Heavyweight Bout

Ilir Latifi

“The Sledgehammer”

Record: 9-7-0
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 10"
Reach: 73"
Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: Jul 28, 1982

UFCStats profile

Career snapshot

Fights: 16
Minutes: 149.0
Knockdowns: 4
Sig. accuracy: 45.2%
Sig. landed / 15: —
Absorbed / 15: —
TD accuracy: 35.6%
TD defense: —
Sub attempts: 3
Control / 15: 4:31

Striking

Offense

Landed / attempted306/677

Accuracy45.2%

Landed per 15—

Target

Head67.0%
Body18.3%
Leg14.7%

Position

Distance69.9%
Clinch11.1%
Ground19.0%

Defense

Absorbed / faced—

Strike defense—

Absorbed per 15—

Target absorbed

Head65.6%
Body18.8%
Leg15.6%

Position absorbed

Distance82.8%
Clinch10.8%
Ground6.4%

Grappling

For

Takedowns21/59

TD accuracy35.6%

TD per 152.1

Sub attempts3

Subs per 150.3

Reversals0

Control44:50

Control per 154:31

Against

Takedowns absorbed0/—

TD defense—

Sub attempts faced0

Control conceded2:41

Control against / 15—

By round

Averages by round
Round	Fights	Sig.	Acc.	Sig/15	Abs/15	TD	TD acc	Ctrl/15
R1	—	—	—	—	—	0.4/1.8	25.1%	—
R2	—	—	—	—	—	0.7/1.5	46.7%	—
R3	—	—	—	—	—	0.9/2	44.0%	—

Recent fights

Loss vs Rodrigo Nascimento
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. HillMay 20, 2023
KD 0 · Sig 49/77 · TD 2/7 · Ctrl 3:50
Win vs Aleksei Oleinik
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. YanOct 1, 2022
KD 0 · Sig 38/48 · TD 3/6 · Ctrl 8:29
Win vs Tanner Boser
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. SakaiJun 5, 2021
KD 0 · Sig 10/38 · TD 2/3 · Ctrl 6:38
Loss vs Derrick Lewis
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 247: Jones vs. ReyesFeb 8, 2020
KD 0 · Sig 5/12 · TD 3/7 · Ctrl 8:49
Loss vs Volkan Oezdemir
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 4:31
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2Aug 10, 2019
KD 0 · Sig 18/60 · TD 1/5 · Ctrl 1:07
Loss vs Corey Anderson
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2Dec 29, 2018
KD 0 · Sig 33/78 · TD 0/4 · Ctrl 0:46
Win vs Ovince Saint Preux
Submission · Round 1 · 3:48
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. StephensFeb 24, 2018
KD 1 · Sig 25/41 · TD 0/0 · Ctrl 0:19
Win vs Tyson Pedro
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2Sep 9, 2017
KD 0 · Sig 44/79 · TD 4/5 · Ctrl 7:23
Loss vs Ryan Bader
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 2:06
UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. BarnettSep 3, 2016
KD 1 · Sig 9/30 · TD 0/5 · Ctrl 0:26
Win vs Gian Villante
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 196: McGregor vs DiazMar 5, 2016
KD 0 · Sig 30/53 · TD 3/12 · Ctrl 4:37

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