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The Clinch

-- “King Mo” 2008-2012 · 21 rounds on file

Muhammed Lawal

8-1-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 340/660
Takedown accuracy 38/50
Sig. strikes / round 16.2
Control / round 1:14
Inside the distance 75% 6 of 8 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
78″198.1 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Southpaw
Age
4511 JAN 1981
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 10 fights - 7.1 takedown attempts and 43% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 3 3-0-0 vs 1536 avg
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Positional Controller 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 2 2-0-0 vs 1550 avg
Well-Rounded 2 2-0-0
Striking 2 0-1-1 vs 1568 avg
Pressure Striker 2 0-1-1
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 3 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.

28 SEP 2008 - beat Travis Wiuff · Technical Knockout 01 NOV 2008 - beat Fabio Silva · Technical Knockout 04 JAN 2009 - beat Yukiya Naito · Technical Knockout 20 MAR 2009 - beat Ryo Kawamura · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2009 - beat Mark Kerr · Technical Knockout 19 DEC 2009 - beat Mike Whitehead · Technical Knockout 17 APR 2010 - beat Gegard Mousasi · Decision (Unanimous) 21 AUG 2010 - lost to Rafael Cavalcante · Technical Knockout 10 SEP 2011 - beat Roger Gracie · Technical Knockout 07 JAN 2012 - drew with Lorenz Larkin · No Contest

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 21 rounds across 10 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.0
Takedowns landed 1.8
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 1:14 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 52% 340/660
Takedowns 76% 38/50
Opponents’ accuracy 34% 125/363

Where the strikes land

Head 71% 243
Body 20% 67
Leg 9% 30

And from where

At distance 26% 87
In the clinch 16% 56
On the ground 58% 197

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-1
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-0
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
07 JAN 2012 Lorenz Larkin No decision No Contest R2 1:32 39 3 Strikeforce - Rockhold vs. Jardine
10 SEP 2011 Roger Gracie Won Technical Knockout R1 4:33 11 8 Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov
21 AUG 2010 Rafael Cavalcante Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:14 54 39 Strikeforce - Houston
17 APR 2010 Gegard Mousasi Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 66 45 Strikeforce - Nashville
19 DEC 2009 Mike Whitehead Won Technical Knockout R1 3:08 12 10 Strikeforce - Evolution
28 AUG 2009 Mark Kerr Won Technical Knockout R1 0:25 8 1 M-1 Global - Breakthrough
20 MAR 2009 Ryo Kawamura Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 59 9 Sengoku - Seventh Battle
04 JAN 2009 Yukiya Naito Won Technical Knockout R1 3:54 20 6 Sengoku - no Ran 2009
01 NOV 2008 Fabio Silva Won Technical Knockout R3 0:41 63 1 Sengoku - Sixth Battle
28 SEP 2008 Travis Wiuff Won Technical Knockout R1 2:11 8 3 Sengoku - Fifth Battle