Gilbert Burns vs Stephen Thompson — UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
Gilbert Burns vs Stephen Thompson

Welterweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3

Saturday, July 10, 2021 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Gilbert Burns def. Stephen Thompson

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Marc GoddardRon McCarthy · 28-29Sal D'amato · 28-29Mike Bell · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Gilbert BurnsRound 3Stephen Thompson

11 / 13Sig. strikes7 / 20

85%Accuracy35%

45 / 55Total strikes22 / 35

0Knockdowns0

1 / 2Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

3:11Control0:00

2.2Pace / min1.4

100%Control share0%

Gilbert Burns

Targethead 82% · body 0% · leg 18%

Phasedistance 27% · clinch 0% · ground 73%

Stephen Thompson

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeGilbert Burns landed 11 significant strikes to 7.Control edgeGilbert Burns held 191s of control to 0s.Striking edgeGilbert Burns struck at 85% accuracy to 35%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftGilbert Burns's significant-strike accuracy moved +29 pts, 85% against 56%.
Target shiftGilbert Burns's head share of landed strikes moved +62 pts, to 82% head with 0% body and 18% leg.
Phase shiftGilbert Burns's ground share of landed strikes moved +73 pts, to 73% on the ground against 27% at distance.
Control swingGilbert Burns's control time moved +159s, 191s against 32s.
Pace downStephen Thompson's significant-strike pace moved -22% from R2 to R3, 1.4 against 1.8 per minute.
Target shiftStephen Thompson's head share of landed strikes moved +44 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Gilbert Burns

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Stephen Thompson

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

29Gilbert Burns sig. strikes

19Stephen Thompson sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+200%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Stephen Thompson)