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The Clinch

-- “The Big Cat” 1999-2005 · 6 rounds on file

Tom Erikson

3-2-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 52/104
Takedown accuracy 5/8
Sig. strikes / round 8.7
Control / round 0:00
Inside the distance 67% 2 of 3 wins
Height
6′3″190.5 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
6206 JUL 1964
Listed weight
280 lb127 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 5 fights - 4.0 takedown attempts per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 1 0-1-0 vs 1567 avg
Submission Grappler 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 1 0-1-0 vs 1524 avg
Well-Rounded 1 0-1-0
Striking 1 1-0-0 vs 1489 avg
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- 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 2 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.

21 NOV 1999 - beat Gary Goodridge · Decision (Unanimous) 31 OCT 2000 - lost to Heath Herring · Submission 03 NOV 2001 - beat Matt Skelton · Submission 24 FEB 2002 - beat Tim Catalfo · Submission 20 FEB 2005 - lost to Fabricio Werdum · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 6 rounds across 5 of 5 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 5.8
Takedowns landed 0.8
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.8
Control time 0:00 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 50% 52/104
Takedowns 63% 5/8
Opponents’ accuracy 78% 35/45

Where the strikes land

Head 81% 42
Body 15% 8
Leg 4% 2

And from where

At distance 8% 4
In the clinch 31% 16
On the ground 62% 32

How the bouts ended

Submission 2 won Submission · 2-2
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
20 FEB 2005 Fabricio Werdum Lost Submission R1 5:11 6 17 PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire
24 FEB 2002 Tim Catalfo Won Submission R1 2:35 2 1 PRIDE 19: Bad Blood
03 NOV 2001 Matt Skelton Won Submission R1 1:51 1 0 PRIDE 17: Championship Chaos
31 OCT 2000 Heath Herring Lost Submission R1 6:17 6 5 PRIDE 11: Battle of the Rising Sun
21 NOV 1999 Gary Goodridge Won Decision (Unanimous) R2 10:00 37 12 PRIDE 8