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The Clinch

-- “The Karate Hottie” 2015-2023 · 43 rounds on file

Michelle Waterson-Gomez

6-8-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 759/1,651
Takedown accuracy 18/62
Sig. strikes / round 17.7
Control / round 0:55
Inside the distance 33% 2 of 6 wins
Height
5′3″160 cm
Reach
62″157.5 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4006 JAN 1986
Listed weight
115 lb52.2 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 14 fights - 4.3 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 6 3-3-0 vs 1535 avg
Well-Rounded 6 3-3-0
Striking 5 2-3-0 vs 1555 avg
Distance Striker 3 2-1-0
Pressure Striker 2 0-2-0
Grappling 3 1-2-0 vs 1555 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-2-0

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.

12 JUL 2015 - beat Angela Magana · Submission 17 DEC 2016 - beat Paige VanZant · Submission 15 APR 2017 - lost to Rose Namajunas · Submission 02 DEC 2017 - lost to Tecia Pennington · Decision (Unanimous) 14 APR 2018 - beat Cortney Casey · Decision (Split) 06 OCT 2018 - beat Felice Herrig · Decision (Unanimous) 30 MAR 2019 - beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz · Decision (Unanimous) 12 OCT 2019 - lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk · Decision (Unanimous) 09 MAY 2020 - lost to Carla Esparza · Decision (Split) 12 SEP 2020 - beat Angela Hill · Decision (Split) 08 MAY 2021 - lost to Marina Rodriguez · Decision (Unanimous) 16 JUL 2022 - lost to Amanda Lemos · Submission 08 APR 2023 - lost to Luana Pinheiro · Decision (Split) 23 SEP 2023 - lost to Marina Rodriguez · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 43 rounds across 14 of 14 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 17.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 21.3
Takedowns landed 0.4
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:55 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 759/1,651
Takedowns 29% 18/62
Opponents’ accuracy 51% 914/1,800

Where the strikes land

Head 46% 347
Body 29% 221
Leg 25% 191

And from where

At distance 71% 537
In the clinch 19% 143
On the ground 10% 79

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 0 won Technical Knockout · 0-1
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-2
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-3 Decision (Split) · 2-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
23 SEP 2023 Marina Rodriguez Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:42 13 70 UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot
08 APR 2023 Luana Pinheiro Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 61 44 UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
16 JUL 2022 Amanda Lemos Lost Submission R2 1:48 29 20 UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
08 MAY 2021 Marina Rodriguez Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 88 125 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
12 SEP 2020 Angela Hill Won Decision (Split) R5 5:00 128 131 UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill
09 MAY 2020 Carla Esparza Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 44 45 UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
12 OCT 2019 Joanna Jedrzejczyk Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 58 180 UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
30 MAR 2019 Karolina Kowalkiewicz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 64 57 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
06 OCT 2018 Felice Herrig Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 76 51 UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor
14 APR 2018 Cortney Casey Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 61 36 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
02 DEC 2017 Tecia Pennington Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 56 95 UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
15 APR 2017 Rose Namajunas Lost Submission R2 2:47 22 47 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
17 DEC 2016 Paige VanZant Won Submission R1 3:21 12 5 UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson
12 JUL 2015 Angela Magana Won Submission R3 2:38 47 8 The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale