Issue 106

October 2013

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

83%

Now-former UFC fighter Brian Stann recently announced his retirement from the sport at 32 years old. He was a fan favorite, and it’s easy to see why: he finished 83% of his career fights.

1

Invicta FC 6, headlined by Cris ‘Cyborg’s dismantling of Marloes Coenen, saw the lowest amount of submissions in the promotion’s history. Only one fight ended by tapout: Jessica Penne’s rear naked choke of Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc. On average, an Invicta event has 4.8 submissions

63%

True to form, Anderson Silva had better striking accuracy (63%) than Chris Weidman (47%) in the six minutes and 18 seconds before he was knocked out at UFC 162…

2632

Former UFC middleweight gold-wearer Anderson Silva’s KO loss to Chris Weidman at UFC 162 ended his massive 17-fight undefeated run at 2,632 days.

2010

UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman recently revealed he nearly joined Bellator in 2010. It’s hard to believe he would be a UFC title-holder today if he’d signed on the dotted line.

5

Five fighters at Invicta FC 6 in July went home with the undefeated records they arrived with: Joanne Calderwood (7-0), Miriam Nakamoto (2-0), Tecia Torres (3-0), Lauren Taylor (7-0) and Claudia Gadhela (11-0).

12.5

Being regarded as the greatest has also been great for Anderson Silva’s wallet. The record-setting ex-champ’s official guaranteed purse at UFC 162 was $600,000. It would have been $200,000 more if he had won. Regardless, as it stands it’s 12 and half times the $48,000 (show and win money) conqueror Chris Weidman is contracted to have earned.

6

...But was still outstruck by six blows in total, and by two power strikes. That makes new UFC middleweight champion Weidman just the second man (after Chael Sonnen) to land more significant shots, and third (behind Stephan Bonnar and Chael Sonnen) to score more total hits than Silva in the Brazilian’s record-setting reign as champion.