Bantamweight

Payton Talbott

11-1

Age
27
Height
5'10"
Reach
5'11"
Stance
Switch
Camp
Reno Academy of Combat
Out of
USA
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C+ · 66
Finish rate
9%
Win rate
92%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
1
Dec
10

FightMetric

SLpM

6.62

SApM

2.28

Str Acc

61%

Str Def

55%

TD Avg

0.78

TD Acc

44%

TD Def

82%

Sub Avg

0.20

Tape read

Volume pressure striker

Fight IQ

66C+

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 12 career fights for Payton Talbott. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C+

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

C+

Agility

proxy

B+

TD react

C+

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • Punching agility

    Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • Striking defense

    Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Counter punching

    This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

Scouting report

Payton Talbott is a 27-year-old Switch bantamweight out of USA, camped at Reno Academy of Combat. The tape read: volume pressure striker. Career mark 11-1-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 10 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (66).

What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.78 TD/15 and 0.20 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 55% / 2.28 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility B+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C+ on 82% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (30, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Talbott yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

30 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.78 takedowns / 15 at 44% accuracy
  • 0.20 submission attempts / 15 · 1 career sub wins

Striking defense

73 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 55% striking defense · 2.28 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 1 defeats

Counter punching

43 D

This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • 61% accuracy on 6.62 SLpM
  • 0.47 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

68 C+

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 55% · TD def 82% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.28 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

81 B+

Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • 6.62 SLpM at 61% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.28 SApM

Takedown reaction

68 C+

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 82% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 0 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

85 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 1 losses
  • 10 decision wins — proof they last and still score

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Fight history

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