Paul Taylor: Seven miles from his backdoor

Elliot Worsell, UFC – When UFC matchmaker Joe Silva approaches Walsall welterweight Paul Taylor about prospective matchups, the fan-pleasing kickboxer has a checklist – a criteria – the opponent must align to. It has nothing to do with money. It has nothing to do with name-power. It has nothing to do with ‘beatability’. Taylor isn’t interested in all that. He just wants to know two things.

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The System Doesn't Like Rashad Evans

We’re having some technical difficulties with the home page and it’s prevented us from posting a bunch of the material we’ve prepared in advance of UFC 88. The one thing we have posted is the career TPR Report for Rashad Evans.


Rashad is precisely the type of fighter that the FightMetric scoring system undervalues. Specifically, a fighter that relies on takedowns and positioning without keeping active with strikes, submissions, and guard passes. Taking a look at the whole of Rashad’s career, his median TPR is 58.5, which is extremely low, considering that he is undefeated. Compare that to Chuck Liddell, who, despite five losses, has a median TPR of 79.

Stay tuned for more material over the next week or so. Once we get the technical glitches worked out, there’s plenty of stats to cover.

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