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United States of America “The California Kid” 2006-2019 · 82 rounds on file

Urijah Faber

20-10-0 W-L-D in this database

Urijah Faber, photograph by Kelly Bailey
Strike accuracy 982/2,412
Takedown accuracy 38/125
Sig. strikes / round 12.0
Control / round 0:49
Inside the distance 75% 15 of 20 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
67″170.2 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4714 MAY 1979
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 30 fights - 4.6 takedown attempts and 17% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Grappling 14 7-7-0 vs 1592 avg
Positional Controller 10 5-5-0
Submission Grappler 4 2-2-0
Hybrid 7 5-2-0 vs 1557 avg
Well-Rounded 7 5-2-0
Striking 7 6-1-0 vs 1542 avg
Distance Striker 4 3-1-0
Pressure Striker 3 3-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1522 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 14 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.

17 MAR 2006 - beat Cole Escovedo · Technical Knockout 20 JAN 2007 - beat Joe Pearson · Technical Knockout 24 MAR 2007 - beat Dominick Cruz · Submission 03 JUN 2007 - beat Chance Farrar · Submission 12 DEC 2007 - beat Jeff Curran · Submission 01 JUN 2008 - beat Jens Pulver · Decision (Unanimous) 05 NOV 2008 - lost to Mike Brown · Technical Knockout 25 JAN 2009 - beat Jens Pulver · Submission 07 JUN 2009 - lost to Mike Brown · Decision (Unanimous) 10 JAN 2010 - beat Raphael Assuncao · Submission 24 APR 2010 - lost to Jose Aldo · Decision (Unanimous) 11 NOV 2010 - beat Takeya Mizugaki · Submission 19 MAR 2011 - beat Eddie Wineland · Decision (Unanimous) 02 JUL 2011 - lost to Dominick Cruz · Decision (Unanimous) 19 NOV 2011 - beat Brian Bowles · Submission 21 JUL 2012 - lost to Renan Barao · Decision (Unanimous) 23 FEB 2013 - beat Ivan Menjivar · Submission 13 APR 2013 - beat Scott Jorgensen · Submission 17 AUG 2013 - beat Iuri Alcantara · Decision (Unanimous) 14 DEC 2013 - beat Michael McDonald · Submission 01 FEB 2014 - lost to Renan Barao · Technical Knockout 05 JUL 2014 - beat Alex Caceres · Submission 06 DEC 2014 - beat Francisco Rivera · Submission 16 MAY 2015 - lost to Frankie Edgar · Decision (Unanimous) 12 DEC 2015 - beat Frankie Saenz · Decision (Unanimous) 04 JUN 2016 - lost to Dominick Cruz · Decision (Unanimous) 10 SEP 2016 - lost to Jimmie Rivera · Decision (Unanimous) 17 DEC 2016 - beat Brad Pickett · Decision (Unanimous) 13 JUL 2019 - beat Ricky Simon · Technical Knockout 14 DEC 2019 - lost to Petr Yan · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 82 rounds across 30 of 30 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 11.7
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 0:49 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 41% 982/2,412
Takedowns 30% 38/125
Opponents’ accuracy 36% 960/2,696

Where the strikes land

Head 73% 716
Body 20% 198
Leg 7% 68

And from where

At distance 60% 590
In the clinch 14% 139
On the ground 26% 253

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-3
Submission 12 won Submission · 12-0
Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 5-7

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
14 DEC 2019 Petr Yan Lost Technical Knockout R3 0:43 18 54 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
13 JUL 2019 Ricky Simon Won Technical Knockout R1 0:46 11 4 UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd
17 DEC 2016 Brad Pickett Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 70 18 UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson
10 SEP 2016 Jimmie Rivera Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 22 54 UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
04 JUN 2016 Dominick Cruz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 34 87 UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
12 DEC 2015 Frankie Saenz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 75 66 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
16 MAY 2015 Frankie Edgar Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 48 83 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Faber
06 DEC 2014 Francisco Rivera Won Submission R2 1:34 19 15 UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II
05 JUL 2014 Alex Caceres Won Submission R3 1:09 20 20 UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida
01 FEB 2014 Renan Barao Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:42 8 17 UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2
14 DEC 2013 Michael McDonald Won Submission R2 3:22 29 9 UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
17 AUG 2013 Iuri Alcantara Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 54 8 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
13 APR 2013 Scott Jorgensen Won Submission R4 3:16 93 73 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale
23 FEB 2013 Ivan Menjivar Won Submission R1 4:34 17 3 UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche
21 JUL 2012 Renan Barao Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 60 85 UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
19 NOV 2011 Brian Bowles Won Submission R2 1:27 36 13 UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
02 JUL 2011 Dominick Cruz Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 50 90 UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber
19 MAR 2011 Eddie Wineland Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 49 11 UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
11 NOV 2010 Takeya Mizugaki Won Submission R1 4:50 11 7 WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
24 APR 2010 Jose Aldo Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 20 77 WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber
10 JAN 2010 Raphael Assuncao Won Submission R3 3:49 28 14 WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson
07 JUN 2009 Mike Brown Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 38 62 WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2
25 JAN 2009 Jens Pulver Won Submission R1 1:34 4 1 WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
05 NOV 2008 Mike Brown Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:23 4 19 WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
01 JUN 2008 Jens Pulver Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 95 45 WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver
12 DEC 2007 Jeff Curran Won Submission R2 4:34 14 10 WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
03 JUN 2007 Chance Farrar Won Submission R1 3:19 2 1 WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar
24 MAR 2007 Dominick Cruz Won Submission R1 1:38 4 4 WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio
20 JAN 2007 Joe Pearson Won Technical Knockout R1 2:31 12 1 WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope
17 MAR 2006 Cole Escovedo Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 37 9 WEC 19: Undisputed

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