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Dan Ige

Featherweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #86; v1.1 (shadow) #81

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 84-89: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,578, deviation 105: measured from 22 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 35 (born 1991-08-06) · Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) · Reach 71 in (180 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 50 days since last bout (2026-09-12) · Last five 1-4 · Streak L3

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,578 is the division's 28th highest of 94 board fighters; the ledger stands at -4.6 (+0.4 from quality wins, less 2.0 for blowout losses, less 3.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 2 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.60 for a 1-4 last five. Score -0.74 = +0.14 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.28 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.60 (form penalty); score order put him at #86.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.7470% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.14resume rating 1,578, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.28quality ledger -4.6: +0.4 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -3.0 weak
Form penalty0.60last five 1-4
Quality wins, 15 years20 over top-10 opponents, 1 over top-15
Placementscore order #86v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#81score -0.64; score order #81

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-09-12Noche UFC: Silva vs. DelgadoDavid Martinez#8Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)35%
2026-02-21UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. HernandezMelquizael CostaunrankedLKO/TKO1 (4:56)38%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Patricio FreireunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)76%
2025-04-12UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. LopesSean WoodsonunrankedWKO/TKO3 (1:12)48%
2024-10-26UFC 308: Topuria vs. HollowayLerone Murphy#12Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)48%
2024-06-29UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2Diego Lopes#14Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)37%
2024-02-10UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. PyferAndre FiliunrankedWKO/TKO1 (2:43)65%
2023-09-23UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. GamrotBryce Mitchell#10Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)49%
2023-06-10UFC 289: Nunes vs. AldanaNate LandwehrunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)66%
2023-01-14UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. ImavovDamon JacksonunrankedWKO/TKO2 (4:13)55%

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 94 board fighters at Featherweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.48(34th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(35th percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.38(62nd percentile at Featherweight)
Share of wins by finish55%(51st percentile at Featherweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.65(43rd percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strike defence56%(63rd percentile at Featherweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.16(40th percentile at Featherweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career1,007(96th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-02-21, 253 days ago)(74th percentile at Featherweight)
Submission losses0(77th percentile at Featherweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.033(46th percentile at Featherweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.71(40th percentile at Featherweight)
Takedown defence56%(35th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of cage time in control11%(45th percentile at Featherweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground21%(64th percentile at Featherweight)
Stylemixed (3.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 11% control)
Career stage
Age35.2(78th percentile at Featherweight)
Age at UFC debut26.5(33rd percentile at Featherweight)
Years since UFC debut8.8(89th percentile at Featherweight)
UFC bouts22(98th percentile at Featherweight)
Cage time, minutes276(97th percentile at Featherweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.3(85th percentile at Featherweight)
Days since last bout50(27th percentile at Featherweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #49, Featherweight2023-10-13: #48, Featherweight2023-10-20: #48, Featherweight2023-11-03: #49, Featherweight2023-11-10: #49, Featherweight2023-11-17: #50, Featherweight2023-12-01: #51, Featherweight2023-12-08: #51, Featherweight2023-12-15: #49, Featherweight2024-01-12: #44, Featherweight2024-01-19: #45, Featherweight2024-02-02: #45, Featherweight2024-02-09: #45, Featherweight2024-02-16: #28, Featherweight2024-02-23: #28, Featherweight2024-03-01: #29, Featherweight2024-03-08: #29, Featherweight2024-03-15: #29, Featherweight2024-03-22: #29, Featherweight2024-03-29: #28, Featherweight2024-04-05: #24, Featherweight2024-04-12: #24, Featherweight2024-04-26: #23, Featherweight2024-05-03: #23, Featherweight2024-05-10: #23, Featherweight2024-05-17: #23, Featherweight2024-05-31: #22, Featherweight2024-06-07: #22, Featherweight2024-06-14: #27, Featherweight2024-06-21: #20, Featherweight2024-06-28: #19, Featherweight2024-07-12: #32, Featherweight2024-07-19: #32, Featherweight2024-07-26: #31, Featherweight2024-08-02: #31, Featherweight2024-08-09: #31, Featherweight2024-08-16: #30, Featherweight2024-08-23: #31, Featherweight2024-09-06: #32, Featherweight2024-09-13: #36, Featherweight2024-09-27: #31, Featherweight2024-10-04: #32, Featherweight2024-10-11: #32, Featherweight2024-10-18: #32, Featherweight2024-10-25: #32, Featherweight2024-11-01: #45, Featherweight2024-11-08: #45, Featherweight2024-11-15: #45, Featherweight2024-11-22: #45, Featherweight2024-12-06: #45, Featherweight2024-12-13: #43, Featherweight2025-01-10: #41, Featherweight2025-01-17: #41, Featherweight2025-01-31: #41, Featherweight2025-02-07: #42, Featherweight2025-02-14: #42, Featherweight2025-02-21: #42, Featherweight2025-02-28: #44, Featherweight2025-03-07: #43, Featherweight2025-03-14: #44, Featherweight2025-03-21: #45, Featherweight2025-03-28: #45, Featherweight2025-04-04: #46, Featherweight2025-04-11: #47, Featherweight2025-04-25: #35, Featherweight2025-05-02: #35, Featherweight2025-05-09: #36, Featherweight2025-05-16: #38, Featherweight2025-05-30: #40, Featherweight2025-06-06: #34, Featherweight2025-06-13: #35, Featherweight2025-06-20: #37, Featherweight2025-06-27: #36, Featherweight2025-07-11: #34, Featherweight2025-07-18: #36, Featherweight2025-07-25: #48, Featherweight2025-08-01: #47, Featherweight2025-08-08: #46, Featherweight2025-08-15: #45, Featherweight2025-08-22: #45, Featherweight2025-09-05: #45, Featherweight2025-09-12: #45, Featherweight2025-09-26: #44, Featherweight2025-10-03: #44, Featherweight2025-10-10: #42, Featherweight2025-10-17: #43, Featherweight2025-10-24: #42, Featherweight2025-10-31: #42, Featherweight2025-11-07: #42, Featherweight2025-11-14: #42, Featherweight2025-11-21: #43, Featherweight2025-12-05: #43, Featherweight2025-12-12: #40, Featherweight2026-01-23: #38, Featherweight2026-01-30: #43, Featherweight2026-02-06: #45, Featherweight2026-02-20: #43, Featherweight2026-02-27: #80, Featherweight2026-03-06: #81, Featherweight2026-03-13: #81, Featherweight2026-03-20: #83, Featherweight2026-03-27: #85, Featherweight2026-04-03: #85, Featherweight2026-04-10: #86, Featherweight2026-04-17: #86, Featherweight2026-04-24: #86, Featherweight2026-05-01: #85, Featherweight2026-05-08: #86, Featherweight2026-05-15: #86, Featherweight2026-05-29: #85, Featherweight2026-06-05: #87, Featherweight2026-06-13: #85, Featherweight2026-06-19: #85, Featherweight2026-06-26: #88, Featherweight2026-07-10: #88, Featherweight2026-07-17: #88, Featherweight2026-07-24: #89, Featherweight2026-07-31: #88, Featherweight2026-08-07: #87, Featherweight2026-08-14: #86, Featherweight2026-08-21: #86, Featherweight2026-08-28: #87, Featherweight2026-09-04: #87, Featherweight2026-09-11: #88, Featherweight2026-09-18: #92, Featherweight2026-09-25: #90, Featherweight2026-09-26: #89, Featherweight2026-10-03: #90, Featherweight2026-10-10: #89, Featherweight2026-10-17: #88, Featherweight2026-10-24: #87, Featherweight2026-10-31: #86, Featherweight#86

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

1,4001,5001,6001,7001,800202020212022202320242025Jan 2018Oct 20262018-01-20: 1,445 (L vs Julio Arce)2018-06-09: 1,543 (W vs Mike Santiago)2018-12-15: 1,551 (W vs Jordan Griffin)2019-03-16: 1,672 (W vs Danny Henry)2019-06-22: 1,719 (W vs Kevin Aguilar)2020-02-08: 1,723 (W vs Mirsad Bektic)2020-05-16: 1,710 (W vs Edson Barboza)2020-07-15: 1,677 (L vs Calvin Kattar)2021-03-13: 1,741 (W vs Gavin Tucker)2021-06-19: 1,708 (L vs Chan Sung Jung)2021-12-11: 1,704 (L vs Josh Emmett)2022-06-04: 1,662 (L vs Movsar Evloev)2023-01-14: 1,671 (W vs Damon Jackson)2023-06-10: 1,674 (W vs Nate Landwehr)2023-09-23: 1,649 (L vs Bryce Mitchell)2024-02-10: 1,673 (W vs Andre Fili)2024-06-29: 1,671 (L vs Diego Lopes)2024-10-26: 1,664 (L vs Lerone Murphy)2025-04-12: 1,668 (W vs Sean Woodson)2025-07-19: 1,608 (L vs Patricio Freire)2026-02-21: 1,578 (L vs Melquizael Costa)2026-09-12: 1,566 (L vs David Martinez)1,566

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 run about 69 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 45 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 24 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-45what fighters aged 35.2 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-24his recency-weighted mean and trend over 22 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -7 points a year
Combined-69the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind 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+1.02526272829303132333435362018-01-20 (age 26.5): L vs Julio Arce, residual -0.342018-06-09 (age 26.8): W vs Mike Santiago, residual +0.512018-12-15 (age 27.4): W vs Jordan Griffin, residual +0.032019-03-16 (age 27.6): W vs Danny Henry, residual +0.602019-06-22 (age 27.9): W vs Kevin Aguilar, residual +0.202020-02-08 (age 28.5): W vs Mirsad Bektic, residual +0.142020-05-16 (age 28.8): W vs Edson Barboza, residual +0.022020-07-15 (age 28.9): L vs Calvin Kattar, residual -0.112021-03-13 (age 29.6): W vs Gavin Tucker, residual +0.522021-06-19 (age 29.9): L vs Chan Sung Jung, residual -0.132021-12-11 (age 30.3): L vs Josh Emmett, residual -0.002022-06-04 (age 30.8): L vs Movsar Evloev, residual -0.412023-01-14 (age 31.4): W vs Damon Jackson, residual +0.502023-06-10 (age 31.8): W vs Nate Landwehr, residual +0.112023-09-23 (age 32.1): L vs Bryce Mitchell, residual -0.192024-02-10 (age 32.5): W vs Andre Fili, residual +0.402024-06-29 (age 32.9): L vs Diego Lopes, residual -0.162024-10-26 (age 33.2): L vs Lerone Murphy, residual +0.022025-04-12 (age 33.7): W vs Sean Woodson, residual +0.452025-07-19 (age 34.0): L vs Patricio Freire, residual -0.372026-02-21 (age 34.5): L vs Melquizael Costa, residual -0.592026-09-12 (age 35.1): L vs David Martinez, residual -0.26-0.10

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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