Paul Buentello

"The Headhunter"

3-3

Record

Age / DOB 52
(Jan 16, 1974)

Height 6' 2"

Weight 245 lbs.

Reach 77.0"

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

3.29 Sig. Strikes / Min

45.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

3.83 Absorbed / Min

52.0% Strike Defense

0.19 TD Avg / 15 min

33.0% TD Accuracy

39.0% TD Defense

0.4 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (3)

KO/TKO 2

Submission 1

Decision 0

Loss Methods (3)

KO/TKO 2

Submission 0

Decision 1

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Cheick Kongo

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones
Mar 21, 2010

TKO (submission to strikes) R3 1:16

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Cheick Kongo	0	53 of 94	56%	137 of 187	9 of 9	100%	0	0	8:29
Paul Buentello	0	3 of 29	10%	5 of 31	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Cheick Kongo	10 of 25	40%	33 of 50	3 of 3	100%	3:50
1	Paul Buentello	0 of 9	0%	1 of 10	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Cheick Kongo	39 of 62	62%	88 of 118	5 of 5	100%	3:38
2	Paul Buentello	3 of 18	16%	4 of 19	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Cheick Kongo	4 of 7	57%	16 of 19	1 of 1	100%	1:01
3	Paul Buentello	0 of 2	0%	0 of 2	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Cheick Kongo	53 of 94	56%	25 of 60	19 of 21	9 of 13	10 of 39	17 of 22	26 of 33
Paul Buentello	3 of 29	10%	3 of 29	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 22	1 of 5	0 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Cheick Kongo	10 of 25	40%	6 of 19	4 of 4	0 of 2	4 of 16	0 of 0	6 of 9
1	Paul Buentello	0 of 9	0%	0 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 1
2	Cheick Kongo	39 of 62	62%	19 of 38	11 of 13	9 of 11	6 of 20	17 of 22	16 of 20
2	Paul Buentello	3 of 18	16%	3 of 18	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 12	1 of 5	0 of 1
3	Cheick Kongo	4 of 7	57%	0 of 3	4 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 3	0 of 0	4 of 4
3	Paul Buentello	0 of 2	0%	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0

Loss

vs Stefan Struve

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez
Dec 12, 2009

Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–28, 28–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Stefan Struve	0	54 of 115	46%	91 of 157	1 of 1	100%	2	0	5:49
Paul Buentello	1	37 of 89	41%	43 of 98	0 of 0	---	0	1	1:52

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Stefan Struve	0	6 of 11	54%	37 of 47	1 of 1	100%	2	0	3:32
1	Paul Buentello	0	6 of 12	50%	9 of 17	0 of 0	---	0	1	0:52
2	Stefan Struve	0	20 of 47	42%	26 of 53	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:48
2	Paul Buentello	1	20 of 40	50%	21 of 41	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:48
3	Stefan Struve	0	28 of 57	49%	28 of 57	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:29
3	Paul Buentello	0	11 of 37	29%	13 of 40	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:12

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Stefan Struve	54 of 115	46%	23 of 79	10 of 13	21 of 23	40 of 85	12 of 26	2 of 4
Paul Buentello	37 of 89	41%	28 of 78	9 of 11	0 of 0	24 of 62	7 of 20	6 of 7

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Stefan Struve	6 of 11	54%	3 of 8	2 of 2	1 of 1	4 of 7	0 of 0	2 of 4
1	Paul Buentello	6 of 12	50%	1 of 7	5 of 5	0 of 0	1 of 7	0 of 0	5 of 5
2	Stefan Struve	20 of 47	42%	13 of 38	4 of 6	3 of 3	10 of 23	10 of 24	0 of 0
2	Paul Buentello	20 of 40	50%	17 of 37	3 of 3	0 of 0	12 of 21	7 of 17	1 of 2
3	Stefan Struve	28 of 57	49%	7 of 33	4 of 5	17 of 19	26 of 55	2 of 2	0 of 0
3	Paul Buentello	11 of 37	29%	10 of 34	1 of 3	0 of 0	11 of 34	0 of 3	0 of 0

Win

vs Gilbert Aldana

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3
Feb 04, 2006

TKO (punches) R2 2:27

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Paul Buentello	0	49 of 71	69%	67 of 89	1 of 2	50%	1	0	1:59
Gilbert Aldana	0	28 of 54	51%	38 of 65	0 of 2	0%	0	0	1:49

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Paul Buentello	32 of 49	65%	37 of 54	1 of 2	50%	0	0:42
1	Gilbert Aldana	24 of 46	52%	33 of 56	0 of 1	0%	0	1:17
2	Paul Buentello	17 of 22	77%	30 of 35	0 of 0	---	1	1:17
2	Gilbert Aldana	4 of 8	50%	5 of 9	0 of 1	0%	0	0:32

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Paul Buentello	49 of 71	69%	33 of 53	12 of 14	4 of 4	10 of 20	33 of 45	6 of 6
Gilbert Aldana	28 of 54	51%	19 of 43	5 of 5	4 of 6	6 of 14	19 of 36	3 of 4

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Paul Buentello	32 of 49	65%	23 of 38	8 of 10	1 of 1	8 of 15	24 of 34	0 of 0
1	Gilbert Aldana	24 of 46	52%	16 of 36	5 of 5	3 of 5	4 of 11	17 of 31	3 of 4
2	Paul Buentello	17 of 22	77%	10 of 15	4 of 4	3 of 3	2 of 5	9 of 11	6 of 6
2	Gilbert Aldana	4 of 8	50%	3 of 7	0 of 0	1 of 1	2 of 3	2 of 5	0 of 0

Loss

vs Andrei Arlovski

UFC 55: Fury
Oct 07, 2005

KO (punch) R1 0:15

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Andrei Arlovski	1	2 of 6	33%	2 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:03
Paul Buentello	0	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Andrei Arlovski	1	2 of 6	33%	2 of 6	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:03
1	Paul Buentello	0	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Andrei Arlovski	2 of 6	33%	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0
Paul Buentello	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Andrei Arlovski	2 of 6	33%	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Paul Buentello	1 of 3	33%	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 0

Win

vs Kevin Jordan

UFC 53: Heavy Hitters
Jun 04, 2005

Submission (guillotine choke) R1 4:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Paul Buentello	1	20 of 43	46%	23 of 47	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:39
Kevin Jordan	0	18 of 33	54%	26 of 41	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:22

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Paul Buentello	1	20 of 43	46%	23 of 47	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:39
1	Kevin Jordan	0	18 of 33	54%	26 of 41	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:22

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Paul Buentello	20 of 43	46%	12 of 35	8 of 8	0 of 0	5 of 19	13 of 17	2 of 7
Kevin Jordan	18 of 33	54%	6 of 17	11 of 14	1 of 2	7 of 16	11 of 17	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Paul Buentello	20 of 43	46%	12 of 35	8 of 8	0 of 0	5 of 19	13 of 17	2 of 7
1	Kevin Jordan	18 of 33	54%	6 of 17	11 of 14	1 of 2	7 of 16	11 of 17	0 of 0

Win

vs Justin Eilers

UFC 51: Super Saturday
Feb 05, 2005

KO (punch) R1 3:34

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Paul Buentello	1	22 of 50	44%	24 of 52	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:03
Justin Eilers	0	7 of 28	25%	15 of 37	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:19

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Paul Buentello	1	22 of 50	44%	24 of 52	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:03
1	Justin Eilers	0	7 of 28	25%	15 of 37	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:19

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Paul Buentello	22 of 50	44%	12 of 38	3 of 3	7 of 9	18 of 45	3 of 4	1 of 1
Justin Eilers	7 of 28	25%	3 of 19	0 of 3	4 of 6	1 of 21	6 of 7	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Paul Buentello	22 of 50	44%	12 of 38	3 of 3	7 of 9	18 of 45	3 of 4	1 of 1
1	Justin Eilers	7 of 28	25%	3 of 19	0 of 3	4 of 6	1 of 21	6 of 7	0 of 0