Bantamweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #49; v1.1 (shadow) #15
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 48-51: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,646, deviation 100: measured from 23 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.
Age 38 (born 1987-12-18) · Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) · Reach 68 in (173 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 29 days since last bout (2026-10-03) · Last five 1-4 · Streak L3
Why he is ranked here
Rating 1,646 is the division's 14th highest of 86 board fighters; the ledger stands at +1.9 (+6.8 from quality wins, less 5.0 for blowout losses; losses count for three years); 11 quality wins in 15 years, 9 over top-10 opponents, which makes him entrenched; form penalty 0.60 for a 1-4 last five. Score -0.09 = +0.33 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.18 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.60 (form penalty); score order put him at #49.
Term
Value
Detail
Score
-0.09
70% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term
+0.33
resume rating 1,646, scaled against the division's interdecile range
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 minute
2.56
(13th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike accuracy
54%
(81st percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes
0.64
(80th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of wins by finish
57%
(62nd percentile at Bantamweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute
3.50
(41st percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strike defence
49%
(28th percentile at Bantamweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes
0.16
(58th percentile at Bantamweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career
986
(97th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses
3 (last 2026-10-03, 29 days ago)
(98th percentile at Bantamweight)
Submission losses
2
(99th percentile at Bantamweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger
0.037
(70th percentile at Bantamweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes
1.60
(60th percentile at Bantamweight)
Takedown defence
57%
(34th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of cage time in control
16%
(50th percentile at Bantamweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground
24%
(70th percentile at Bantamweight)
Style
mixed (4.7 takedown attempts per 15 min; 16% control)
Career stage
Age
38.9
(91st percentile at Bantamweight)
Age at UFC debut
29.5
(77th percentile at Bantamweight)
Years since UFC debut
9.4
(92nd percentile at Bantamweight)
UFC bouts
23
(99th percentile at Bantamweight)
Cage time, minutes
282
(95th percentile at Bantamweight)
Bouts per year, last three years
3.0
(99th percentile at Bantamweight)
Days since last bout
29
(17th percentile at Bantamweight)
Board position since Oct 2023
Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Listed at Flyweight, then Bantamweight over this period.
Predictive rating by bout
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 143 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 88 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 55 points behind.
Component
Points
Meaning
Age component
-88
what fighters aged 38.9 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results
-55
his recency-weighted mean and trend over 22 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -15 points a year
Combined
-143
the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Reading
behind rating
ahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating
Performance relative to the rating, by age
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.
Age band: 36 and over (age 38). On the board's own history (3,748 bouts between two board fighters, 2014 to 2026) the higher-scored fighter won 64% of bouts when under 30, 59% at 30 to 32, 57% at 33 to 35 and 42 to 46% at 36 and over (EXP-2026-10-20-09). A population rate, not a forecast for him.
Recent KO/TKO loss: 29 days ago. The Association of Ringside Physicians consensus sets minimum suspensions of 30 days after a head-strike TKO, 60 after a KO and 90 after a KO with loss of consciousness (Neidecker et al. 2019, cited in EXP-2026-10-20-13); UFCStats does not record which applied.
Not raised: last bout within 12 months; 23 UFC bouts, more than the provisional limit of 3.
REAL v1.0 (registered method) · build c166ee8 · data through 2026-10-31 · page built 2026-11-06 · changelog. Independent fan research project built on public UFCStats data. Not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by UFC, Zuffa, LLC, TKO Group Holdings, or any athlete. All trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to identify athletes and events.