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The Clinch

-- 2001-2011 · 6 rounds on file

Valentijn Overeem

1-6-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 15/44
Takedown accuracy 2/4
Sig. strikes / round 2.5
Control / round 0:01
Inside the distance 100% 1 of 1 wins
Height
6′3″190.5 cm
Reach
--
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
5017 AUG 1976
Listed weight
230 lb104.3 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 6 fights - 2.0 takedown attempts and 1% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

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

Striking 3 0-3-0 vs 1549 avg
Pressure Striker 3 0-3-0
Grappling 2 0-2-0 vs 1521 avg
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
-- Not classified 2 1-1-0 vs 1500 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 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.

27 MAY 2001 - lost to Gary Goodridge · Technical Knockout 29 JUL 2001 - lost to Assuerio Silva · Submission 23 DEC 2001 - lost to Igor Vovchanchyn · Submission 05 JUL 2002 - lost to Aaron Brink · Technical Knockout 23 DEC 2002 - lost to Ron Waterman · Submission 12 FEB 2011 - beat Ray Sefo · Submission 18 JUN 2011 - lost to Chad Griggs · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 6 rounds across 6 of 7 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 2.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 4.0
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.8
Control time 0:01 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 34% 15/44
Takedowns 50% 2/4
Opponents’ accuracy 41% 24/58

Where the strikes land

Head 73% 11
Body 0% 0
Leg 27% 4

And from where

At distance 33% 5
In the clinch 0% 0
On the ground 67% 10

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 0 won Technical Knockout · 0-3
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-3

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
18 JUN 2011 Chad Griggs Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:08 1 12 Strikeforce - Overeem vs. Werdum
12 FEB 2011 Ray Sefo Won Submission R1 1:37 0 3 Strikeforce - Fedor vs. Silva
23 DEC 2002 Ron Waterman Lost Submission R1 2:18 0 0 PRIDE 24: Cold Fury 3
05 JUL 2002 Aaron Brink Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:24 -- -- WFA 2
23 DEC 2001 Igor Vovchanchyn Lost Submission R1 4:35 1 3 PRIDE 18: Cold Fury 2
29 JUL 2001 Assuerio Silva Lost Submission R1 2:50 12 0 PRIDE 15: Raging Rumble
27 MAY 2001 Gary Goodridge Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:39 1 6 PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans