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John Gunther
5-1tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from John Gunther’s own numbers — record, form, fighting style and standout rate. Not reported prose. Wrestler

Pro record5-1
Current streak1 loss
Last 2 (UFC)L W
DivisionLightweight
Age40
Height5' 9"
StanceOrthodox

5' 9" orthodox wrestler campaigning at Lightweight. 1 UFC win — 1 decision. Top 2% of Lightweights: averages 7.08 takedowns per 15 minutes.

Every figure here is recomputed at build time from the official fight record and the striking and grappling numbers on this page — there is no stored snapshot to go out of date. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameThe Machine
NationalityUnited States
HometownLakeville, Ohio
Fighting out ofStrong Style Fight Team
Height5' 9"
Reach72.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age40
Date of birthNov 24, 1985
Weight155 lbs.
Pro record5-1
Finish split1 UFC win — 1 decision

Career rates facts

Career averages over John Gunther’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.

Striking
Strikes landed / min1.65
Striking accuracy37%
Strikes absorbed / min3.72
Striking defence46%
Grappling
Takedowns / 15 min7.08
Takedown accuracy42%
Takedown defence0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.00

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Lightweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within Lightweight.
Striking27
Defence35
Grappling / TD79
Cardio limited sample59
Chin limited sample61
Fight IQ52

Strike zones

Strike zones

John Gunther

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD78.6%ACC 35%BODY7.1%FIELD 21%LEGS14.3%FIELD 17%
FightIQ read Head-hunter 78.6% of everything he lands goes upstairs — +16.5 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
78.6% acc 35%+16.5 vs field
BODY
7.1%−13.7 vs field
LEGS
14.3%−2.8 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 75%CLINCH 18%GROUND 7%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Limited sample2 UFC fights · 28 landed

Takedowns

Takedowns

John Gunther

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

7.08takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Volume wrestler 7.08 takedowns landed per 15 minutes — +4.95 on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS98
7.08 / 15m+4.95 vs field
ATTEMPTS98
16.86 / 15m+11.45 vs field
ACCURACY60
42%−2pp vs field
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m−1.30 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.22 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked in Lightweight

Recent form

Pro record: 5-1. In the UFC: 1-1. John Gunther’s last 2 UFC bouts, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.

Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.

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