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The Clinch

United States of America “The Smashing Machine” 1997-2009 · 21 rounds on file

Mark Kerr

10-5-1 W-L-D in this database

Mark Kerr, photograph by Gabriel Hutchinson
Strike accuracy 144/233
Takedown accuracy 25/33
Sig. strikes / round 6.9
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 70% 7 of 10 wins
Height
6′3″190.5 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Switch
Age
5721 DEC 1968
Listed weight
266 lb120.7 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 16 fights - 4.7 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 5 2-3-0 vs 1539 avg
Positional Controller 3 0-3-0
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1538 avg
Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0
Striking 2 0-1-1 vs 1602 avg
Pressure Striker 2 0-1-1
-- Not classified 7 7-0-0 vs 1479 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 7 bouts, the largest group.

What they do with a round

Summed over 21 rounds across 16 of 16 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 6.9
Sig. strikes absorbed 4.4
Takedowns landed 1.2
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 62% 144/233
Takedowns 76% 25/33
Opponents’ accuracy 69% 93/134

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 97
Body 18% 26
Leg 15% 21

And from where

At distance 8% 11
In the clinch 10% 14
On the ground 83% 119

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
28 AUG 2009 Muhammed Lawal Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:25 1 8 M-1 Global - Breakthrough
01 FEB 2004 Yoshihisa Yamamoto Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:40 0 4 PRIDE 27: Inferno
29 JUL 2001 Heath Herring Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:56 5 9 PRIDE 15: Raging Rumble
09 DEC 2000 Igor Vovchanchyn Lost Decision (Unanimous) R2 10:00 4 11 PRIDE 12: Cold Fury
27 AUG 2000 Igor Borisov Won Submission R1 2:06 2 0 PRIDE 10: Return of the Warriors
01 MAY 2000 Kazuyuki Fujita Lost Decision (Unanimous) R1 15:00 15 35 PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals
30 JAN 2000 Enson Inoue Won Decision (Unanimous) R1 15:00 25 4 PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round
12 SEP 1999 Igor Vovchanchyn No decision No Contest R2 4:37 16 12 PRIDE 7
04 JUL 1999 Nobuhiko Takada Won Submission R1 3:04 3 3 PRIDE 6
11 OCT 1998 Hugo Duarte Won Disqualification R3 2:32 38 0 PRIDE 4
24 JUN 1998 Pedro Otavio Won Submission R1 2:13 7 0 PRIDE 3
05 MAR 1998 Branko Cikatic Won Disqualification R1 2:14 5 6 PRIDE 2
17 OCT 1997 Greg Stott Won Technical Knockout R1 0:17 1 0 UFC 15: Collision Course
17 OCT 1997 Dwayne Cason Won Submission R1 0:53 5 0 UFC 15: Collision Course
27 JUL 1997 Moti Horenstein Won Technical Knockout R1 2:22 14 1 UFC 14: Showdown
27 JUL 1997 Dan Bobish Won Submission R1 1:38 3 0 UFC 14: Showdown

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