Evans vs Salmon Result & Stats: Evans wins by TKO R2 · UFC Fight Night, Thu, Jan 25, 2007

UFCUFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon

Rashad EvansWIN

“Suga” · 19-8-1

RESULT

TKO

ROUND 2 · 1:06

Light HeavyweightMain Event5 rounds scheduled

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Sean Salmon

18-21-0

Thursday, January 25, 2007Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States

Rashad Evans defeated Sean Salmon by TKO in round 2 (1:06) in the Light Heavyweight main event of UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon, held Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

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Fight stats: totals

Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts

Rashad EvansSean Salmon

Knockdowns

13 / 35

Significant strikes

10 / 28

37%

Sig. strike accuracy

36%

13 / 35

Total strikes

15 / 33

0 / 0

Takedowns

2 / 3

0:03

Control time

0:52

Where it landed

Significant strikes landed by target in this fight

Rashad EvansSean Salmon

1077%

Head

10100%

323%

Body

00%

Leg

00%

Where it happened

Where the landed significant strikes came from

Rashad Evans

46%46%

Sean Salmon

20%20%60%

DistanceClinchGround

Range × target

Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell

Rashad Evans13 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

44/23

22/3

Clinch

55/6

11/2

Ground

11/1

Sean Salmon10 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

22/15

00/1

Clinch

22/5

Ground

66/7

Insights

Sean Salmon lands 4.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 96% of UFC fighters.
Rashad Evans lands 2.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 84% of UFC fighters.

Style & credentials

Rashad Evans

Folkstyle WrestlingBJJ

2010Black belt · BJJRolles Gracie
2008UFC Light Heavyweight ChampionshipUFC
2005Champion · The Ultimate FighterHeavyweight
2003Bronze · Big Ten Championships174 lb Catchweight

Camp · Sanford MMA

Sean Salmon

No background on record

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

79%

Head

91%

14%

Body

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Rashad Evanslast 23 fights

58%19%23%

Sean Salmonlast 2 fights

18%18%64%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Rashad Evans Sean Salmon

Strikes landed / min

2.131.58

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rashad Evans · Poor · better than 13% of UFC fightersSean Salmon · Poor · better than 5% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.461.86

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rashad Evans · Good · better than 80% of UFC fightersSean Salmon · Elite · better than 93% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.754.30

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rashad Evans · Good · better than 84% of UFC fightersSean Salmon · Elite · better than 96% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

42%50%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rashad Evans · Average · better than 59% of UFC fightersSean Salmon · Good · better than 74% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.000.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Rashad Evans · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersSean Salmon · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1491 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.13

Strikes landed / min

1.58

2.46

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.86

2.75 / 6.5

Takedowns landed / 15 min

4.30 / 8.6

42%

Takedown accuracy

50%

3:30

Control time / fight

0:29

0.00

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.00

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

Rashad Evans23 UFC fights · 614 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

46%282/1083

7%44/83

5%33/42

Clinch

12%72/141

6%34/44

2%10/11

Ground

21%130/222

1%9/9

0%0/0

Sean Salmon2 UFC fights · 11 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

18%2/15

0%0/1

0%0/0

Clinch

18%2/5

0%0/0

Ground

55%6/7

9%1/1

0%0/0

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

Rashad Evans4 of 9 ended early · 44%5 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

3 early stoppages have no logged time

Sean Salmon9 of 10 ended early · 90%1 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

7 early stoppages have no logged time

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

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