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Willie Gates
“WHOOP ASS”
United States
12-13-0W-L-D
- Age
- 39
- Height
- 5'8"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 72"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- BantamweightBantamweight: 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1509
Scouting Report
- L
- L
- L
- L
- L
Lost 5 straight
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- Gates is a finisher. His wins come as 5 by KO/TKO, 4 by submission and 3 by decision, a 75% finish rate. He's put people to sleep and made them tap more than he's gone to the scorecards.
- Recent Form
- Most recent was Teruto Ishihara, a round 1 submission loss. Before that, Musa Toliver took a split decision, and Ryan MacDonald stopped Gates with a TKO in round 3.
- Style
- Orthodox, 5'8" with a 72" reach. Lands 2.54 significant strikes a minute at 45% accuracy but absorbs 4.54 a minute, defending 40%. Attempts no takedowns, defends 68% of them, and throws 0.4 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 5 KO/TKO (42%)
- 4 Submission (33%)
- 3 Decision (25%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 75%
- Streak
- 8-fight losing streak
- Last fought
- 3 years ago
12 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
- Lossvs Teruto IshiharaSubmission · R1 · 3:12Mar 18, 2023 · Urijah Faber's A1 Combat 9
- Lossvs Musa ToliverDecision · SplitJan 14, 2023 · LXF 8: The Return
- Lossvs Ryan MacDonaldTKO · R3 · 1:56Oct 30, 2021 · Art of Scrap 3
- Lossvs Marvin GarciaDecision · UnanimousMar 10, 2019 · KOTC: Sin Rival
- Lossvs George GarciaSubmission · R2 · 2:33Oct 20, 2018 · CXF 15: Rage in the Cage
Career Stats
Based on 4 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 1.80
- Striking accuracy
- 39%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 4.28
- Striking defense
- 39%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 0.00
- Takedown defense
- 68%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.40