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The Clinch

United States of America “Big Country” 2007-2017 · 50 rounds on file

Roy Nelson

9-12-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 486/1,327
Takedown accuracy 17/62
Sig. strikes / round 9.7
Control / round 0:49
Inside the distance 89% 8 of 9 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
73″185.4 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5020 JUN 1976
Listed weight
263 lb119.3 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 21 fights - 3.7 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 8 4-4-0 vs 1621 avg
Submission Grappler 5 2-3-0
Positional Controller 3 2-1-0
Striking 8 3-5-0 vs 1582 avg
Distance Striker 4 0-4-0
Pressure Striker 4 3-1-0
Hybrid 5 2-3-0 vs 1584 avg
Well-Rounded 5 2-3-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 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.

07 APR 2007 - lost to Ben Rothwell · Decision (Split) 04 OCT 2008 - lost to Andrei Arlovski · Technical Knockout 05 DEC 2009 - beat Brendan Schaub · Technical Knockout 31 MAR 2010 - beat Stefan Struve · Technical Knockout 07 AUG 2010 - lost to Junior Dos Santos · Decision (Unanimous) 28 MAY 2011 - lost to Frank Mir · Decision (Unanimous) 29 OCT 2011 - beat Mirko Filipovic · Technical Knockout 04 FEB 2012 - lost to Fabricio Werdum · Decision (Unanimous) 26 MAY 2012 - beat Dave Herman · Technical Knockout 15 DEC 2012 - beat Matt Mitrione · Technical Knockout 27 APR 2013 - beat Cheick Kongo · Technical Knockout 15 JUN 2013 - lost to Stipe Miocic · Decision (Unanimous) 19 OCT 2013 - lost to Daniel Cormier · Decision (Unanimous) 11 APR 2014 - beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Technical Knockout 20 SEP 2014 - lost to Mark Hunt · Technical Knockout 14 MAR 2015 - lost to Alistair Overeem · Decision (Unanimous) 26 SEP 2015 - lost to Josh Barnett · Decision (Unanimous) 06 FEB 2016 - beat Jared Rosholt · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JUL 2016 - lost to Derrick Lewis · Decision (Split) 24 SEP 2016 - beat Antonio Silva · Technical Knockout 15 APR 2017 - lost to Alexander Volkov · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 50 rounds across 21 of 21 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 9.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 21.3
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.0
Control time 0:49 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 37% 486/1,327
Takedowns 27% 17/62
Opponents’ accuracy 53% 1,067/2,002

Where the strikes land

Head 78% 377
Body 12% 58
Leg 10% 51

And from where

At distance 71% 347
In the clinch 20% 95
On the ground 9% 44

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 8 won Technical Knockout · 8-2
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-8 Decision (Split) · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
15 APR 2017 Alexander Volkov Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 122 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis
24 SEP 2016 Antonio Silva Won Technical Knockout R2 4:10 36 27 UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg
07 JUL 2016 Derrick Lewis Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 4 37 UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
06 FEB 2016 Jared Rosholt Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 36 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
26 SEP 2015 Josh Barnett Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 60 146 UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson
14 MAR 2015 Alistair Overeem Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 62 UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos
20 SEP 2014 Mark Hunt Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:00 20 32 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Nelson
11 APR 2014 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Won Technical Knockout R1 3:37 19 12 UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson
19 OCT 2013 Daniel Cormier Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 17 74 UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3
15 JUN 2013 Stipe Miocic Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 106 UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson
27 APR 2013 Cheick Kongo Won Technical Knockout R1 2:03 2 4 UFC 159: Jones vs Sonnen
15 DEC 2012 Matt Mitrione Won Technical Knockout R1 2:58 23 13 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
26 MAY 2012 Dave Herman Won Technical Knockout R1 0:51 2 3 UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir
04 FEB 2012 Fabricio Werdum Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 26 91 UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
29 OCT 2011 Mirko Filipovic Won Technical Knockout R3 1:30 32 30 UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz
28 MAY 2011 Frank Mir Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 21 46 UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill
07 AUG 2010 Junior Dos Santos Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 40 130 UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
31 MAR 2010 Stefan Struve Won Technical Knockout R1 0:39 9 2 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi
05 DEC 2009 Brendan Schaub Won Technical Knockout R1 3:45 8 12 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
04 OCT 2008 Andrei Arlovski Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:14 10 24 EliteXC - Heat
07 APR 2007 Ben Rothwell Lost Decision (Split) R3 4:00 37 58 IFL - Moline