Brian Bowles vs Urijah Faber

Brian Bowles is 10-3-0; Urijah Faber is 35-11-0. Urijah Faber is 1 year older than Brian Bowles. Brian Bowles has a 3" · 8 cm reach advantage over Urijah Faber. Brian Bowles is 1" · 3 cm taller than Urijah Faber. They have met once: Brian Bowles 0, Urijah Faber 1.

Brian Bowles

10-3-0

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BantamweightMet once

Urijah Faber

“The California Kid” · 35-11-0

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Style & credentials

Brian Bowles

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team

Urijah Faber

Folkstyle Wrestling

2006WEC Featherweight ChampionshipWorld Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)
2004KOTC Bantamweight ChampionshipKing of the Cage (KOTC)
2004GC Bantamweight ChampionshipGladiator Challenge
2002Top 12 · NCAA D1133 lb

Camp · Team Alpha Male · Sacramento, California, US

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

68%

Head

73%

31%

Body

19%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Brian Bowleslast 4 fights

78%15%

Urijah Faberlast 18 fights

62%14%24%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Brian Bowles· from fights outside the UFC Urijah Faber· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

2.682.90

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Below avg · better than 34% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.512.89

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Average · better than 47% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Good · better than 68% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.951.59

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Good · better than 61% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

100%28%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Elite · better than 98% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Below avg · better than 26% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

0%62%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Average · better than 45% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.900.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Brian Bowles · Good · better than 77% of UFC fightersUrijah Faber · Average · better than 56% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.68

Strikes landed / min

2.90

3.51

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.89

0.95 / 0.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.59 / 5.7

100%

Takedown accuracy

28%

Takedown defence

62%

1:46

Control time / fight

2:35

0.90

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.50

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Brian Bowles4 UFC fights · 85 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

60%51/234

16%14/22

1%1/1

Clinch

1%1/3

14%12/12

0%0/0

Ground

7%6/15

0%0/0

Urijah Faber18 UFC fights · 713 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

42%302/1070

13%92/175

7%50/67

Clinch

8%59/99

5%37/39

0%1/1

Ground

23%163/238

1%8/8

0%1/1

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Brian Bowles12 of 13 ended early · 92%1 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

Urijah Faber32 of 46 ended early · 70%14 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

9 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Brian Bowles2-3

L
George Roop
UFC 160: Velasquez vs Bigfoot 2 · May 25, 2013
TKO · R2 · 1:43 · Bantamweight
L
Urijah Faber
UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson · Nov 19, 2011
Submission · R2 · 1:27 · Bantamweight
W
Takeya Mizugaki
UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber · Jul 2, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Damacio Page
UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann · Mar 3, 2011
Submission · R1 · 3:30 · Bantamweight
L
Dominick Cruz
WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz · Mar 6, 2010
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Bantamweight

Full record · 13 fights

W
Miguel Torres
WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles · Aug 8, 2009
TKO · R1 · 3:57 · Bantamweight
W
Will Ribeiro
WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia · Dec 2, 2008
Submission · R3 · 1:11 · Bantamweight
W
Damacio Page
WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura · Aug 2, 2008
Submission · R1 · 3:30 · Bantamweight
W
Marcos Galvao
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran · Dec 11, 2007
TKO · R2 · 2:09 · Bantamweight
W
Charlie Valencia
WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar · Jun 2, 2007
Submission · R2 · 2:50 · Bantamweight
W
Shane Weinischke
Fight Party · Feb 9, 2007
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Featherweight
W
Charles Nutt
National Fighting Championship · Sep 8, 2006
TKO
W
Tim Honeycutt
National Fighting Championship · May 12, 2006
Submission

Urijah Faber2-3

L
Petr Yan
UFC 245: Usman vs Covington · Dec 14, 2019
TKO · R3 · 0:43 · Bantamweight
W
Ricky Simon
UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs Ladd · Jul 13, 2019
TKO · R1 · 0:46 · Bantamweight
W
Brad Pickett
UFC Fight Night: VanZant vs Waterson · Dec 17, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Jimmie Rivera
UFC 203: Miocic vs Overeem · Sep 10, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Dominick Cruz
UFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2 · Jun 4, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight

Full record · 46 fights

W
Frankie Saenz
UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor · Dec 12, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Frankie Edgar
UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Faber · May 17, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Francisco Rivera
UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II · Dec 6, 2014
Submission · R2 · 1:34 · Bantamweight
W
Alex Caceres
UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida · Jul 5, 2014
Submission · R3 · 1:09 · Bantamweight
L
Renan Barao
UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2 · Feb 1, 2014
TKO · R1 · 3:42 · Bantamweight
W
Michael McDonald
UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 · Dec 14, 2013
Submission · R2 · 3:22 · Bantamweight
W
Iuri Alcantara
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen · Aug 17, 2013
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Scott Jorgensen
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale · Apr 13, 2013
Submission · R4 · 3:16 · Bantamweight
W
Ivan Menjivar
UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche · Feb 23, 2013
Submission · R1 · 4:34 · Bantamweight
L
Renan Barao
UFC 149: Faber vs Barao · Jul 21, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Interim Bantamweight
W
Brian Bowles
UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson · Nov 19, 2011
Submission · R2 · 1:27 · Bantamweight
L
Dominick Cruz
UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber · Jul 2, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Eddie Wineland
UFC 128: SHOGUN vs JONES · Mar 19, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Takeya Mizugaki
WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki · Nov 10, 2010
Submission · R1 · 4:50 · Bantamweight
L
Jose Aldo
WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber · Apr 23, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Raphael Assuncao
WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson · Jan 9, 2010
Submission · R3 · 3:49 · Featherweight
L
Mike Brown
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 · Jun 6, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Jens Pulver
WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone · Jan 24, 2009
Submission · R1 · 1:34 · Featherweight
L
Mike Brown
WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown · Nov 5, 2008
TKO · R1 · 2:23 · Featherweight
W
Jens Pulver
WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver · May 31, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Jeff Curran
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran · Dec 11, 2007
Submission · R2 · 4:34 · Featherweight
W
Chance Farrar
WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar · Jun 2, 2007
Submission · R1 · 3:19 · Featherweight
W
Dominick Cruz
WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio · Mar 23, 2007
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Featherweight
W
Joe Pearson
WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope · Jan 19, 2007
TKO · R1 · 2:31 · Featherweight
W
Bibiano Fernandes
KOTC: All Stars · Oct 28, 2006
TKO · R1 · 4:16 · Featherweight
W
Enoch Wilson
California Regional · Sep 9, 2006
TKO
W
Naoya Uematsu
Gladiator Challenge · Jul 1, 2006
TKO
W
Charlie Valencia
KOTC: Predator Returns · May 13, 2006
Submission · R1 · 3:09 · Featherweight
W
Cole Escovedo
WEC 19: Undisputed · Mar 16, 2006
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Ivan Menjivar
TKO Major League MMA · Jan 28, 2006
DQ
W
Charles Bennett
Gladiator Challenge · Dec 11, 2005
Submission
W
Shawn Bias
KOTC: Execution Day · Oct 29, 2005
Submission · R1 · 1:24 · Featherweight
L
Tyson Griffin
Gladiator Challenge · Sep 10, 2005
TKO
W
Hiroyuki Abe
KOTC: Mortal Sins · May 7, 2005
TKO · R3 · 2:37 · Featherweight
W
David Granados
Gladiator Challenge · Mar 13, 2005
Submission
W
Eben Kaneshiro
KOTC: Revenge · Nov 14, 2004
TKO · R3 · 4:33 · Featherweight
W
Rami Boukai
KOTC: Relentless · Sep 24, 2004
MD · Featherweight
W
Del Hawkins
Gladiator Challenge · Aug 19, 2004
TKO
W
David Velasquez
Gladiator Challenge · Jun 3, 2004
DEC
W
George Adkins
Gladiator Challenge · Feb 12, 2004
TKO
W
Jay Valencia
Gladiator Challenge · Nov 13, 2003
Submission

Head-to-Head History

UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
Urijah Faber
Submission · ROUND 2 · 1:27

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Brian BowlesUrijah Faber

Frequently asked questions

Have Brian Bowles and Urijah Faber ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson (Sat, Nov 19, 2011), where Urijah Faber won by Submission.

What are the records of Brian Bowles and Urijah Faber?

Brian Bowles is 10-3-0 and Urijah Faber is 35-11-0.

Who has the longer reach, Brian Bowles or Urijah Faber?

Brian Bowles has the longer reach: 70" · 178 cm against 67" · 170 cm for Urijah Faber, a 3" · 8 cm advantage.

Who is taller, Brian Bowles or Urijah Faber?

Brian Bowles is taller at 5'7" · 170 cm; Urijah Faber stands 5'6" · 168 cm.

Who is older, Brian Bowles or Urijah Faber?

Urijah Faber is 47 and Brian Bowles is 46.

Who has more finishes, Brian Bowles or Urijah Faber?

Brian Bowles has 9 wins inside the distance (3 by KO/TKO, 6 by submission); Urijah Faber has 27 wins (10 by KO/TKO, 17 by submission).

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