Issue 129
June 2015
Powerful percentages and show-stopping stats from mma’s past month
9 months 12 days
A total of 286 days separate the breakthrough moment in Ryan Bader’s career, when he won TUF 8 in December 2008, from UFC Fight Night 68 opponent Daniel Cormier’s MMA debut for Strikeforce in September 2009.
1st
Despite four Brazilian national titles and two world titles tucked into his third degree black belt, BJJ whiz Marcos Galvao scored his first submission win in 24 MMA fights when he took the 135lb belt from Joe Warren at Bellator 135.
2nd
Anthony Pettis is the second-most unproductive defending champion in UFC history, managing just one title defense in his 560-day reign before losing to Rafael dos Anjos. Randy Couture went 623 days with only one defense as heavyweight champ from 2007-8.
0-4
Former UFC lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard has lost his last four fights and has failed to register back-to-back wins in the Octagon since 2010.
72,356
More than 72,000 fans registered for tickets to see José Aldo and Conor McGregor face-off in Dublin as part of the UFC 189 World Tour. In the end around 2,500 packed in to see the press conference live.
82%
Combined, UFC Fight Night 67 headliners Carlos Condit and Thiago Alves boast an 82% stoppage rate in their careers. Condit has stopped 27 of 29 opponents. Alves boasts 14 stoppages in 21 wins.
$7,000,000
UFC 189 featuring José Aldo vs. Conor McGregor at the MGM Grand Garden Arena is expected to generate $7 million in gate revenue and attract more than one million pay-per-view buys in the US.
83:31
Since returning to the UFC at 205lb, Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has landed almost three times as many strikes as his victims en route to his UFC 187 title shot against Jon Jones.
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