Charles Byrd

"Kid Dynamite"

1-3

Record

Age / DOB 42
(Oct 11, 1983)

Height 5' 10"

Weight 185 lbs.

Reach 73.0"

Stance Orthodox

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Career Averages

3.43 Sig. Strikes / Min

55.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

2.63 Absorbed / Min

55.0% Strike Defense

2.5 TD Avg / 15 min

50.0% TD Accuracy

40.0% TD Defense

1.5 Sub. / Fight

Win Methods (1)

KO/TKO 0

Submission 1

Decision 0

Loss Methods (3)

KO/TKO 3

Submission 0

Decision 0

Fight History

Result / Opponent

Event & Date

Method/Round

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Loss

vs Maki Pitolo

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
Jun 06, 2020

TKO (punches) R2 1:10

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Maki Pitolo	0	11 of 25	44%	16 of 31	1 of 2	50%	0	1	2:54
Charles Byrd	0	29 of 59	49%	33 of 65	3 of 3	100%	0	0	1:52

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Maki Pitolo	5 of 10	50%	10 of 16	1 of 2	50%	1	2:54
1	Charles Byrd	2 of 10	20%	6 of 16	2 of 2	100%	0	1:44
2	Maki Pitolo	6 of 15	40%	6 of 15	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
2	Charles Byrd	27 of 49	55%	27 of 49	1 of 1	100%	0	0:08

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Maki Pitolo	11 of 25	44%	10 of 24	1 of 1	0 of 0	7 of 17	0 of 0	4 of 8
Charles Byrd	29 of 59	49%	20 of 48	9 of 11	0 of 0	16 of 39	5 of 5	8 of 15

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Maki Pitolo	5 of 10	50%	5 of 10	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 2	0 of 0	4 of 8
1	Charles Byrd	2 of 10	20%	2 of 10	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 2
2	Maki Pitolo	6 of 15	40%	5 of 14	1 of 1	0 of 0	6 of 15	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Charles Byrd	27 of 49	55%	18 of 38	9 of 11	0 of 0	14 of 31	5 of 5	8 of 13

Expert Picks (4)

Big Brady Expert Confident picked Jun 3, 2020 (3 days before fight)

Charles Byrd

Big Brady picks Charles Byrd by first-round submission, confident that Byrd's superior ground game will overcome Pitolo's one-dimensional striking. He notes Pitolo hits hard but has no ground game, and Byrd should take him down early to avoid getting knocked out. He acknowledges Byrd's age and recent losses but believes he is the better fighter overall.

Byrd by first-round submission

"I think if bird takes him down I think he can get him down pretty easy if he tries for the takedowns and once it's on the ground I think it will be over shortly after"

DFS by the Numbers

Daniel Levi Expert Hesitant picked Jun 4, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Charles Byrd

Daniel is not confident in Byrd, calling him basic and old, but still leans toward him as the more skilled fighter. He notes Pitolo is undefeated at 185 but has been knocked out badly at 170. He says he would not lay -170 on Byrd and that nothing would surprise him, but ultimately picks Byrd by decision.

decision

"I'll go with Charles bird man I think he'll probably have a decision but man I'm not confident in that"

Half the Battle

MMA Lock of the Night Expert Confident picked Jun 4, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Charles Byrd

Charles Byrd is a grappler who will look to take the fight to the ground, where he has a submission threat. Maki Pitolo has gas tank issues and has been submitted before. If Pitolo doesn't get a knockout in the first round, he tends to fade, and Byrd can exploit that. Byrd's takedowns and top control should wear on Pitolo. Byrd is a solid play at -170.

Charles Byrd by submission in round 2

"i really like charles byrd in this spot i i wasn't expecting to really have a play going into this fight but i really like charles byrd"

MMA Lock of the Night

The MMA Guru Expert Confident picked May 29, 2020 (8 days before fight)

Charles Byrd

The MMA Guru picks Charles Byrd over Maki Pitolo. He notes that Byrd was doing well against Darren Stewart before getting KO'd, while Pitolo is a glider coming off a loss to Callum Potter. He expects Byrd to use his size advantage to bully Pitolo against the cage and win by decision.

"I'm gonna be going with Charles bird in this fight by decision"

THE MMA GURU

Loss

vs Edmen Shahbazyan

UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Mar 02, 2019

TKO (elbows and punches) R1 0:38

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Edmen Shahbazyan	1	13 of 21	61%	13 of 21	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
Charles Byrd	0	1 of 6	16%	1 of 6	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:03

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Edmen Shahbazyan	1	13 of 21	61%	13 of 21	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02
1	Charles Byrd	0	1 of 6	16%	1 of 6	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:03

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Edmen Shahbazyan	13 of 21	61%	13 of 20	0 of 0	0 of 1	4 of 10	7 of 7	2 of 4
Charles Byrd	1 of 6	16%	0 of 5	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Edmen Shahbazyan	13 of 21	61%	13 of 20	0 of 0	0 of 1	4 of 10	7 of 7	2 of 4
1	Charles Byrd	1 of 6	16%	0 of 5	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 0

Play-by-Play

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Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Charles Byrd

Round 1
The final Fight Pass bout is a middleweight matchup between the undefeated youngster Edmen Shahbazyan and the veteran Charles Byrd. The referee for this contest is Mark Smith. They touch gloves to begin the bout. Byrd lands a hard low kick. Shahbazyan lands a double jab and then a straight right. Byrd ducks down for a single leg takedown and pushes Shahbazyan against the fence.
Shahbazyan defends the takedown attempt and lands some hard downwards elbows to the head of Byrd that knocks him down. As Byrd falls to the mat Shahbazyan lands some hard punches to the head of Byrd, who turns over and covers up before the referee jumps in and stops the fight
. In his post-fight interview, Shahbazyan gives credit to stablemate Travis Browne for those elbows.

The Official Result
Edmen Shahbazyan def. Charles Byrd via TKO (Elbows and Punches) R1, 0:38

Loss

vs Darren Stewart

UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Sep 08, 2018

TKO (elbow and punches) R2 2:17

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Darren Stewart	0	38 of 63	60%	59 of 85	0 of 3	0%	0	0	1:42
Charles Byrd	1	24 of 65	36%	28 of 69	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Darren Stewart	0	23 of 38	60%	38 of 54	0 of 3	0%	1:15
1	Charles Byrd	0	10 of 31	32%	13 of 34	0 of 0	---	0:50
2	Darren Stewart	0	15 of 25	60%	21 of 31	0 of 0	---	0:27
2	Charles Byrd	1	14 of 34	41%	15 of 35	0 of 0	---	0:10

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Darren Stewart	38 of 63	60%	32 of 55	3 of 4	3 of 4	25 of 44	13 of 19	0 of 0
Charles Byrd	24 of 65	36%	17 of 58	6 of 6	1 of 1	10 of 47	14 of 18	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Darren Stewart	23 of 38	60%	20 of 33	1 of 2	2 of 3	14 of 29	9 of 9	0 of 0
1	Charles Byrd	10 of 31	32%	6 of 27	3 of 3	1 of 1	3 of 22	7 of 9	0 of 0
2	Darren Stewart	15 of 25	60%	12 of 22	2 of 2	1 of 1	11 of 15	4 of 10	0 of 0
2	Charles Byrd	14 of 34	41%	11 of 31	3 of 3	0 of 0	7 of 25	7 of 9	0 of 0

Win

vs John Phillips

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Mar 17, 2018

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 3:58

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Charles Byrd	0	0 of 1	0%	1 of 2	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
John Phillips	0	11 of 14	78%	34 of 41	1 of 1	100%	1	0	3:54

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Charles Byrd	0	0 of 1	0%	1 of 2	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	John Phillips	0	11 of 14	78%	34 of 41	1 of 1	100%	1	0	3:54

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Charles Byrd	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
John Phillips	11 of 14	78%	11 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	11 of 13

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Charles Byrd	0 of 1	0%	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	John Phillips	11 of 14	78%	11 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	11 of 13