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The Clinch

-- 2002-2008 · 16 rounds on file

Kiyoshi Tamura

7-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 190/355
Takedown accuracy 3/5
Sig. strikes / round 11.9
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 71% 5 of 7 wins
Height
5′11″180.3 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
5617 DEC 1969
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 0.9 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 6 4-2-0 vs 1563 avg
Submission Grappler 6 4-2-0
Striking 2 0-2-0 vs 1574 avg
Pressure Striker 2 0-2-0
Hybrid 1 1-0-0 vs 1481 avg
Well-Rounded 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 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.

24 FEB 2002 - lost to Wanderlei Silva · Technical Knockout 23 JUN 2002 - lost to Bob Sapp · Technical Knockout 24 NOV 2002 - beat Nobuhiko Takada · Technical Knockout 10 AUG 2003 - lost to Hidehiko Yoshida · Submission 31 DEC 2003 - beat Rony Sefo · Submission 20 FEB 2005 - beat Aliev Makhmud · Technical Knockout 26 JUN 2005 - beat Makoto Takimoto · Decision (Unanimous) 26 FEB 2006 - lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Submission 31 DEC 2006 - beat Ikuhisa Minowa · Technical Knockout 29 APR 2008 - beat Masakatsu Funaki · Technical Knockout 31 DEC 2008 - beat Kazushi Sakuraba · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 16 rounds across 11 of 11 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.9
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.0
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 54% 190/355
Takedowns 60% 3/5
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 112/287

Where the strikes land

Head 32% 60
Body 19% 36
Leg 49% 94

And from where

At distance 88% 168
In the clinch 3% 6
On the ground 8% 16

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
31 DEC 2008 Kazushi Sakuraba Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 5:00 17 4 Dynamite!! 2008
29 APR 2008 Masakatsu Funaki Won Technical Knockout R1 0:57 15 10 DREAM 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round
31 DEC 2006 Ikuhisa Minowa Won Technical Knockout R1 1:18 9 10 PRIDE Shockwave 2006
26 FEB 2006 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Lost Submission R1 2:24 0 2 PRIDE 31: Unbreakable
26 JUN 2005 Makoto Takimoto Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 67 36 PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005
20 FEB 2005 Aliev Makhmud Won Technical Knockout R1 7:09 16 8 PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire
31 DEC 2003 Rony Sefo Won Submission R1 2:20 1 0 PRIDE Shockwave 2003
10 AUG 2003 Hidehiko Yoshida Lost Submission R1 5:06 15 8 PRIDE Total Elimination 2003
24 NOV 2002 Nobuhiko Takada Won Technical Knockout R2 1:00 41 5 PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2
23 JUN 2002 Bob Sapp Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:11 2 3 PRIDE 21: Demolition
24 FEB 2002 Wanderlei Silva Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:28 7 26 PRIDE 19: Bad Blood