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The Clinch

United States of America “Sugar” 2008-2009 · 10 rounds on file

Shane Nelson

2-2-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 63/203
Takedown accuracy 4/22
Sig. strikes / round 6.3
Control / round 0:56
Inside the distance 50% 1 of 2 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
4129 NOV 1984
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 4 fights - 6.6 takedown attempts and 19% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Hybrid 3 2-1-0 vs 1494 avg
Well-Rounded 3 2-1-0
Grappling 1 0-1-0 vs 1542 avg
Positional Controller 1 0-1-0

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.

13 DEC 2008 - beat George Roop · Decision (Split) 07 MAR 2009 - beat Aaron Riley · Technical Knockout 08 AUG 2009 - lost to Aaron Riley · Decision (Unanimous) 12 DEC 2009 - lost to Matt Wiman · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 10 rounds across 4 of 4 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 6.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 13.0
Takedowns landed 0.4
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.5
Control time 0:56 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 31% 63/203
Takedowns 18% 4/22
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 130/335

Where the strikes land

Head 62% 39
Body 32% 20
Leg 6% 4

And from where

At distance 57% 36
In the clinch 24% 15
On the ground 19% 12

How the bouts ended

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

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
12 DEC 2009 Matt Wiman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 20 55 UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez
08 AUG 2009 Aaron Riley Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 28 50 UFC 101: Declaration
07 MAR 2009 Aaron Riley Won Technical Knockout R1 0:44 5 4 UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine
13 DEC 2008 George Roop Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 10 21 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale