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The Clinch

United States of America “The Headhunter” 2005-2010 · 21 rounds on file

Paul Buentello

8-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 261/569
Takedown accuracy 1/3
Sig. strikes / round 12.4
Control / round 0:13
Inside the distance 88% 7 of 8 wins
Height
6′2″188 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5216 JAN 1974
Listed weight
245 lb111.1 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 0.4 takedown attempts and 8% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Striking 4 3-1-0 vs 1542 avg
Pressure Striker 3 3-0-0
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0
Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1547 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1524 avg
Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 4 4-0-0 vs 1480 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 4 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.

05 FEB 2005 - beat Justin Eilers · Technical Knockout 04 JUN 2005 - beat Kevin Jordan · Submission 07 OCT 2005 - lost to Andrei Arlovski · Technical Knockout 04 FEB 2006 - beat Gilbert Aldana · Technical Knockout 07 OCT 2006 - beat David Abbott · Technical Knockout 08 DEC 2006 - beat Ruben Villareal · Technical Knockout 22 JUN 2007 - beat Carter Williams · Technical Knockout 16 NOV 2007 - lost to Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 19 JUL 2008 - beat Gary Goodridge · Decision (Unanimous) 24 JAN 2009 - beat Kiril Sidelnikov · Technical Knockout 12 DEC 2009 - lost to Stefan Struve · Decision (Majority) 21 MAR 2010 - lost to Cheick Kongo · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 21 rounds across 11 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.4
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.5
Takedowns landed 0.0
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:13 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 261/569
Takedowns 33% 1/3
Opponents’ accuracy 48% 304/637

Where the strikes land

Head 68% 178
Body 23% 60
Leg 9% 23

And from where

At distance 58% 151
In the clinch 36% 94
On the ground 6% 16

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-3
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 1 won Decision (Majority) · 0-1 Decision (Unanimous) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
21 MAR 2010 Cheick Kongo Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:16 3 53 UFC Live: Vera vs Jones
12 DEC 2009 Stefan Struve Lost Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 37 54 UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez
24 JAN 2009 Kiril Sidelnikov Won Technical Knockout R3 4:18 64 41 Affliction - Day of Reckoning
19 JUL 2008 Gary Goodridge Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 -- -- Affliction - Banned
16 NOV 2007 Alistair Overeem Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:42 3 32 Strikeforce - Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
22 JUN 2007 Carter Williams Won Technical Knockout R2 0:10 12 8 Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Baroni
08 DEC 2006 Ruben Villareal Won Technical Knockout R2 3:57 41 57 Strikeforce - Triple Threat
07 OCT 2006 David Abbott Won Technical Knockout R1 0:43 9 4 Strikeforce - Tank vs. Buentello
04 FEB 2006 Gilbert Aldana Won Technical Knockout R2 2:27 49 28 UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
07 OCT 2005 Andrei Arlovski Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:15 1 2 UFC 55: Fury
04 JUN 2005 Kevin Jordan Won Submission R1 4:00 20 18 UFC 53: Heavy Hitters
05 FEB 2005 Justin Eilers Won Technical Knockout R1 3:34 22 7 UFC 51: Super Saturday