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Sean Sharaf

Heavyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #45; v1.1 (shadow) #45

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 45-45: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights (the position does not depend on the weights). Rating 1,455, deviation 215: measured from 3 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290. Provisional: 3 UFC bouts; the rating rests on little evidence.

Age 33 (born 1993-07-11) · Height 6 ft 3 in (190 cm) · Reach 77 in (196 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 43 days since last bout (2026-09-19) · Last five 1-2 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,455 is the division's 50th highest of 55 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 2.0 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 (1-2 last five). Score -0.23 = -0.18 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.04 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #45.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.2370% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.18resume rating 1,455, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.04quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 1-2
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #45v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#45score -0.43; score order #45

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 3 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-09-19UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2Gable StevesonunrankedWKO/TKO1 (0:12)22%
2025-12-13UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. KapeSteven AsplundunrankedLKO/TKO2 (3:49)41%
2024-10-12UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. TairaJunior TafaunrankedLKO/TKO2 (2:15)58%

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 minute7.50(87th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(22nd percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.92(80th percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of wins by finish100%(100th percentile at Heavyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute14.88(96th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strike defence43%(27th percentile at Heavyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(40th percentile at Heavyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career242(67th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses2 (last 2025-12-13, 323 days ago)(82nd percentile at Heavyweight)
Submission losses0(76th percentile at Heavyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.339(91st percentile at Heavyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.92(64th percentile at Heavyweight)
Takedown defencen/a
Share of cage time in control5%(31st percentile at Heavyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground9%(24th percentile at Heavyweight)
Stylemixed (8.3 takedown attempts per 15 min; 5% control)
Career stage
Age33.3(44th percentile at Heavyweight)
Age at UFC debut31.3(68th percentile at Heavyweight)
Years since UFC debut2.1(53rd percentile at Heavyweight)
UFC bouts3(44th percentile at Heavyweight)
Cage time, minutes16(29th percentile at Heavyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.5(35th percentile at Heavyweight)
Days since last bout43(27th percentile at Heavyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C102030405020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262024-10-18: #25, Heavyweight2024-10-25: #25, Heavyweight2024-11-01: #25, Heavyweight2024-11-08: #25, Heavyweight2024-11-15: #24, Heavyweight2024-11-22: #26, Heavyweight2024-12-06: #26, Heavyweight2024-12-13: #27, Heavyweight2025-01-10: #27, Heavyweight2025-01-17: #27, Heavyweight2025-01-31: #27, Heavyweight2025-02-07: #28, Heavyweight2025-02-14: #29, Heavyweight2025-02-21: #29, Heavyweight2025-02-28: #29, Heavyweight2025-03-07: #30, Heavyweight2025-03-14: #31, Heavyweight2025-03-21: #31, Heavyweight2025-03-28: #31, Heavyweight2025-04-04: #31, Heavyweight2025-04-11: #32, Heavyweight2025-04-25: #32, Heavyweight2025-05-02: #32, Heavyweight2025-05-09: #32, Heavyweight2025-05-16: #32, Heavyweight2025-05-30: #32, Heavyweight2025-06-06: #32, Heavyweight2025-06-13: #32, Heavyweight2025-06-20: #32, Heavyweight2025-06-27: #33, Heavyweight2025-07-11: #34, Heavyweight2025-07-18: #34, Heavyweight2025-07-25: #35, Heavyweight2025-08-01: #36, Heavyweight2025-08-08: #36, Heavyweight2025-08-15: #35, Heavyweight2025-08-22: #35, Heavyweight2025-09-05: #34, Heavyweight2025-09-12: #35, Heavyweight2025-09-26: #35, Heavyweight2025-10-03: #37, Heavyweight2025-10-10: #36, Heavyweight2025-10-17: #36, Heavyweight2025-10-24: #36, Heavyweight2025-10-31: #37, Heavyweight2025-11-07: #37, Heavyweight2025-11-14: #39, Heavyweight2025-11-21: #39, Heavyweight2025-12-05: #41, Heavyweight2025-12-12: #41, Heavyweight2026-01-23: #44, Heavyweight2026-01-30: #44, Heavyweight2026-02-06: #43, Heavyweight2026-02-20: #43, Heavyweight2026-02-27: #43, Heavyweight2026-03-06: #43, Heavyweight2026-03-13: #43, Heavyweight2026-03-20: #43, Heavyweight2026-03-27: #44, Heavyweight2026-04-03: #45, Heavyweight2026-04-10: #46, Heavyweight2026-04-17: #46, Heavyweight2026-04-24: #47, Heavyweight2026-05-01: #44, Heavyweight2026-05-08: #44, Heavyweight2026-05-15: #42, Heavyweight2026-05-29: #42, Heavyweight2026-06-05: #42, Heavyweight2026-06-13: #42, Heavyweight2026-06-19: #42, Heavyweight2026-06-26: #42, Heavyweight2026-07-10: #42, Heavyweight2026-07-17: #43, Heavyweight2026-07-24: #43, Heavyweight2026-07-31: #40, Heavyweight2026-08-07: #42, Heavyweight2026-08-14: #43, Heavyweight2026-08-21: #43, Heavyweight2026-08-28: #45, Heavyweight2026-09-04: #45, Heavyweight2026-09-11: #45, Heavyweight2026-09-18: #44, Heavyweight2026-09-25: #42, Heavyweight2026-09-26: #42, Heavyweight2026-10-03: #44, Heavyweight2026-10-10: #44, Heavyweight2026-10-17: #45, Heavyweight2026-10-24: #45, Heavyweight2026-10-31: #45, Heavyweight#45

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 43 of 132 snapshots (gaps in the line).

Predictive rating by bout

1,3501,4001,4501,5001,5502026Oct 2024Oct 20262024-10-12: 1,431 (L vs Junior Tafa)2025-12-13: 1,356 (L vs Steven Asplund)2026-09-19: 1,506 (W vs Gable Steveson)1,506

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 (-22 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-25what fighters aged 33.3 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+3his recency-weighted mean and trend over 3 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +3 points a year
Combined-22the 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+1.030313233342024-10-12 (age 31.3): L vs Junior Tafa, residual -0.522025-12-13 (age 32.4): L vs Steven Asplund, residual -0.462026-09-19 (age 33.2): W vs Gable Steveson, residual +0.70-0.03

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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