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The Clinch

-- “The Baron” 2010-2019 · 55 rounds on file

Renan Barao

11-8-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 952/2,592
Takedown accuracy 25/60
Sig. strikes / round 17.3
Control / round 0:49
Inside the distance 64% 7 of 11 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
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Stance
Orthodox
Age
3931 JAN 1987
Listed weight
145 lb65.8 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 19 fights - 3.3 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 9 6-3-0 vs 1588 avg
Positional Controller 5 2-3-0
Submission Grappler 4 4-0-0
Striking 5 2-3-0 vs 1513 avg
Distance Striker 3 1-2-0
Pressure Striker 2 1-1-0
Hybrid 4 2-2-0 vs 1523 avg
Well-Rounded 4 2-2-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 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.

20 JUN 2010 - beat Anthony Leone · Submission 16 DEC 2010 - beat Chris Cariaso · Submission 28 MAY 2011 - beat Cole Escovedo · Decision (Unanimous) 05 NOV 2011 - beat Brad Pickett · Submission 04 FEB 2012 - beat Scott Jorgensen · Decision (Unanimous) 21 JUL 2012 - beat Urijah Faber · Decision (Unanimous) 16 FEB 2013 - beat Michael McDonald · Submission 21 SEP 2013 - beat Eddie Wineland · Technical Knockout 01 FEB 2014 - beat Urijah Faber · Technical Knockout 24 MAY 2014 - lost to TJ Dillashaw · Technical Knockout 20 DEC 2014 - beat Mitch Gagnon · Submission 25 JUL 2015 - lost to TJ Dillashaw · Technical Knockout 29 MAY 2016 - lost to Jeremy Stephens · Decision (Unanimous) 24 SEP 2016 - beat Phillipe Nover · Decision (Unanimous) 29 JUL 2017 - lost to Aljamain Sterling · Decision (Unanimous) 24 FEB 2018 - lost to Brian Kelleher · Decision (Unanimous) 22 SEP 2018 - lost to Andre Ewell · Decision (Split) 17 FEB 2019 - lost to Luke Sanders · Technical Knockout 16 NOV 2019 - lost to Douglas Silva de Andrade · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 55 rounds across 19 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 17.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 17.8
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:49 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 37% 952/2,592
Takedowns 42% 25/60
Opponents’ accuracy 42% 981/2,330

Where the strikes land

Head 58% 554
Body 23% 222
Leg 18% 176

And from where

At distance 82% 780
In the clinch 13% 123
On the ground 5% 49

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-3
Submission 5 won Submission · 5-0
Decision 4 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-4 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
16 NOV 2019 Douglas Silva de Andrade Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 58 74 UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare
17 FEB 2019 Luke Sanders Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:01 40 39 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
22 SEP 2018 Andre Ewell Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 44 53 UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders
24 FEB 2018 Brian Kelleher Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 116 94 UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
29 JUL 2017 Aljamain Sterling Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 19 71 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
24 SEP 2016 Phillipe Nover Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 64 39 UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg
29 MAY 2016 Jeremy Stephens Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 55 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt
25 JUL 2015 TJ Dillashaw Lost Technical Knockout R4 0:35 62 117 UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II
20 DEC 2014 Mitch Gagnon Won Submission R3 3:53 59 58 UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway
24 MAY 2014 TJ Dillashaw Lost Technical Knockout R5 2:26 64 140 UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw
01 FEB 2014 Urijah Faber Won Technical Knockout R1 3:42 17 8 UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2
21 SEP 2013 Eddie Wineland Won Technical Knockout R2 0:35 28 11 UFC 165: Jones vs Gustafsson
16 FEB 2013 Michael McDonald Won Submission R4 3:57 36 26 UFC on FUEL TV: Barao vs McDonald
21 JUL 2012 Urijah Faber Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 85 60 UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
04 FEB 2012 Scott Jorgensen Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 104 73 UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
05 NOV 2011 Brad Pickett Won Submission R1 4:09 37 10 UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz
28 MAY 2011 Cole Escovedo Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 46 29 UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill
16 DEC 2010 Chris Cariaso Won Submission R1 3:47 2 2 WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis
20 JUN 2010 Anthony Leone Won Submission R3 2:29 28 22 WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus