Issue 124

January 2015

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

+4lb

Melvin Guillard missed weight for the third time in seven fights – this time by 4lb – and saw November’s WSOF 15 lightweight title clash switched to a non-title catchweight bout, which he lost on points to Justin Gaethje.

0.83%

Tito Ortiz was fined $2,500 for double flipping the bird to Stephan Bonnar following his points victory at Bellator 131, which amounted to less than 1% of his $300,000 winner’s pay check.

0-2 x2

UFC 183 headliners Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz will collide on the back of two-fight losing streaks. Silva was stopped twice by Chris Weidman. Diaz lost decisions to Carlos Condit and Georges St Pierre.

5 years 7 months 20 days

When they meet on January 31st, incredibly, Silva and Diaz will not have tasted victory for a combined five years, seven months and 20 days – since UFC 153 and UFC 137 respectively.

4

Frankie Edgar recorded the latest stoppage in UFC history when he submitted Cub Swanson with a neck crank with only four seconds left in the fifth round of their bout at UFC Fight Night: Austin. 

30,001

The Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, which will host January’s UFC 205lb title eliminator between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has a 30,001 capacity for live events.

2nd

When Ortiz and Bonnar fought at Bellator 131 it was only the second time in history two inducted members of the UFC Hall of Fame had fought after Randy Couture beat Mark Coleman at UFC 109.