Issue 140

April 2016

Record-setting MMA facts and figures.

9 days notice is all Luiz Firmino had for the WSOF 27 main event after 19 months of inactivity, but he still earned a win over Caros Fodor.

37% - significant strikes landed by Dominick Cruz against TJ Dillashaw, who recorded a 26% success rate when the UFC belt changed hands.**

$1,064,000 in salary and bonuses collected by Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson for his last three fights.

6 fights in five years - Cain Velasquez’s injury-plagued (in)activity since 2011. Nick Diaz has fought as many times despite two suspensions and a year-long retirement.

2:34 is the average fight time of Nikita Krylov at 205lb, the shortest on the UFC’s light heavyweight roster.*

18 hours is all Stipe Miocic had as the next heavyweight title challenger before Fabricio Werdum followed Cain Velasquez by pulling out of the original UFC 196’s main event.

Frank Mir

14 years, 4 months, 19 days in the UFC - the longest uninterrupted Octagon tenure.

61% - fights (11/18) finished in the first round.

26 fights in the Octagon - a heavyweight record.

8 submissions - another UFC heavy record.

1st man to KO, then submit, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Neil Magny: Road warrior 2014 & 2015

10 fights with a 9-1 overall record

9 cities in six countries

68,172 air miles to and from hometown of NYC**

2:10:50 fighting in the Octagon