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The Clinch

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland “Semtex” 2007-2012 · 20 rounds on file

Paul Daley

7-5-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 229/518
Takedown accuracy 4/13
Sig. strikes / round 11.5
Control / round 0:20
Inside the distance 100% 7 of 7 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
76″193 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4321 FEB 1983
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 2.0 takedown attempts and 10% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 5 3-2-0 vs 1570 avg
Positional Controller 3 1-2-0
Submission Grappler 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 3 0-3-0 vs 1599 avg
Well-Rounded 3 0-3-0
Striking 2 2-0-0 vs 1494 avg
Pressure Striker 2 2-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 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.

22 JUN 2007 - beat Duane Ludwig · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2008 - beat Sammy Morgan · Technical Knockout 04 OCT 2008 - lost to Jake Shields · Submission 29 MAR 2009 - beat Aurelijus Kerpe · Technical Knockout 18 APR 2009 - beat Junior Barata · Technical Knockout 19 SEP 2009 - beat Martin Kampmann · Technical Knockout 02 JAN 2010 - beat Dustin Hazelett · Technical Knockout 08 MAY 2010 - lost to Josh Koscheck · Decision (Unanimous) 04 DEC 2010 - beat Scott Smith · Technical Knockout 09 APR 2011 - lost to Nick Diaz · Technical Knockout 30 JUL 2011 - lost to Tyron Woodley · Decision (Unanimous) 03 MAR 2012 - lost to Kazuo Misaki · Decision (Split)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 20 rounds across 12 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 11.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.9
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.4
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:20 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 44% 229/518
Takedowns 31% 4/13
Opponents’ accuracy 40% 198/489

Where the strikes land

Head 69% 158
Body 19% 44
Leg 12% 27

And from where

At distance 59% 136
In the clinch 21% 49
On the ground 19% 44

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-1
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-2 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
03 MAR 2012 Kazuo Misaki Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 44 43 Strikeforce - Tate vs. Rousey
30 JUL 2011 Tyron Woodley Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 20 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Henderson
09 APR 2011 Nick Diaz Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:57 20 44 Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Daley
04 DEC 2010 Scott Smith Won Technical Knockout R1 2:09 17 5 Strikeforce - Henderson vs. Babalu
08 MAY 2010 Josh Koscheck Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 11 19 UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2
02 JAN 2010 Dustin Hazelett Won Technical Knockout R1 2:24 8 4 UFC 108: Evans vs Silva
19 SEP 2009 Martin Kampmann Won Technical Knockout R1 2:31 27 12 UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort
18 APR 2009 Junior Barata Won Technical Knockout R1 2:29 21 10 WFC 8: D-Day
29 MAR 2009 Aurelijus Kerpe Won Technical Knockout R1 1:35 13 2 Ultimate Gladiators
04 OCT 2008 Jake Shields Lost Submission R2 3:47 17 21 EliteXC - Heat
25 JAN 2008 Sammy Morgan Won Technical Knockout R1 2:12 9 1 EliteXC - ShoXC 4
22 JUN 2007 Duane Ludwig Won Technical Knockout R2 0:42 21 17 Strikeforce - Shamrock vs. Baroni