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Da'Mon Blackshear

Bantamweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #31; v1.1 (shadow) #44

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 27-35: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,579, deviation 134: measured from 10 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 32 (born 1994-08-12) · Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) · Reach 72 in (183 cm) · Stance Switch · 463 days since last bout (2025-07-26) · Last five 3-2 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,579 is the division's 33rd highest of 86 board fighters after an inactivity penalty of 28 points for 463 days without a bout; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 1.0 for blowout losses, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (3-2 last five). Score +0.07 = +0.13 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.06 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #31.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.0770% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.13resume rating 1,579 (raw 1,607 less inactivity penalty 28), scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.06quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 3-2
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #31v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#44score -0.13; score order #44

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2025-07-26UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De RidderDavey GrantunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)54%
2025-04-26UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. PratesAlatengheiliunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)60%
2025-03-15UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2Cody GibsonunrankedWsubmission2 (4:09)58%
2024-11-09UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. PratesCody StamannunrankedWsubmission1 (4:19)53%
2024-07-13UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. CortezMontel JacksonunrankedLKO/TKO1 (0:18)41%
2023-08-19UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'MalleyMario BautistaunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)41%
2023-08-12UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos AnjosJose JohnsonunrankedWsubmission1 (3:47)55%
2023-06-03UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. AlbaziLuan LacerdaunrankedWKO/TKO2 (3:54)42%
2023-03-04UFC 285: Jones vs. GaneFarid BasharatunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%
2022-08-13UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. CruzYoussef ZalalunrankedDmajority decision3 (5:00)49%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 86 board fighters at Bantamweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.33(63rd percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike accuracy46%(49th percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(37th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of wins by finish80%(81st percentile at Bantamweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute4.19(69th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike defence52%(42nd percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.15(57th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career425(69th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2024-07-13, 841 days ago)(85th percentile at Bantamweight)
Submission losses0(66th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.053(77th percentile at Bantamweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.48(57th percentile at Bantamweight)
Takedown defence71%(56th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of cage time in control23%(67th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground22%(59th percentile at Bantamweight)
Stylemixed (4.4 takedown attempts per 15 min; 23% control)
Career stage
Age32.2(51st percentile at Bantamweight)
Age at UFC debut28.0(61st percentile at Bantamweight)
Years since UFC debut4.2(59th percentile at Bantamweight)
UFC bouts10(71st percentile at Bantamweight)
Cage time, minutes101(67th percentile at Bantamweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.7(67th percentile at Bantamweight)
Days since last bout463(98th percentile at Bantamweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #36, Bantamweight2023-10-13: #36, Bantamweight2023-10-20: #37, Bantamweight2023-11-03: #37, Bantamweight2023-11-10: #37, Bantamweight2023-11-17: #38, Bantamweight2023-12-01: #39, Bantamweight2023-12-08: #38, Bantamweight2023-12-15: #38, Bantamweight2024-01-12: #38, Bantamweight2024-01-19: #38, Bantamweight2024-02-02: #38, Bantamweight2024-02-09: #37, Bantamweight2024-02-16: #36, Bantamweight2024-02-23: #38, Bantamweight2024-03-01: #38, Bantamweight2024-03-08: #39, Bantamweight2024-03-15: #38, Bantamweight2024-03-22: #39, Bantamweight2024-03-29: #38, Bantamweight2024-04-05: #39, Bantamweight2024-04-12: #41, Bantamweight2024-04-26: #41, Bantamweight2024-05-03: #39, Bantamweight2024-05-10: #39, Bantamweight2024-05-17: #38, Bantamweight2024-05-31: #38, Bantamweight2024-06-07: #38, Bantamweight2024-06-14: #37, Bantamweight2024-06-21: #37, Bantamweight2024-06-28: #35, Bantamweight2024-07-12: #34, Bantamweight2024-07-19: #66, Bantamweight2024-07-26: #66, Bantamweight2024-08-02: #66, Bantamweight2024-08-09: #66, Bantamweight2024-08-16: #67, Bantamweight2024-08-23: #67, Bantamweight2024-09-06: #67, Bantamweight2024-09-13: #67, Bantamweight2024-09-27: #66, Bantamweight2024-10-04: #66, Bantamweight2024-10-11: #65, Bantamweight2024-10-18: #66, Bantamweight2024-10-25: #64, Bantamweight2024-11-01: #64, Bantamweight2024-11-08: #63, Bantamweight2024-11-15: #38, Bantamweight2024-11-22: #38, Bantamweight2024-12-06: #39, Bantamweight2024-12-13: #40, Bantamweight2025-01-10: #39, Bantamweight2025-01-17: #39, Bantamweight2025-01-31: #40, Bantamweight2025-02-07: #40, Bantamweight2025-02-14: #41, Bantamweight2025-02-21: #41, Bantamweight2025-02-28: #41, Bantamweight2025-03-07: #41, Bantamweight2025-03-14: #41, Bantamweight2025-03-21: #34, Bantamweight2025-03-28: #34, Bantamweight2025-04-04: #35, Bantamweight2025-04-11: #35, Bantamweight2025-04-25: #35, Bantamweight2025-05-02: #30, Bantamweight2025-05-09: #30, Bantamweight2025-05-16: #30, Bantamweight2025-05-30: #30, Bantamweight2025-06-06: #30, Bantamweight2025-06-13: #30, Bantamweight2025-06-20: #31, Bantamweight2025-06-27: #32, Bantamweight2025-07-11: #32, Bantamweight2025-07-18: #32, Bantamweight2025-07-25: #32, Bantamweight2025-08-01: #40, Bantamweight2025-08-08: #42, Bantamweight2025-08-15: #42, Bantamweight2025-08-22: #42, Bantamweight2025-09-05: #40, Bantamweight2025-09-12: #40, Bantamweight2025-09-26: #41, Bantamweight2025-10-03: #41, Bantamweight2025-10-10: #41, Bantamweight2025-10-17: #41, Bantamweight2025-10-24: #41, Bantamweight2025-10-31: #41, Bantamweight2025-11-07: #41, Bantamweight2025-11-14: #40, Bantamweight2025-11-21: #40, Bantamweight2025-12-05: #39, Bantamweight2025-12-12: #38, Bantamweight2026-01-23: #37, Bantamweight2026-01-30: #37, Bantamweight2026-02-06: #36, Bantamweight2026-02-20: #38, Bantamweight2026-02-27: #38, Bantamweight2026-03-06: #33, Bantamweight2026-03-13: #33, Bantamweight2026-03-20: #32, Bantamweight2026-03-27: #32, Bantamweight2026-04-03: #32, Bantamweight2026-04-10: #33, Bantamweight2026-04-17: #33, Bantamweight2026-04-24: #32, Bantamweight2026-05-01: #32, Bantamweight2026-05-08: #32, Bantamweight2026-05-15: #31, Bantamweight2026-05-29: #32, Bantamweight2026-06-05: #31, Bantamweight2026-06-13: #31, Bantamweight2026-06-19: #31, Bantamweight2026-06-26: #31, Bantamweight2026-07-10: #31, Bantamweight2026-07-17: #30, Bantamweight2026-07-24: #30, Bantamweight2026-07-31: #30, Bantamweight2026-08-07: #31, Bantamweight2026-08-14: #31, Bantamweight2026-08-21: #27, Bantamweight2026-08-28: #27, Bantamweight2026-09-04: #27, Bantamweight2026-09-11: #27, Bantamweight2026-09-18: #27, Bantamweight2026-09-25: #28, Bantamweight2026-09-26: #28, Bantamweight2026-10-03: #28, Bantamweight2026-10-10: #30, Bantamweight2026-10-17: #31, Bantamweight2026-10-24: #32, Bantamweight2026-10-31: #31, Bantamweight#31

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4001,4501,5001,5501,6001,650202420252026Aug 2022Oct 20262022-08-13: 1,463 (D vs Youssef Zalal)2023-03-04: 1,440 (L vs Farid Basharat)2023-06-03: 1,533 (W vs Luan Lacerda)2023-08-12: 1,608 (W vs Jose Johnson)2023-08-19: 1,626 (L vs Mario Bautista)2024-07-13: 1,573 (L vs Montel Jackson)2024-11-09: 1,616 (W vs Cody Stamann)2025-03-15: 1,605 (W vs Cody Gibson)2025-04-26: 1,645 (W vs Alatengheili)2025-07-26: 1,610 (L vs Davey Grant)1,610

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (+1 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-12what fighters aged 32.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+13his recency-weighted mean and trend over 9 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +0 points a year
Combined+1the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.02829303132332023-03-04 (age 28.6): L vs Farid Basharat, residual -0.152023-06-03 (age 28.8): W vs Luan Lacerda, residual +0.472023-08-12 (age 29.0): W vs Jose Johnson, residual +0.412023-08-19 (age 29.0): L vs Mario Bautista, residual -0.082024-07-13 (age 29.9): L vs Montel Jackson, residual -0.342024-11-09 (age 30.2): W vs Cody Stamann, residual +0.512025-03-15 (age 30.6): W vs Cody Gibson, residual +0.342025-04-26 (age 30.7): W vs Alatengheili, residual +0.232025-07-26 (age 31.0): L vs Davey Grant, residual -0.15+0.00

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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