FinishedPrelims · #12
UFC Fight Night · Saturday 20 May 2023
DECISION30–27 ×3
Round3
Time5:00
Fight time15:00
Welterweight · 3 rounds
R1R2R3
Themba
Takashi
Striking
56
STRIKES
47
33
Power strikes
30
1
Knockdowns
0
Target
41
HEAD
37
15
BODY
10
0
LEGS
0
Grappling
3/838%
TAKEDOWNS
2/633%
0
Sub attempts
0
11:15
Control time
2:21
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by fighter.cy
Dominance
Share54%Share of strikes46%
52%Share of power strikes48%
75%Fight time in control
11:15 · 2:21 / 15:0016%
11:15 · 2:21 / 15:0016%
Strike map
Head · body · legsTale of the tape
Career rates · UFC 2022+GorimboSato
4.76Strikes / min2.54
4.5Takedowns / 15 min1.0
63Takedown accuracy %33
53Control time %8
0.36Knockdowns / 15 min0.00
Key numbers
Key numbers · Gorimbo56
Gorimbo: 56 strikes — average since 2022: 49 per fight.
Strikes · recent fights+9
Strike differential in this bout: 56–47.
Differential · this bout33
Power strikes — 59% of all strikes.
Power strikes · recent fights11:15
Control time, from 3 takedowns — 75% of the fight.
Control · recent fightsRecord and form
Record · last 5Themba Gorimbo
UFC 2022+4–4
·Streak3L
- Lvs Jonathan MicallefDECISIONR3 · 5:00 · 2 May 2026
- Lvs Jeremiah WellsDECISION29–28 ×3 · 2 Nov 2025
- Lvs Vicente LuqueSUBMISSIONR1 · 0:52 · 7 Dec 2024
- Wvs Niko PriceDECISION30–27 ×3 · 12 Oct 2024
- Wvs Ramiz BrahimajDECISION30–27 ×3 · 18 May 2024
Takashi Sato Welterweight
Record16–7–0
·Streak3L
- Lvs Themba GorimboDECISION30–27 ×3 · 20 May 2023
- Lvs Bryan BattleKO/TKOR1 · 0:44 · 7 Aug 2022
- Lvs Gunnar NelsonDECISION30–26 ×3 · 20 Mar 2022
