Middleweight

Damian Pinas

The Baba Yaga

10-1

Age
24
Height
6'1"
Reach
6'8"
Stance
Orthodox
Camp
Nova Uniao
Out of
Aruba
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C+ · 67
Finish rate
10%
Win rate
91%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
1
Dec
9

FightMetric

SLpM

6.33

SApM

2.38

Str Acc

66%

Str Def

55%

TD Avg

0.00

TD Acc

0%

TD Def

85%

Sub Avg

0.00

Tape read

Volume pressure striker

Fight IQ

67C+

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 11 career fights for Damian Pinas. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C+

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

C+

Agility

proxy

B+

TD react

B

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

Damian Pinas “The Baba Yaga” is a 24-year-old Orthodox middleweight out of Aruba, camped at Nova Uniao . The tape read: volume pressure striker. Career mark 10-1-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 9 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (67).

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 0.00 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 55% / 2.38 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility B+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction B on 85% 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 (14, 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 Pinas 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

14 D

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

  • 0.00 takedowns / 15 at 0% accuracy
  • 0.00 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 · 2.38 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 1 defeats

Counter punching

49 D

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

  • 66% accuracy on 6.33 SLpM
  • 0.51 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 85% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.38 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.

  • 6.33 SLpM at 66% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.38 SApM

Takedown reaction

69 B

Can stuff the first shot. Chain wrestling and the second entry are the real test.

  • 85% 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
  • 9 decision wins — proof they last and still score

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Fight history

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