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Denzel Freeman

Heavyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #33; v1.1 (shadow) #31

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 33-36: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,476, deviation 250: measured from 2 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 2 UFC bouts; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age unknown · Height unknown · Reach unknown · Stance unknown · 281 days since last bout (2026-01-24) · Last five 1-1 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,476 is the division's 40th highest of 55 board fighters; the ledger stands at -1.0 (less 1.0 for blowout losses; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (1-1 last five). Score -0.12 = -0.12 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.00 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #36; the head-to-head rule (the winner of the most recent meeting within three years moves directly above the loser when ranked at most three places behind, six within a year) placed him #33.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.1270% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.12resume rating 1,476, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.00quality ledger -1.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 1-1
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #36; head-to-head -> #33v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#31score -0.22; score order #34; placement rules -> #31

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 2 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-01-24UFC 324: Gaethje vs. PimblettJosh HokitunrankedLKO/TKO1 (4:59)41%
2025-11-22UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. HookerMarek BujlounrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%

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

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute2.45(18th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike accuracy57%(73rd percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(29th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of wins by finish0%(15th percentile at Heavyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.40(40th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike defence50%(53rd percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(40th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career68(35th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2026-01-24, 281 days ago)(69th percentile at Heavyweight)
Submission losses0(76th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.212(78th percentile at Heavyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.00(36th percentile at Heavyweight)
Takedown defence50%(19th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of cage time in control0%(7th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground8%(18th percentile at Heavyweight)
Stylestriker (0.8 takedown attempts per 15 min; 0% control)
Career stage
Agen/a
Age at UFC debutn/a
Years since UFC debut0.9(31st percentile at Heavyweight)
UFC bouts2(33rd percentile at Heavyweight)
Cage time, minutes20(36th percentile at Heavyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(67th percentile at Heavyweight)
Days since last bout281(85th percentile at Heavyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C1020304020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262025-12-05: #20, Heavyweight2025-12-12: #20, Heavyweight2026-01-23: #22, Heavyweight2026-01-30: #33, Heavyweight2026-02-06: #31, Heavyweight2026-02-20: #31, Heavyweight2026-02-27: #30, Heavyweight2026-03-06: #30, Heavyweight2026-03-13: #30, Heavyweight2026-03-20: #30, Heavyweight2026-03-27: #31, Heavyweight2026-04-03: #32, Heavyweight2026-04-10: #32, Heavyweight2026-04-17: #33, Heavyweight2026-04-24: #34, Heavyweight2026-05-01: #33, Heavyweight2026-05-08: #32, Heavyweight2026-05-15: #31, Heavyweight2026-05-29: #31, Heavyweight2026-06-05: #31, Heavyweight2026-06-13: #31, Heavyweight2026-06-19: #31, Heavyweight2026-06-26: #31, Heavyweight2026-07-10: #30, Heavyweight2026-07-17: #31, Heavyweight2026-07-24: #29, Heavyweight2026-07-31: #28, Heavyweight2026-08-07: #30, Heavyweight2026-08-14: #30, Heavyweight2026-08-21: #30, Heavyweight2026-08-28: #31, Heavyweight2026-09-04: #31, Heavyweight2026-09-11: #31, Heavyweight2026-09-18: #30, Heavyweight2026-09-25: #30, Heavyweight2026-09-26: #30, Heavyweight2026-10-03: #31, Heavyweight2026-10-10: #32, Heavyweight2026-10-17: #33, Heavyweight2026-10-24: #33, Heavyweight2026-10-31: #33, Heavyweight#33

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Absent from 91 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,550Nov 2025Oct 20262025-11-22: 1,535 (W vs Marek Bujlo)2026-01-24: 1,457 (L vs Josh Hokit)1,457

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

No trajectory index: it needs three decided UFC bouts and a bout within the last three years (config/decline.yaml).

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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