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United States of America “The Chosen One” 2009-2021 · 68 rounds on file

Tyron Woodley

17-7-1 W-L-D in this database

Tyron Woodley, photograph by Atlanta Falcons
Strike accuracy 730/1,499
Takedown accuracy 22/55
Sig. strikes / round 10.7
Control / round 0:44
Inside the distance 59% 10 of 17 wins
Height
5′9″175.3 cm
Reach
74″188 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4407 APR 1982
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 24 fights - 2.4 takedown attempts and 17% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 11 6-5-0 vs 1612 avg
Positional Controller 8 4-4-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Striking 6 5-0-1 vs 1617 avg
Pressure Striker 4 4-0-0
Distance Striker 2 1-0-1
Hybrid 5 3-2-0 vs 1580 avg
Well-Rounded 5 3-2-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 11 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.

06 JUN 2009 - beat Salvador Woods · Submission 25 SEP 2009 - beat Zach Light · Submission 20 NOV 2009 - beat Rudy Bears · Submission 21 MAY 2010 - beat Nathan Coy · Decision (Split) 09 OCT 2010 - beat Andre Galvao · Technical Knockout 07 JAN 2011 - beat Tarec Saffiedine · Decision (Unanimous) 30 JUL 2011 - beat Paul Daley · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JAN 2012 - beat Jordan Mein · Decision (Split) 14 JUL 2012 - lost to Nate Marquardt · Technical Knockout 02 FEB 2013 - beat Jay Hieron · Technical Knockout 15 JUN 2013 - lost to Jake Shields · Decision (Split) 16 NOV 2013 - beat Josh Koscheck · Technical Knockout 15 MAR 2014 - beat Carlos Condit · Technical Knockout 14 JUN 2014 - lost to Rory MacDonald · Decision (Unanimous) 23 AUG 2014 - beat Dong Hyun Kim · Technical Knockout 31 JAN 2015 - beat Kelvin Gastelum · Decision (Split) 30 JUL 2016 - beat Robbie Lawler · Technical Knockout 12 NOV 2016 - drew with Stephen Thompson · Decision (Majority) 04 MAR 2017 - beat Stephen Thompson · Decision (Majority) 29 JUL 2017 - beat Demian Maia · Decision (Unanimous) 08 SEP 2018 - beat Darren Till · Submission 02 MAR 2019 - lost to Kamaru Usman · Decision (Unanimous) 30 MAY 2020 - lost to Gilbert Burns · Decision (Unanimous) 19 SEP 2020 - lost to Colby Covington · Technical Knockout 27 MAR 2021 - lost to Vicente Luque · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 68 rounds across 24 of 25 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.6
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:44 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 49% 730/1,499
Takedowns 40% 22/55
Opponents’ accuracy 45% 857/1,892

Where the strikes land

Head 53% 386
Body 36% 263
Leg 11% 81

And from where

At distance 48% 350
In the clinch 30% 222
On the ground 22% 158

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 6 won Technical Knockout · 6-2
Submission 4 won Submission · 4-1
Decision 7 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-3 Decision (Split) · 3-1 Decision (Majority) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
27 MAR 2021 Vicente Luque Lost Submission R1 3:56 18 25 UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou
19 SEP 2020 Colby Covington Lost Technical Knockout R5 1:19 34 78 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
30 MAY 2020 Gilbert Burns Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 28 83 UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns
02 MAR 2019 Kamaru Usman Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 34 141 UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
08 SEP 2018 Darren Till Won Submission R2 4:19 57 0 UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
29 JUL 2017 Demian Maia Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 57 28 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
04 MAR 2017 Stephen Thompson Won Decision (Majority) R5 5:00 54 53 UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
12 NOV 2016 Stephen Thompson No decision Decision (Majority) R5 5:00 61 43 UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
30 JUL 2016 Robbie Lawler Won Technical Knockout R1 2:12 8 3 UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley
31 JAN 2015 Kelvin Gastelum Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 27 32 UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz
23 AUG 2014 Dong Hyun Kim Won Technical Knockout R1 1:01 13 2 UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le
14 JUN 2014 Rory MacDonald Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 26 49 UFC 174: Johnson vs Bagautinov
15 MAR 2014 Carlos Condit Won Technical Knockout R2 2:00 14 13 UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler
16 NOV 2013 Josh Koscheck Won Technical Knockout R1 4:38 22 5 UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
15 JUN 2013 Jake Shields Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 60 82 UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson
02 FEB 2013 Jay Hieron Won Technical Knockout R1 0:36 15 0 UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
14 JUL 2012 Nate Marquardt Lost Technical Knockout R4 1:39 41 59 Strikeforce - Rockhold vs Kennedy
07 JAN 2012 Jordan Mein Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 19 9 Strikeforce - Rockhold vs. Jardine
30 JUL 2011 Paul Daley Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 20 21 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Henderson
07 JAN 2011 Tarec Saffiedine Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 45 38 Strikeforce Challengers 13
09 OCT 2010 Andre Galvao Won Technical Knockout R1 1:48 10 1 Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Noons 2
21 MAY 2010 Nathan Coy Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 45 82 Strikeforce Challengers 8
20 NOV 2009 Rudy Bears Won Submission R1 2:52 4 3 Strikeforce Challengers 5
25 SEP 2009 Zach Light Won Submission R2 3:38 18 7 Strikeforce Challengers 3
06 JUN 2009 Salvador Woods Won Submission R1 4:20 -- -- Strikeforce - Lawler vs. Shields

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