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Jose Montanha

Heavyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #17; v1.1 (shadow) #17

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 17-18: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,542, deviation 268: measured from 1 UFC bout; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 1 UFC bout; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age 30 (born 1996-08-25) · Height unknown · Reach unknown · Stance unknown · 85 days since last bout (2026-08-08) · Last five 1-0 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,542 is the division's 27th highest of 55 board fighters; the ledger stands at +0.0 (no quality wins or recent losses on the ledger); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (1-0 last five). Score +0.11 = +0.06 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.04 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #17.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.1170% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.06resume rating 1,542, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.04quality ledger +0.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -0.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 1-0
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #17v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#17score +0.12; score order #17

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 1 UFC bout

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-08-08UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. SalkilldLouie SutherlandunrankedWsubmission1 (1:50)51%

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 minute1.09(4th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike accuracy29%(5th percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.00(29th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of wins by finish100%(100th percentile at Heavyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute1.64(5th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike defence25%(2nd percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(40th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career3(4th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses0(36th percentile at Heavyweight)
Submission losses0(76th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(36th percentile at Heavyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes8.18(100th percentile at Heavyweight)
Takedown defence100%(100th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of cage time in control55%(96th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground50%(93rd percentile at Heavyweight)
Stylewrestler (16.4 takedown attempts per 15 min; 55% control)
Career stage
Age30.2(26th percentile at Heavyweight)
Age at UFC debut30.0(54th percentile at Heavyweight)
Years since UFC debut0.2(11th percentile at Heavyweight)
UFC bouts1(18th percentile at Heavyweight)
Cage time, minutes2(5th percentile at Heavyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.0(29th percentile at Heavyweight)
Days since last bout85(51st percentile at Heavyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C510152020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262026-08-14: #17, Heavyweight2026-08-21: #17, Heavyweight2026-08-28: #18, Heavyweight2026-09-04: #18, Heavyweight2026-09-11: #17, Heavyweight2026-09-18: #17, Heavyweight2026-09-25: #17, Heavyweight2026-09-26: #17, Heavyweight2026-10-03: #17, Heavyweight2026-10-10: #16, Heavyweight2026-10-17: #17, Heavyweight2026-10-24: #17, Heavyweight2026-10-31: #17, Heavyweight#17

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 119 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5501,600Aug 2026Oct 20262026-08-08: 1,550 (W vs Louie Sutherland)1,550

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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