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The Clinch

United States of America 1997-2008 · 18 rounds on file

Maurice Smith

6-3-0 W-L-D in this database

Maurice Smith, photograph by Cys127
Strike accuracy 146/194
Takedown accuracy 2/4
Sig. strikes / round 8.1
Control / round 0:20
Inside the distance 67% 4 of 6 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
6413 DEC 1961
Listed weight
221 lb100.2 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 9 fights - 0.7 takedown attempts and 17% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 6 3-3-0 vs 1585 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-2-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 1 1-0-0 vs 1532 avg
Well-Rounded 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1482 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 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.

27 JUL 1997 - beat Mark Coleman · Decision (Unanimous) 17 OCT 1997 - beat David Abbott · Submission 21 DEC 1997 - lost to Randy Couture · Decision (Majority) 05 MAR 1999 - lost to Kevin Randleman · Decision (Unanimous) 16 JUL 1999 - beat Marco Ruas · Technical Knockout 12 SEP 1999 - beat Branko Cikatic · Submission 22 SEP 2000 - beat Bobby Hoffman · Decision (Split) 17 NOV 2000 - lost to Renato Sobral · Decision (Majority) 23 FEB 2008 - beat Rick Roufus · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 18 rounds across 9 of 9 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 4.5
Takedowns landed 0.1
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:20 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 75% 146/194
Takedowns 50% 2/4
Opponents’ accuracy 37% 81/220

Where the strikes land

Head 48% 70
Body 21% 30
Leg 32% 46

And from where

At distance 46% 67
In the clinch 33% 48
On the ground 21% 31

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-0
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Majority) · 0-2 Decision (Unanimous) · 1-1 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
23 FEB 2008 Rick Roufus Won Submission R1 1:53 2 1 Strikeforce - At the Dome
17 NOV 2000 Renato Sobral Lost Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 5 7 UFC 28: High Stakes
22 SEP 2000 Bobby Hoffman Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 43 10 UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz
12 SEP 1999 Branko Cikatic Won Submission R1 7:33 7 2 PRIDE 7
16 JUL 1999 Marco Ruas Won Technical Knockout R1 5:00 4 1 UFC 21: Return of the Champions
05 MAR 1999 Kevin Randleman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R2 3:00 9 17 UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns
21 DEC 1997 Randy Couture Lost Decision (Majority) R3 3:00 9 19 UFC - Ultimate Japan
17 OCT 1997 David Abbott Won Submission R1 8:08 12 5 UFC 15: Collision Course
27 JUL 1997 Mark Coleman Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 3:00 55 19 UFC 14: Showdown

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