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Erik Paulson

  Erik Paulson's profile at Sherdog 
Association: N/A
Pro Debut Date: 1993-06-24
Pro Record: 11-4-2
Win Finish %: 90.9%
Quality Perf. %: 52.9%
Last Ranked: 7/01/2001

#16 Middleweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/1999

#2 Middleweight
Last Loss Date: 11/29/1997
Last Loss: [NR] Carlos Newton

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

  Opponent Outcome
W Jeff Ford Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  HDNF 1 - HDNet Fights
Saturday, October 13th 2007
W Ronald Jhun
#24 Middleweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  SB 17 - SuperBrawl 17
Saturday, April 15th 2000
W Masanori Suda
#4 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
  Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 5
Saturday, August 29th 1998
L Carlos Newton Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  VTJ 1997 - Vale Tudo Japan 1997
Saturday, November 29th 1997
L Paul Jones Decision (Majority)
Round 3
  Shooto - Reconquista 3
Wednesday, August 27th 1997
D Paul Jones Draw
Round 3
  EF 4 - Extreme Fighting 4
Friday, March 28th 1997
W Stuart Harrison Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
  Shooto - Reconquista 1
Saturday, January 18th 1997
L Matt Hume TKO (Cut)
Round 3
  EF 3 - Extreme Fighting 3
Friday, October 18th 1996
W Kenji Kawaguchi
#7 Middleweight 		Submission (Toe Hold)
Round 3
  Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 3
Tuesday, May 7th 1996
W Todd Bjornethun Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 1
Saturday, January 20th 1996
W Sean McCully Submission (Strikes)
Round 1
  WCC 1 - First Strike
Tuesday, October 17th 1995
L James Warring TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 1
  WCC 1 - First Strike
Tuesday, October 17th 1995
W Yasunori Okuda Technical Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
  Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception
Tuesday, September 26th 1995
W Ben Spijkers Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 5
  Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access
Saturday, July 29th 1995
W Kenji Kawaguchi
#3 Middleweight 		Technical Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
  Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 2
Monday, November 7th 1994
D Naoki Sakurada
#1 Welterweight 		Draw
Round 5
  Shooto - Shooto
Thursday, November 25th 1993
W Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
#4 Welterweight 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 3
  Shooto - Shooto
Thursday, June 24th 1993
  Opponent Event Outcome
W Jeff Ford   HDNF 1 - HDNet Fights
Saturday, October 13th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Ronald Jhun
#24 Middleweight 		  SB 17 - SuperBrawl 17
Saturday, April 15th 2000 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Masanori Suda
#4 Middleweight 		  Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 5
Saturday, August 29th 1998 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
L Carlos Newton   VTJ 1997 - Vale Tudo Japan 1997
Saturday, November 29th 1997 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Paul Jones   Shooto - Reconquista 3
Wednesday, August 27th 1997 		Decision (Majority)
Round 3
D Paul Jones   EF 4 - Extreme Fighting 4
Friday, March 28th 1997 		Draw
Round 3
W Stuart Harrison   Shooto - Reconquista 1
Saturday, January 18th 1997 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
L Matt Hume   EF 3 - Extreme Fighting 3
Friday, October 18th 1996 		TKO (Cut)
Round 3
W Kenji Kawaguchi
#7 Middleweight 		  Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 3
Tuesday, May 7th 1996 		Submission (Toe Hold)
Round 3
W Todd Bjornethun   Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 1
Saturday, January 20th 1996 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Sean McCully   WCC 1 - First Strike
Tuesday, October 17th 1995 		Submission (Strikes)
Round 1
L James Warring   WCC 1 - First Strike
Tuesday, October 17th 1995 		TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 1
W Yasunori Okuda   Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception
Tuesday, September 26th 1995 		Technical Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
W Ben Spijkers   Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access
Saturday, July 29th 1995 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 5
W Kenji Kawaguchi
#3 Middleweight 		  Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 2
Monday, November 7th 1994 		Technical Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
D Naoki Sakurada
#1 Welterweight 		  Shooto - Shooto
Thursday, November 25th 1993 		Draw
Round 5
W Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
#4 Welterweight 		  Shooto - Shooto
Thursday, June 24th 1993 		Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 3

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
07/01/2001 4 #16 Middleweight 10-4-2
33
04/01/2001 2 #12 Middleweight 10-4-2
36
01/01/2001 2 #14 Middleweight 10-4-2
36
10/01/2000 4 #12 Middleweight 10-4-2
36
07/01/2000 NR #8 Middleweight 10-4-2
36
10/01/1999 1 #6 Middleweight 9-4-2
30
07/01/1999 3 #5 Middleweight 9-4-2
32
04/01/1999 1 #2 Middleweight 9-4-2
32
01/01/1999   #3 Middleweight 9-4-2
32
10/01/1998 NR #3 Middleweight 9-4-2
32
07/01/1997 2 #15 Light Heavyweight 8-2-2
17
04/01/1997 NR #13 Light Heavyweight 8-2-2
17
01/01/1997 5 #7 Middleweight 7-2-1
19
10/01/1996 1 #2 Middleweight 7-1-1
33
07/01/1996   #3 Middleweight 7-1-1
33
04/01/1996 NR #3 Middleweight 6-1-1
28
10/01/1995 1 #3 Middleweight 4-0-1
27
07/01/1995   #2 Middleweight 2-0-1
26
04/01/1995   #2 Middleweight 2-0-1
26
01/01/1995 2 #2 Middleweight 2-0-1
26
10/01/1994 2 #4 Middleweight 1-0-1
19
07/01/1994 2 #2 Middleweight 1-0-1
19
04/01/1994 1 #4 Middleweight 1-0-1
19
01/01/1994 NR #5 Middleweight 1-0-1
19
10/01/1993   #3 Welterweight 1-0-0
19
07/01/1993 NR #3 Welterweight 1-0-0
19


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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