Issue 115
June 2014
Powerful percentages and show-stopping stats from MMA's past month.
3:56
‘Minotauro’ Nogueria’s first round KO loss to Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night Abu Dhabi ensured ‘Big Country’s average winning fight time inside the Octagon came down to less than four minutes (3:56 secs) confirming him as the most destructive heavyweight in the UFC.
STRIKE KING
There’s a good chance new UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks will bring some excitement to the 170lb division during his title reign. He set a UFC record for most significant strikes during a title bout, with 158*, in decisioning Robbie Lawler at UFC 171.
2nd
The October event in Turkey will be the second country the UFC has visited in the Middle East, after the UAE.
5
After earning a decision over Diego Sanchez at UFC 171, 14-0 Myles Jury is 5-0 in the UFC. Oddly, all of those five wins have been over a fellow Ultimate Fighter alumnus.
$100,000
UFC light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson pocketed a very cool $100,000 for TKO’ing Jimi Manuwa in London in March. That’s $50k for ‘Fight of the Night’ and another for ‘Performance of the Night.’
325 million
According to the UFC, the Abu Dhabi Fight Night card in April was available in 325,000,000 households worldwide and was broadcast in 28 languages.