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Fighter Stance Analysis for MMA

This page analyses statistics for fighter stances in MMA (primarily in the UFC). We have not yet logged stances for all fighters in the UFC, so this page will grow with time (I add stances manually when watching fights). Win % statistics are based on fights logged in our system, starting November 2014. UFC Fighter Stance

Basic Stance Statistics - Number of fighters using each stance type

Orthodox: 1209 (71%)
Southpaw: 281 (17%)

Fighters who switch stances: 207 (12%)
Switches (Mostly Orthodox): 109 (6%)
Switches (Mostly Southpaw): 35 (2%)
Switches (Equal Both): 63 (4%)

Note - fighters who switch stances but are predominantly one stance or the other are NOT included in the pure orthodox or southpaw tallies.
Total fighters whose stance we've not yet logged: 3935

Win Percentage in MMA for Orthodox, Southpaw and Switch Stances

Stance Fighters Fights Won Lost Win %
Orthodox 1209 7456 3722 3734 50%
Southpaw 281 2030 1053 977 52%
Switches Stances (All) 207 1668 935 733 56%
Switches (Mostly Orthodox) 109 916 526 390 57%
Switches (Mostly Southpaw) 35 336 167 169 50%
Switches (Equal both) 63 416 242 174 58%

*Note. It might look weird that we have an overall win % way over 50%. That's because people in this list have beaten fighters we've not yet logged a stance for. Obviously I've watched more successful fighters than rubbish ones, so I've logged their stances more at this stage! :)

Detailed breakdown of stance vs stance win %

When we have both fighters' stances logged for a particular fight in our system, the results are as follows.

  Fights TKOs Subs Decisions
Orthodox vs Orthodox 2179 687 (32%) 366 (17%) 1107 (51%)
Southpaw vs Southpaw 169 51 (30%) 26 (15%) 90 (53%)
Switch vs Switch 131 43 (33%) 27 (21%) 59 (45%)
Orthodox vs Southpaw 1159 349 (30%) 242 (21%) 554 (48%)
Orthodox vs Switch 951 335 (35%) 146 (15%) 467 (49%)
Southpaw vs Switch 289 75 (26%) 64 (22%) 150 (52%)
4878 1540 (32%) 871 (18%) 2427 (50%)


Orthodox vs Southpaw Fights TKOs Subs Decisions
Orthodox beat Southpaw 537 (46%) 162 (14%) 120 (10%) 253 (22%)
Southpaw beat Orthodox 604 (52%) 187 (16%) 122 (11%) 293 (25%)


Orthodox vs Switch Fights TKOs Subs Decisions
Orthodox beat Switch 405 (43%) 118 (12%) 63 (7%) 222 (23%)
Switch beat Orthodox 539 (57%) 217 (23%) 83 (9%) 239 (25%)


Switch vs Southpaw Fights TKOs Subs Decisions
Switch beat Southpaw 161 (56%) 48 (17%) 33 (11%) 80 (28%)
Southpaw beat Switch 125 (43%) 27 (9%) 31 (11%) 67 (23%)

Analysis of UFC / MMA fight stance statistics

As you might expect, most fighters in the UFC use an orthodox stance. That's no surprise. The main question you were probably wondering when you found this page: Does being a southpaw give you an advantage in MMA? Well, given that around 10% of the population is stated as being left handed (southpaw), the fact that the UFC has 17% southpaws would suggest it certainly helps! The stats also suggest that southpaws have a higher success rate, with southpaws winning 52% of their fights, as opposed to 50% for orthodox fighters. More interestingly, fighters who switch stances have an even higher success rate than both orthodox and southpaw fighters, with a combined win percentage of 56%
 
 
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