Fight completed
Francis Marshall vs Dakota Hope
Dakota Hope def. Francis Marshall · Decision - Split · Round 3, 5:00
Tale of the tape
How they win
Marshall
10 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 1
- Submission
- 5
- Decision
- 4
Hope
11 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 5
- Submission
- 1
- Decision
- 5
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. No striking or grappling averages are available for both fighters yet.
Matchup snapshot
Marshall
7 measured UFC bouts, 73.5 minutes
Hope
1 measured UFC bout, 15.0 minutes
- 2.34172 landed of 587 thrown (29%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 7.07106 landed of 258 thrown (41%)
- 3.14opponents landed 231 of 498
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- 7.00opponents landed 105 of 159
- 42%10 of 24 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- 33%1 of 3 attempts
- 89%conceded 1 of 9 faced
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- 100%conceded 0 of 1 faced
- 2scored, 0 suffered
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 1scored, 0 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
Francis Marshall
3-2 in last 5- W
vs Lucas Brennan
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal
Sig. strikes 33 of 69 · Takedowns 2 of 3
- W
vs Erik Silva
Submission · R1 · 2:29
· UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh
Sig. strikes 3 of 5 · Takedowns 1 of 2
- L
vs Mairon Santos
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev
Sig. strikes 39 of 143 · Takedowns 3 of 5
- W
vs Dennis Buzukja
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho
Sig. strikes 57 of 150 · Takedowns 1 of 6 · 1 knockdown
- L
vs Isaac Dulgarian
KO/TKO · R1 · 4:48
· UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos
Sig. strikes 2 of 7
Dakota Hope
0-1 in last 1- L
vs Kai Kamaka III
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan
Sig. strikes 106 of 258 · Takedowns 1 of 3 · 1 knockdown
Statwell Intel
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Francis Marshall has the reach and seven UFC bouts; Dakota Hope, reported to have replaced Gastón Bolaños, has one UFC bout and a high output. Who gets to fight the bout they want?
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