Issue 132

September 2015

Powerful percentages and show-stopping stats from MMA’s past month.

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Fabricio Werdum completed the most remarkable treble in heavyweight history at UFC 188. He has now submitted Cain Velasquez, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fedor Emelianenko, who were regarded as the division’s all-time best.

100%

Coach Rafael Cordeiro believes new heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum defeats Cain Velasquez “10 times out of 10.”

5/9

Werdum also became the fifth of nine UFC interim champs to go on to hold the full championship belt.

1 year 9 months 26 days

There will have been 639 days between Octagon appearances for Josh Barnett when he faces Roy Nelson in Japan in September. He last fought at UFC 168 in December 2013.

126 > 25

Joanna Jedrzejczyk (126) landed more than five times as many significant strikes as UFC strawweight title rival Jessica Penne (25) in Berlin, Germany.

October 15th, 1994

After failing at Bellator 138, Ken Shamrock last completed a rear naked choke in MMA more than 20 years ago – against Takaku Fuke in Pancrase.

+6 secs

Dan Henderson was six seconds outside of his PB knockout time when he plugged Tim Boetsch in 28 seconds in New Orleans. He put Ryo Chonan to sleep in 22 seconds in the 2005 Pride welterweight grand prix.

#1

Patrick Williams’ 23-second standing guillotine at UFC 188 was the fastest submission in UFC/WEC bantamweight history, eclipsing Scott Jorgensen’s WEC 47 guillotine of Chad George by eight seconds.