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Themba Gorimbo
14-7tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Themba Gorimbo’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'1" orthodox wrestle-grinder with a 4-2 record, age 34. Standout metric: hits 65% of takedown attempts; defends 82% of takedowns. Form: last 5: WWWWL · 1-fight slide · 329 days off · Elo 1524.

Wrestle-grinderPower puncherCounter-striker
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-11-01. 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 Answer
NationalityZimbabwe
HometownMasvingo
Fighting out ofMMA Masters
Height6' 1"
Reach77.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age35
Date of birthJan 23, 1991
Weight170 lbs.
Pro record14-7
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking68
Defence68
Grappling / TD68
Cardio43
Chin90
Fight IQ67

Our record on Themba Gorimbo

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Themba Gorimbo 5×, 4 correct (4-1 — 80% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2025-11-01Jeremiah WellsUFC Fight Night: Ardelean vs Ruiz62.4%Missed
2024-10-12Niko PriceUFC Fight Night: Tafa vs Sharaf66.5%Correct
2024-05-18Ramiz BrahimajUFC Fight Night: Vidal vs Gatto56.5%Correct
2024-02-03Pete RodriguezUFC Fight Night: Petersen vs Pogues53.7%Correct
2023-05-20Takashi SatoUFC Fight Night: Latifi vs Nascimento66%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Themba Gorimbo

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

HEAD52.2%ACC 43%BODY30.8%ACC 80%LEGS17.0%ACC 97%
FightIQ read Body puncher 30.8% of his landed strikes go to the body — +10.0 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
52.2% acc 43%−10.7 vs field
BODY
30.8% acc 80%+10.0 vs field
LEGS
17.0% acc 97%+0.7 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 55%CLINCH 25%GROUND 20%

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.

8 UFC fights · 224 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 14-7. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Jeremiah WellsUFC Fight Night: Ardelean vs Ruiz2025-11-01
W · vs Niko PriceUFC Fight Night: Tafa vs Sharaf2024-10-12
W · vs Ramiz BrahimajUFC Fight Night: Vidal vs Gatto2024-05-18
W · vs Pete RodriguezUFC Fight Night: Petersen vs Pogues2024-02-03
W · vs Takashi SatoUFC Fight Night: Latifi vs Nascimento2023-05-20
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