Okay, so I’ve been wanting to mess around with Sean Strickland’s record, see what I could do with it. I’m not a data scientist or anything, just a guy who likes MMA and tinkering with stuff.
First, I needed to actually get the record.I opened up my browser and start to find the information about Sean Strickland
Then came the fun part – figuring out how to play with this data.I figured it would be cool to see things broken down, you know?
- Wins: How many KOs? Submissions? Decisions?
- Losses: Same breakdown as wins.
- Opponents: Who has he fought the most? Win rate against specific guys?
I messed around to find some intereting information, and put everything in it.
I started by trying to just get a basic count of wins and * problem, right?I could get the total number of wins, losses, and even draws (if there were any).
Next, I wanted to see how he won those fights.I looked for * a bit of trial and error, I had it counting KOs, submissions, and decisions separately.
Losses were basically the same process, just looking for different keywords. It was pretty satisfying to see the numbers start to take shape.
Then I got a little more ambitious. I wanted to see his record against individual opponents.I picked out some of the names he’s fought multiple times and use it to see how many times he beat them versus how many times they beat him.
What Did I Learn?
Well, aside from the actual numbers (which I won’t bore you with, you can look them up yourself!), I realized a few things:
- It’s a lot of work.
- There’s always more to learn.
It was a fun little project, and it definitely gave me a new appreciation for the kind of data analysis some folks do.I might even try to build something a little more visual next time, maybe some simple charts or graphs. We’ll see!
