Maximo Blanco

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Maximo Blanco

Nickname“Maxi”

Record

12-8-1, 1 NC

Streak

L2

Age

42

Date of birth

Oct 16, 1983

Fighting out of: Caracas
Born: Venezuela
Camp: Yoshida Dojo
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 71" · 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Sep 17, 2016
Cut risk: 56%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Chas Skelly

Featherweight · Submission · Anaconda Choke On Ground Technical Submission · R1 · 0:19

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · Sep 17, 2016

Anaconda Choke On Ground Technical Submission

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson

Luke Sanders

Featherweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 3:38

UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz · Jan 17, 2016

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz

Mike de la Torre

Mike de la Torre

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:16

The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale · Jul 12, 2015

Punch to Head At Distance

The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale

Dan Hooker

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson · Sep 20, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson

Andy Ogle

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi · May 31, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi

Felipe Arantes

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi · Feb 15, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi

Akira Corassani

Akira Corassani

Featherweight · DQ · Illegal Knee on Ground by Blanco · R1 · 0:25

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale · Nov 30, 2013

Illegal Knee on Ground by Blanco

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale

Sam Sicilia

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale · Apr 13, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale

Marcus Brimage

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans · Apr 21, 2012

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans

Outside the UFC

8-3-1, 1 NCacross 13 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 1 decPancrase · SRC · Sengoku · Strikeforce

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Pat Healy34-24	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	4:27	Strikeforce	Sep 10, 2011
W	Won Sik Park16-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SRC	Dec 30, 2010
W	Kiuma Kunioku35-26-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:26	SRC	Oct 30, 2010
W	Rodrigo Damm12-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:45	SRC	Jun 20, 2010
W	Chang Hyun Kim18-11	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	1:10	SRC	Mar 7, 2010
W	Tetsuya Yamada29-10-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:12	Sengoku	Sep 23, 2009
W	Katsuya Inoue19-9-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:38	Pancrase	Aug 8, 2009
L	Akihiko Mouri11-12-1	Disqualification	Illegal Soccer Kick	R1	4:20	Sengoku	May 2, 2009
D	Koji Oishi25-10-10	Draw	Split	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Apr 5, 2009
W	Seigo Inoue2-4-1	KO/TKO	Stomps	R1	0:38	Sengoku	Jan 4, 2009
L	Daisuke Hanazawa16-15-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:19	Pancrase	Dec 7, 2008
W	Hiroki Aoki16-14-2	KO/TKO	Slam and Punches	R1	0:22	Pancrase	Oct 1, 2008
NC	Yuki Yashima1-3-1	No Contest	Accidental Headbutt	R1	0:56	Pancrase	Aug 27, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB65th

44%331 / 742

Striking accuracy

66%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.92 differential

Landed4.11

Absorbed3.19

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+10%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%78th248
Body13%44th44
Leg12%51st39

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

83%Standing

Standing83%276
Clinch15%51
Ground1%4

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Maximo Blanco

Maximo Blanco

Landed per 15

Head

A

85th

46.7

85th

Body

D

35th

8.3

35th

Leg

C

47th

7.3

47th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

47th

33.5

47th

Body

B

60th

9.6

60th

Leg

B

62nd

6.0

62nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	46.7	248	611	41%
Body	8.3	44	80	55%
Leg	7.3	39	51	76%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	33.5	178	603	30%
Body	9.6	51	85	60%
Leg	6.0	32	52	62%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Maximo Blanco

Maximo Blanco

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 80 min

94%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Blanco fades (-5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Blanco keeps 94% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Maximo Blanco

Blanco ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Maximo Blanco

Blancolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Maximo Blanco

Blancoattempts / min

Control time

Maximo Blanco

Blanco% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.2	3.8	3.4	0.54	20%	9
R2	5.9	4.6	2.9	0.24	16%	5
R3	5.7	4.2	3.6	0.32	13%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Maximo Blanco

Maximo Blanco

9 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

14th

18%

14th

Win quality

B

70th

46%

70th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

1

4

3

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	4	1-3	25%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Chas Skelly	Contender-level	36	Sep 17, 2016
L	Luke Sanders	Unproven	8	Jan 17, 2016
W	Mike de la Torre	Unproven	8	Jul 12, 2015
W	Dan Hooker	Cross-div ranked	32	Sep 20, 2014
W	Andy Ogle	Unproven	8	May 31, 2014
L	Felipe Arantes	Building	18	Feb 15, 2014
L	Akira Corassani	Building	15	Nov 30, 2013
W	Sam Sicilia	Building	15	Apr 13, 2013
L	Marcus Brimage	Building	15	Apr 21, 2012

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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