Issue 120

October 2014

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

01:01

TUF 19 light heavyweight champion Corey Anderson needed all of 61 seconds to put himself in the record books for the fastest finish in a TUF final when he crushed Matt Van Buren with punches in July.

1,092

Former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is set to make his return to action at UFC 178 on September 27th, exactly 1,092 days since he last fought.

2nd

At the TUF 19 Finale, Frankie Edgar became only the second man in history to finish former lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn via strikes. The other was Matt Hughes.

$250,000

Former UFC title contender Chael Sonnen narrowly avoided a $250,000 fine after failing two random drugs tests. Instead he was ordered to pay costs and given a two-year suspension.

$800,000

Before the UFC canceled UFC 176, $800,000 worth of tickets had been sold for the event due to be headlined by José Aldo and Chad Mendes at the Staples Center in LA.

24:48

After her 16-second TKO of Alexis Davis at UFC 175, Ronda Rousey has fought a total of 24 minutes 48 seconds in her 10-fight pro MMA career. Just 2:45 a fight.

4 1/2

WSOF's litmus test US national TV debut on NBC was watched by 906,000 people, four and a half times as many as its normal viewership average of 200,000.

10

2014 has been the year of retirements, with 10 former UFC fighters, including two former champions in BJ Penn and Jens Pulver, deciding to hang up their gloves.