Issue 144
August 2016
LITTLE AND LARGE
MMA facts and figures
Tallest & Smallest
Hong Man Choi
Stats: 7’2”
The Korean ‘Techno Goliath’ last fought at Road FC 30 in April, weighing 325lb.
Tyler Freeland
Stats: 4’11”
The Boise, Idaho bantamweight fought at Bellator 155 in May.
Go Compare
Mark Hunt
5’10” heavyweight
Will Chope
6’4” featherweight
Mismatch
6’ 8” & 600lb vs. 5’ 11” & 200lb
The late former sumo wrestler Emanuel Yarbrough had a nine-inch reach and 400lb weight advantage over Keith Hackney at UFC 3, but lost by TKO.
100%
of Russian Oleg Bagov’s 21 wins have come via submission
0.34 seconds
average fight time of veteran British lightweight David Stone – the shortest in history**
23-0
is the longest active winning run – owned by Khabib Nurmagomedov
Hall of Fame
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
1st
and only man to win Pride and UFC heavyweight titles
Top 5
in his division from 2001-2010
70.6%
of 34 wins were by stoppage – 21 by submission*
