Paul Taylor

"Relentless"
4-5
Record
Age / DOB 46
(Dec 15, 1979)
Height 6' 0"
Weight 155 lbs.
Reach 72.0"
Stance Orthodox
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Career Averages
4.44 Sig. Strikes / Min
47.0% Sig. Strike Acc.
4.47 Absorbed / Min
55.0% Strike Defense
0.27 TD Avg / 15 min
25.0% TD Accuracy
56.0% TD Defense
0.5 Sub. / Fight
Win Methods (4)
KO/TKO 2
Submission 0
Decision 2
Loss Methods (5)
KO/TKO 0
Submission 1
Decision 4

Fight History

Result / Opponent
Event & Date
Method/Round
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Comments
Win
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
Feb 05, 2011
KO (head kick and punches) R2 1:42
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Taylor 1 37 of 61 60% 47 of 72 0 of 1 0% 0 0 3:19
Gabe Ruediger 0 17 of 49 34% 60 of 95 0 of 6 0% 0 0 1:08
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Taylor 0 23 of 37 62% 29 of 44 0 of 1 0% 0 0 2:35
Gabe Ruediger 0 13 of 33 39% 43 of 65 0 of 3 0% 0 0 0:51
2 Paul Taylor 1 14 of 24 58% 18 of 28 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:44
Gabe Ruediger 0 4 of 16 25% 17 of 30 0 of 3 0% 0 0 0:17
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Taylor 37 of 61 60% 31 of 54 3 of 3 3 of 4 25 of 44 11 of 15 1 of 2
Gabe Ruediger 17 of 49 34% 10 of 38 5 of 7 2 of 4 11 of 35 6 of 14 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Taylor 23 of 37 62% 19 of 32 2 of 2 2 of 3 18 of 30 5 of 7 0 of 0
Gabe Ruediger 13 of 33 39% 6 of 23 5 of 6 2 of 4 7 of 24 6 of 9 0 of 0
2 Paul Taylor 14 of 24 58% 12 of 22 1 of 1 1 of 1 7 of 14 6 of 8 1 of 2
Gabe Ruediger 4 of 16 25% 4 of 15 0 of 1 0 of 0 4 of 11 0 of 5 0 of 0
Loss
UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez
Oct 23, 2010
Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Sam Stout 0 107 of 295 36% 108 of 296 1 of 2 50% 0 0 0:27
Paul Taylor 0 140 of 296 47% 140 of 296 0 of 3 0% 0 0 0:00
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Sam Stout 0 38 of 99 38% 38 of 99 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:07
Paul Taylor 0 50 of 84 59% 50 of 84 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:00
2 Sam Stout 0 30 of 83 36% 31 of 84 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:19
Paul Taylor 0 38 of 89 42% 38 of 89 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:00
3 Sam Stout 0 39 of 113 34% 39 of 113 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:01
Paul Taylor 0 52 of 123 42% 52 of 123 0 of 1 0% 0 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Sam Stout 107 of 295 36% 58 of 235 16 of 19 33 of 41 105 of 292 2 of 3 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 140 of 296 47% 88 of 228 25 of 35 27 of 33 135 of 289 5 of 7 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Sam Stout 38 of 99 38% 19 of 74 5 of 6 14 of 19 38 of 99 0 of 0 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 50 of 84 59% 26 of 59 10 of 11 14 of 14 50 of 84 0 of 0 0 of 0
2 Sam Stout 30 of 83 36% 19 of 71 5 of 5 6 of 7 28 of 80 2 of 3 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 38 of 89 42% 25 of 73 5 of 7 8 of 9 37 of 87 1 of 2 0 of 0
3 Sam Stout 39 of 113 34% 20 of 90 6 of 8 13 of 15 39 of 113 0 of 0 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 52 of 123 42% 37 of 96 10 of 17 5 of 10 48 of 118 4 of 5 0 of 0
Loss
UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera
Nov 14, 2009
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
John Hathaway 0 80 of 148 54% 239 of 330 5 of 6 83% 0 0 13:23
Paul Taylor 0 5 of 19 26% 11 of 25 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 John Hathaway 0 12 of 31 38% 64 of 87 3 of 4 75% 0 0 4:10
Paul Taylor 0 2 of 12 16% 2 of 12 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:00
2 John Hathaway 0 49 of 81 60% 102 of 140 1 of 1 100% 0 0 4:39
Paul Taylor 0 2 of 3 66% 3 of 4 0 of 0 --- 1 0 0:00
3 John Hathaway 0 19 of 36 52% 73 of 103 1 of 1 100% 0 0 4:34
Paul Taylor 0 1 of 4 25% 6 of 9 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
John Hathaway 80 of 148 54% 59 of 123 19 of 23 2 of 2 4 of 10 1 of 2 75 of 136
Paul Taylor 5 of 19 26% 1 of 13 1 of 1 3 of 5 3 of 16 2 of 3 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 John Hathaway 12 of 31 38% 8 of 26 3 of 4 1 of 1 2 of 4 1 of 2 9 of 25
Paul Taylor 2 of 12 16% 1 of 10 0 of 0 1 of 2 1 of 10 1 of 2 0 of 0
2 John Hathaway 49 of 81 60% 37 of 68 11 of 12 1 of 1 2 of 4 0 of 0 47 of 77
Paul Taylor 2 of 3 66% 0 of 0 1 of 1 1 of 2 2 of 3 0 of 0 0 of 0
3 John Hathaway 19 of 36 52% 14 of 29 5 of 7 0 of 0 0 of 2 0 of 0 19 of 34
Paul Taylor 1 of 4 25% 0 of 3 0 of 0 1 of 1 0 of 3 1 of 1 0 of 0
Win
UFC 99: The Comeback
Jun 13, 2009
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Taylor 0 46 of 102 45% 80 of 136 0 of 0 --- 0 0 4:33
Peter Sobotta 0 18 of 39 46% 19 of 40 2 of 7 28% 0 0 2:08
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Taylor 0 11 of 26 42% 25 of 40 0 of 0 --- 0 0 1:57
Peter Sobotta 0 10 of 12 83% 10 of 12 0 of 4 0% 0 0 0:43
2 Paul Taylor 0 24 of 47 51% 26 of 49 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:20
Peter Sobotta 0 6 of 20 30% 6 of 20 1 of 1 100% 0 0 0:39
3 Paul Taylor 0 11 of 29 37% 29 of 47 0 of 0 --- 0 0 2:16
Peter Sobotta 0 2 of 7 28% 3 of 8 1 of 2 50% 0 0 0:46
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Taylor 46 of 102 45% 16 of 55 1 of 8 29 of 39 42 of 92 1 of 2 3 of 8
Peter Sobotta 18 of 39 46% 5 of 22 4 of 5 9 of 12 17 of 38 1 of 1 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Taylor 11 of 26 42% 4 of 16 0 of 1 7 of 9 10 of 23 0 of 1 1 of 2
Peter Sobotta 10 of 12 83% 2 of 4 1 of 1 7 of 7 10 of 12 0 of 0 0 of 0
2 Paul Taylor 24 of 47 51% 7 of 20 1 of 5 16 of 22 24 of 47 0 of 0 0 of 0
Peter Sobotta 6 of 20 30% 3 of 14 1 of 1 2 of 5 5 of 19 1 of 1 0 of 0
3 Paul Taylor 11 of 29 37% 5 of 19 0 of 2 6 of 8 8 of 22 1 of 1 2 of 6
Peter Sobotta 2 of 7 28% 0 of 4 2 of 3 0 of 0 2 of 7 0 of 0 0 of 0
Loss
UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
Oct 18, 2008
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Chris Lytle 0 102 of 194 52% 212 of 304 2 of 3 66% 0 0 8:01
Paul Taylor 0 85 of 160 53% 133 of 209 0 of 2 0% 0 0 1:03
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Chris Lytle 0 35 of 54 64% 83 of 102 0 of 0 --- 0 0 3:02
Paul Taylor 0 32 of 52 61% 46 of 66 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:18
2 Chris Lytle 0 33 of 55 60% 70 of 92 1 of 2 50% 0 0 2:34
Paul Taylor 0 20 of 43 46% 40 of 64 0 of 2 0% 0 0 0:37
3 Chris Lytle 0 34 of 85 40% 59 of 110 1 of 1 100% 0 0 2:25
Paul Taylor 0 33 of 65 50% 47 of 79 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:08
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Chris Lytle 102 of 194 52% 54 of 131 42 of 57 6 of 6 56 of 128 43 of 63 3 of 3
Paul Taylor 85 of 160 53% 42 of 109 15 of 23 28 of 28 48 of 105 37 of 55 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Chris Lytle 35 of 54 64% 13 of 29 16 of 19 6 of 6 15 of 30 20 of 24 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 32 of 52 61% 17 of 34 6 of 9 9 of 9 14 of 28 18 of 24 0 of 0
2 Chris Lytle 33 of 55 60% 16 of 33 17 of 22 0 of 0 19 of 33 11 of 19 3 of 3
Paul Taylor 20 of 43 46% 4 of 25 6 of 8 10 of 10 10 of 27 10 of 16 0 of 0
3 Chris Lytle 34 of 85 40% 25 of 69 9 of 16 0 of 0 22 of 65 12 of 20 0 of 0
Paul Taylor 33 of 65 50% 21 of 50 3 of 6 9 of 9 24 of 50 9 of 15 0 of 0
Win
UFC 85: Bedlam
Jun 07, 2008
Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Taylor 1 45 of 86 52% 134 of 180 1 of 1 100% 0 1 3:10
Jess Liaudin 0 35 of 70 50% 57 of 94 7 of 13 53% 1 0 8:56
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Taylor 1 22 of 34 64% 49 of 64 0 of 0 --- 0 1 1:14
Jess Liaudin 0 14 of 29 48% 23 of 40 2 of 3 66% 1 0 3:06
2 Paul Taylor 0 7 of 15 46% 34 of 42 1 of 1 100% 0 0 1:12
Jess Liaudin 0 10 of 17 58% 22 of 29 1 of 3 33% 0 0 2:53
3 Paul Taylor 0 16 of 37 43% 51 of 74 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:44
Jess Liaudin 0 11 of 24 45% 12 of 25 4 of 7 57% 0 0 2:57
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Taylor 45 of 86 52% 24 of 64 12 of 12 9 of 10 13 of 34 22 of 28 10 of 24
Jess Liaudin 35 of 70 50% 27 of 61 6 of 7 2 of 2 16 of 43 14 of 20 5 of 7
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Taylor 22 of 34 64% 14 of 26 5 of 5 3 of 3 5 of 12 12 of 14 5 of 8
Jess Liaudin 14 of 29 48% 13 of 28 1 of 1 0 of 0 6 of 17 7 of 10 1 of 2
2 Paul Taylor 7 of 15 46% 3 of 10 2 of 2 2 of 3 3 of 7 2 of 2 2 of 6
Jess Liaudin 10 of 17 58% 7 of 14 3 of 3 0 of 0 4 of 10 2 of 2 4 of 5
3 Paul Taylor 16 of 37 43% 7 of 28 5 of 5 4 of 4 5 of 15 8 of 12 3 of 10
Jess Liaudin 11 of 24 45% 7 of 19 2 of 3 2 of 2 6 of 16 5 of 8 0 of 0
Loss
UFC 80: Rapid Fire
Jan 19, 2008
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Kelly 0 70 of 139 50% 154 of 234 3 of 3 100% 0 1 12:07
Paul Taylor 0 43 of 81 53% 149 of 202 1 of 1 100% 3 0 1:21
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Kelly 0 31 of 64 48% 45 of 79 1 of 1 100% 0 0 3:56
Paul Taylor 0 24 of 47 51% 53 of 76 0 of 0 --- 2 0 0:22
2 Paul Kelly 0 17 of 34 50% 40 of 61 0 of 0 --- 0 1 3:56
Paul Taylor 0 7 of 15 46% 45 of 59 1 of 1 100% 1 0 0:46
3 Paul Kelly 0 22 of 41 53% 69 of 94 2 of 2 100% 0 0 4:15
Paul Taylor 0 12 of 19 63% 51 of 67 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:13
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Kelly 70 of 139 50% 57 of 125 13 of 14 0 of 0 13 of 36 11 of 15 46 of 88
Paul Taylor 43 of 81 53% 29 of 67 7 of 7 7 of 7 13 of 40 17 of 20 13 of 21
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Kelly 31 of 64 48% 25 of 58 6 of 6 0 of 0 8 of 22 8 of 10 15 of 32
Paul Taylor 24 of 47 51% 15 of 38 3 of 3 6 of 6 10 of 28 10 of 12 4 of 7
2 Paul Kelly 17 of 34 50% 16 of 32 1 of 2 0 of 0 2 of 5 0 of 1 15 of 28
Paul Taylor 7 of 15 46% 6 of 14 0 of 0 1 of 1 1 of 5 0 of 0 6 of 10
3 Paul Kelly 22 of 41 53% 16 of 35 6 of 6 0 of 0 3 of 9 3 of 4 16 of 28
Paul Taylor 12 of 19 63% 8 of 15 4 of 4 0 of 0 2 of 7 7 of 8 3 of 4
Loss
UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion
Sep 08, 2007
Submission (armbar) R1 4:14
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Marcus Davis 0 24 of 40 60% 32 of 48 1 of 3 33% 1 0 2:30
Paul Taylor 1 16 of 30 53% 26 of 41 0 of 0 --- 0 1 1:07
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Marcus Davis 0 24 of 40 60% 32 of 48 1 of 3 33% 1 0 2:30
Paul Taylor 1 16 of 30 53% 26 of 41 0 of 0 --- 0 1 1:07
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Marcus Davis 24 of 40 60% 22 of 37 2 of 3 0 of 0 7 of 15 1 of 2 16 of 23
Paul Taylor 16 of 30 53% 12 of 25 2 of 2 2 of 3 6 of 15 3 of 4 7 of 11
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Marcus Davis 24 of 40 60% 22 of 37 2 of 3 0 of 0 7 of 15 1 of 2 16 of 23
Paul Taylor 16 of 30 53% 12 of 25 2 of 2 2 of 3 6 of 15 3 of 4 7 of 11
Win
UFC 70: Nations Collide
Apr 21, 2007
TKO (head kick and punches) R3 0:37
Totals
FighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
Paul Taylor 1 78 of 198 39% 80 of 200 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:08
Edilberto de Oliveira 0 46 of 142 32% 46 of 142 0 of 5 0% 0 0 0:20
Per Round
RdFighterKDSig. Str.Sig. Str. % Total Str.TDTD % Sub. AttRev.Ctrl
1 Paul Taylor 0 40 of 90 44% 42 of 92 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:00
Edilberto de Oliveira 0 24 of 64 37% 24 of 64 0 of 3 0% 0 0 0:20
2 Paul Taylor 0 31 of 91 34% 31 of 91 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:05
Edilberto de Oliveira 0 20 of 71 28% 20 of 71 0 of 2 0% 0 0 0:00
3 Paul Taylor 1 7 of 17 41% 7 of 17 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:03
Edilberto de Oliveira 0 2 of 7 28% 2 of 7 0 of 0 --- 0 0 0:00
Significant Strikes
FighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
Paul Taylor 78 of 198 39% 44 of 153 6 of 7 28 of 38 71 of 183 4 of 5 3 of 10
Edilberto de Oliveira 46 of 142 32% 20 of 110 15 of 15 11 of 17 45 of 139 1 of 3 0 of 0
Significant Strikes Per Round
RdFighterSig. Str.Sig. Str. % HeadBodyLeg DistanceClinchGround
1 Paul Taylor 40 of 90 44% 25 of 72 3 of 3 12 of 15 36 of 85 4 of 5 0 of 0
Edilberto de Oliveira 24 of 64 37% 10 of 45 9 of 9 5 of 10 24 of 62 0 of 2 0 of 0
2 Paul Taylor 31 of 91 34% 14 of 66 3 of 4 14 of 21 31 of 89 0 of 0 0 of 2
Edilberto de Oliveira 20 of 71 28% 9 of 59 6 of 6 5 of 6 20 of 71 0 of 0 0 of 0
3 Paul Taylor 7 of 17 41% 5 of 15 0 of 0 2 of 2 4 of 9 0 of 0 3 of 8
Edilberto de Oliveira 2 of 7 28% 1 of 6 0 of 0 1 of 1 1 of 6 1 of 1 0 of 0