · 45 rounds on file

Joshua Burkman

6-12-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 543/1,245
Takedown accuracy 34/92
Sig. strikes / round 12.1
Control / round 1:08
Inside the distance 33% 2 of 6 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
72″182.9 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
4610 APR 1980
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 19 fights - 6.1 takedown attempts and 23% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 8 3-5-0 vs 1556 avg
Positional Controller 5 1-4-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 7 1-5-1 vs 1508 avg
Well-Rounded 7 1-5-1
Striking 3 1-2-0 vs 1536 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
-- 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 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.

05 NOV 2005 - beat Sammy Morgan · Technical Knockout 16 JAN 2006 - beat Drew Fickett · Submission 06 APR 2006 - lost to Jon Fitch · Submission 08 JUL 2006 - beat Josh Neer · Decision (Unanimous) 25 JAN 2007 - beat Chad Reiner · Decision (Unanimous) 26 MAY 2007 - lost to Karo Parisyan · Decision (Unanimous) 20 OCT 2007 - beat Forrest Petz · Decision (Split) 23 JAN 2008 - lost to Mike Swick · Decision (Majority) 21 JUN 2008 - lost to Dustin Hazelett · Submission 25 OCT 2008 - lost to Pete Sell · Decision (Unanimous) 03 JAN 2015 - drew with Hector Lombard · No Contest 23 MAY 2015 - lost to Dong Hyun Kim · Submission 23 AUG 2015 - lost to Patrick Cote · Technical Knockout 06 FEB 2016 - beat KJ Noons · Decision (Unanimous) 29 MAY 2016 - lost to Paul Felder · Decision (Unanimous) 01 OCT 2016 - lost to Zak Ottow · Decision (Split) 11 MAR 2017 - lost to Michel Prazeres · Submission 29 JUL 2017 - lost to Drew Dober · Technical Knockout 18 FEB 2018 - lost to Alex Morono · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 45 rounds across 19 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.0
Takedowns landed 0.8
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 1:08 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 543/1,245
Takedowns 37% 34/92
Opponents’ accuracy 48% 632/1,315

Where the strikes land

Head 48% 259
Body 17% 91
Leg 36% 193

And from where

At distance 67% 364
In the clinch 23% 125
On the ground 10% 54

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-2
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-5
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-3 Decision (Split) · 1-1 Decision (Majority) · 0-1
Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
18 FEB 2018 Alex Morono Lost Submission R1 2:12 4 7 UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros
29 JUL 2017 Drew Dober Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:04 11 15 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
11 MAR 2017 Michel Prazeres Lost Submission R1 1:42 1 24 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
01 OCT 2016 Zak Ottow Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 47 65 UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
29 MAY 2016 Paul Felder Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 41 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
06 FEB 2016 KJ Noons Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 57 33 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
23 AUG 2015 Patrick Cote Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:26 45 60 UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira
23 MAY 2015 Dong Hyun Kim Lost Submission R3 2:13 20 30 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
03 JAN 2015 Hector Lombard No decision No Contest R3 5:00 42 53 UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
25 OCT 2008 Pete Sell Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 50 65 UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
21 JUN 2008 Dustin Hazelett Lost Submission R2 4:46 34 13 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale
23 JAN 2008 Mike Swick Lost Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 39 54 UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman
20 OCT 2007 Forrest Petz Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 44 65 UFC 77: Hostile Territory
26 MAY 2007 Karo Parisyan Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 16 54 UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson
25 JAN 2007 Chad Reiner Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 27 6 UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon
08 JUL 2006 Josh Neer Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 35 19 UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
06 APR 2006 Jon Fitch Lost Submission R2 4:57 20 25 UFC Fight Night 4
16 JAN 2006 Drew Fickett Won Submission R1 1:07 7 2 UFC Fight Night 3
05 NOV 2005 Sammy Morgan Won Technical Knockout R1 0:21 4 1 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale