The System Doesn't Like Rashad Evans
We're having some technical difficulties with the home page and it's prevented us from posting a bunch of the material we've prepared in advance of UFC 88. The one thing we have posted is the career TPR Report for Rashad Evans.
Rashad is precisely the type of fighter that the FightMetric scoring system undervalues. Specifically, a fighter that relies on takedowns and positioning without keeping active with strikes, submissions, and guard passes. Taking a look at the whole of Rashad's career, his median TPR is 58.5, which is extremely low, considering that he is undefeated. Compare that to Chuck Liddell, who, despite five losses, has a median TPR of 79.
Stay tuned for more material over the next week or so. Once we get the technical glitches worked out, there's plenty of stats to cover.
posted by FightMetric @ 10:52 PM
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3 Comments:
Could you add a metric that considers how long he controlled the fight? For example calculate the total amount of time he spent in mount, on top out of guard, and possibly moving on his feet?
This seems like a viable way to quanitfy efforts from a "grind it out" sort of fighter.
Hi Scott,
A "control stat" would be nice, but wouldn't be feasible on a large scale. It would mean sitting with a stopwatch for every fight tracking time in each position.
Unfortunately, even we have to sacrifice some amount of depth to gain the breadth of info we're after.
Hi Scott,
A "control stat" would be nice, but wouldn't be feasible on a large scale. It would mean sitting with a stopwatch for every fight tracking time in each position.
Unfortunately, even we have to sacrifice some amount of depth to gain the breadth of info we're after.
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