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Paulo Thiago

Paulo Thiago

975 ELO #2017

MMA 18-9-0 · UFC 5-8-0 · Welterweight · Last fought 11 years and 272 days ago

Paulo Thiago - UFC Fighter Profile

Career Highlights: Paulo Thiago has 5 wins in the UFC. Paulo Thiago lands an average of 1.71 significant strikes per minute and averages 1.42 takedowns per 15 minutes.

Sensible Hypothetical Matchups

No fight is booked yet. These active Welterweight fighters are a similar age (within 8 years) and ELO (closest to 975), and have not fought Paulo Thiago before.

Opponent UFC Age ELO Δ Age Δ ELO
Stephen Thompson 12-9-0 43 1100 2.0 125
Tim Means 15-14-0 42 1056 3.0 81
Muslim Salikhov 9-5-0 42 1061 3.0 86
Tony Ferguson 15-9-0 42 1083 3.0 108
Court McGee 11-13-0 41 998 4.0 23
Nicolas Dalby 8-5-0 41 1044 4.0 69

Fight Results Breakdown

13
Total Fights

Biggest Win

Josh Koscheck in 2009
Opponent ELO: 1121

Biggest Upset Loss

Siyar Bahadurzada in 2012
Your ELO: 1040 · Opponent ELO: 1000 · Favored by 40

Physical & Background Stats

Height
5' 11'
Weight
Welterweight
Reach
74'
Stance
Orthodox
Date of Birth
Jan 25 1981
Age
45
Peak ELO
1054
ELO Rank
2017 of 2693
Strength of Schedule
266-89-5
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1040.0
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1035.4

Performance Statistics

SLpM
1.71
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
39%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
1.99
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
63%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
1.42
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
31%
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
1.2
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Paulo Thiago Fight History

No defeats in this fight history.

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result Odds
2014-09-13 UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski Sean Spencer U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2014-05-31 UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado Gasan Umalatov U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2013-11-09 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2 Brandon Thatch KO/TKO Knee 1 2:10 Loss -
2013-05-18 UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold Michel Prazeres U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2012-11-10 UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le Dong Hyun Kim U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2012-04-14 UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs Silva Siyar Bahadurzada KO/TKO Punch 1 0:42 Loss -
2011-08-27 UFC 134: Silva vs Okami David Mitchell U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2010-10-23 UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez Diego Sanchez U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2010-06-12 UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin Martin Kampmann U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2010-02-06 UFC 109: Relentless Mike Swick SUB D'Arce Choke 2 1:54 Win -
2009-11-21 UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin 2 Jacob Volkmann U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2009-07-11 UFC 100 Jon Fitch U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2009-02-21 UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson Josh Koscheck KO/TKO Punches 1 3:29 Win -

ELO Progression Over Time

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Paulo Thiago ELO Rating Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
13 2014-09-13 Sean Spencer 1001 Loss -15 975
12 2014-05-31 Gasan Umalatov 983 Loss -17 990
11 2013-11-09 Brandon Thatch 1022 Loss -16 1007
10 2013-05-18 Michel Prazeres 1000 Win +16 1023
9 2012-11-10 Dong Hyun Kim 1052 Loss -15 1007
8 2012-04-14 Siyar Bahadurzada 1000 Loss -18 1022
7 2011-08-27 David Mitchell 984 Win +14 1040
6 2010-10-23 Diego Sanchez 1103 Loss -13 1026
5 2010-06-12 Martin Kampmann 1076 Loss -15 1039
4 2010-02-06 Mike Swick 1108 Win +25 1054
3 2009-11-21 Jacob Volkmann 1000 Win +15 1029
2 2009-07-11 Jon Fitch 1116 Loss -12 1014
1 2009-02-21 Josh Koscheck 1121 Win +26 1026

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