Jared Gordon vs Melquizael Costa
Tale of the tape
How they win
Gordon
21 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 8
- Submission
- 2
- Decision
- 11
Costa
26 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 9
- Submission
- 8
- Decision
- 9
Career averages
How these figures are measured
- Sig. strikes landed per minute
- Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
- Strike accuracy, all strikes
- Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
- Takedown accuracy
- Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
- Finish rate
- Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
- Days since last fight
- From the last bout on file to the date of this one.
Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record.
Matchup snapshot
Gordon
18 measured UFC bouts, 188.5 minutes
Costa
10 measured UFC bouts, 107.6 minutes
- 5.571050 landed of 1954 thrown (54%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 4.29462 landed of 983 thrown (47%)
- Not on file
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- 3.19opponents landed 343 of 691
- 35%24 of 69 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- 35%11 of 31 attempts
- Not on file
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- 51%conceded 26 of 53 faced
- 2scored
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 2scored, 2 suffered
About these statistics
Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.
Recent form
Jared Gordon
2-3 in last 5- L
vs Jim Miller
Submission · R1 · 3:29
· UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sig. strikes 7 of 16 · Takedowns 2 of 2
- L
vs Rafa Garcia
KO/TKO · R3 · 2:27
· Noche UFC: Lopes vs. Silva
Sig. strikes 65 of 186 · Takedowns 1 of 3
- W
vs Thiago Moisés
KO/TKO · R1 · 3:37
· UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Sig. strikes 7 of 13 · Takedowns 1 of 1 · 1 knockdown
- L
vs Nasrat Haqparast
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Sig. strikes 141 of 299 · Takedowns 0 of 13
- W
vs Mark O. Madsen
KO/TKO · R1 · 4:42
· UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira
Sig. strikes 36 of 66 · 1 knockdown
Melquizael Costa
4-1 in last 5- L
vs Arnold Allen
Decision - Unanimous · R5 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
Sig. strikes 100 of 254 · Takedowns 0 of 4
- W
vs Dan Ige
KO/TKO · R1 · 4:56
· UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
Sig. strikes 19 of 40 · Takedowns 1 of 1 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Morgan Charrière
KO/TKO · R1 · 1:14
· UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape
Sig. strikes 4 of 9 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Julian Erosa
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Sig. strikes 102 of 204 · Takedowns 2 of 3
- W
vs Christian Rodriguez
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg
Sig. strikes 65 of 105 · Takedowns 1 of 2
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