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Clifford Starks

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Association: Arizona Combat Sports
Pro Debut Date: 2009-12-04
Pro Record: 14-5-0
Win Finish %: 50.0%
Quality Perf. %: 52.6%
Last Ranked: 10/01/2017

#76 Light Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2016

#37 Middleweight
Last Loss Date: 11/18/2017
Last Loss: [#63 MW] Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev
Opponent's Last 5: W W L W L
UFC Record: 1-2-0
Octagon Time: 0:23:15
UFC Debut: 2011-10-29
Last UFC Fight: 2013-04-20

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev
#205 Middleweight 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
  ACB 74: Aguev vs Townsend
Saturday, November 18th 2017
W Waylon Quotskuyva Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
  RUF MMA - RUF 22: Quotskuyva vs. Starks
Saturday, September 23rd 2017
L Albert Duraev
#77 Welterweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  ACB 67 - Cooper vs. Berkhamov
Saturday, August 19th 2017
L David Branch
#11 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  WSOF 30: Branch vs. Starks
Saturday, April 2nd 2016
W Krasimir Mladenov
#82 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WSOF 23 - Gaethje vs. Palomino 2
Friday, September 18th 2015
W Mike Kyle
#41 Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WSOF 22 - Palhares vs. Shields
Saturday, August 1st 2015
W Jake Heun
#120 Heavyweight 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 2
  WSOF 19 - Gaethje vs. Palomino
Saturday, March 28th 2015
W Jacob Ortiz Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Bellator MMA - Bellator 126
Friday, September 26th 2014
W Joe Yager
#226 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Bellator MMA - Bellator 100
Friday, September 20th 2013
L Yoel Romero KO (Flying Knee and Punches)
Round 1
  UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013
L Ed Herman
#26 Middleweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  UFC 143 - Diaz vs. Condit
Saturday, February 4th 2012
W Dustin Jacoby
#101 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 137 - Penn vs. Diaz
Saturday, October 29th 2011
W Artenas Young
#100 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  SF 20 - Shark Fights 20
Saturday, October 15th 2011
W Rudy Aguilar TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  RITC - Rage in the Cage 152
Saturday, May 21st 2011
W Roe Harris KO (Punch)
Round 1
  RITC - Rage in the Cage 151
Saturday, April 16th 2011
W Tony Johnson Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  MEZ Sports - Pandemonium 4
Friday, February 25th 2011
W Mike Heidenreich TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  RITC - Rage in the Cage 144
Saturday, September 11th 2010
W Reyes Ortiz Decision (Split)
Round 3
  RITC 139 - Rage in the Cage 139
Saturday, February 13th 2010
W Chad Menneke Submission (Keylock)
Round 2
  RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138
Friday, December 4th 2009
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev
#205 Middleweight 		  ACB 74: Aguev vs Townsend
Saturday, November 18th 2017 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Waylon Quotskuyva   RUF MMA - RUF 22: Quotskuyva vs. Starks
Saturday, September 23rd 2017 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
L Albert Duraev
#77 Welterweight 		  ACB 67 - Cooper vs. Berkhamov
Saturday, August 19th 2017 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
L David Branch
#11 Light Heavyweight 		  WSOF 30: Branch vs. Starks
Saturday, April 2nd 2016 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Krasimir Mladenov
#82 Middleweight 		  WSOF 23 - Gaethje vs. Palomino 2
Friday, September 18th 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Mike Kyle
#41 Heavyweight 		  WSOF 22 - Palhares vs. Shields
Saturday, August 1st 2015 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Jake Heun
#120 Heavyweight 		  WSOF 19 - Gaethje vs. Palomino
Saturday, March 28th 2015 		Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)
Round 2
W Jacob Ortiz   Bellator MMA - Bellator 126
Friday, September 26th 2014 		Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Joe Yager
#226 Light Heavyweight 		  Bellator MMA - Bellator 100
Friday, September 20th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Yoel Romero   UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez
Saturday, April 20th 2013 		KO (Flying Knee and Punches)
Round 1
L Ed Herman
#26 Middleweight 		  UFC 143 - Diaz vs. Condit
Saturday, February 4th 2012 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Dustin Jacoby
#101 Middleweight 		  UFC 137 - Penn vs. Diaz
Saturday, October 29th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Artenas Young
#100 Middleweight 		  SF 20 - Shark Fights 20
Saturday, October 15th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Rudy Aguilar   RITC - Rage in the Cage 152
Saturday, May 21st 2011 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Roe Harris   RITC - Rage in the Cage 151
Saturday, April 16th 2011 		KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Tony Johnson   MEZ Sports - Pandemonium 4
Friday, February 25th 2011 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Mike Heidenreich   RITC - Rage in the Cage 144
Saturday, September 11th 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Reyes Ortiz   RITC 139 - Rage in the Cage 139
Saturday, February 13th 2010 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Chad Menneke   RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138
Friday, December 4th 2009 		Submission (Keylock)
Round 2

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
10/01/2017 NR #76 Light Heavyweight 14-4-0
65
04/01/2017 4 #47 Middleweight 13-3-0
127
01/01/2017 4 #43 Middleweight 13-3-0
131
10/01/2016   #39 Middleweight 13-3-0
134
07/01/2016 2 #39 Middleweight 13-3-0
135
04/01/2016 1 #37 Middleweight 13-2-0
136
01/01/2016 1 #38 Middleweight 13-2-0
136
10/01/2015 NR #37 Middleweight 13-2-0
136
07/01/2015 3 #61 Light Heavyweight 11-2-0
62
04/01/2015 NR #64 Light Heavyweight 11-2-0
62
01/01/2015 36 #122 Middleweight 10-2-0
55
10/01/2014 NR #86 Middleweight 10-2-0
70
07/01/2014 6 #73 Light Heavyweight 9-2-0
50
04/01/2014 2 #79 Light Heavyweight 9-2-0
50
01/01/2014 19 #77 Light Heavyweight 9-2-0
50
10/01/2013 NR #96 Light Heavyweight 9-2-0
40
07/01/2013 73 #194 Middleweight 8-2-0
43
04/01/2013 13 #121 Middleweight 8-1-0
58
01/01/2013 8 #108 Middleweight 8-1-0
63
10/01/2012 4 #100 Middleweight 8-1-0
65
07/01/2012 8 #104 Middleweight 8-1-0
65
04/01/2012 9 #96 Middleweight 8-1-0
65
01/01/2012 NR #87 Middleweight 8-0-0
77


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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