Issue 104

August 2013

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

70%

Exactly 70% of the times future UFC Hall of Famer Vitor Belfort’s arm has been raised have been due to a first-round stoppage (16 of 23). The latest of which came over former Strikeforce 185lb champion Luke Rockhold via spinning wheel-kick at UFC on FX 8 in May.

56

Eight undefeated runs totaling 56 fights were snapped at UFC on FX 8 in Jaragua Do Sul in May.

4%

Based on a FightMetric sample of 1333 fights, an eye poke causes a stoppage in only 4% of UFC fights at most, via MMAOwl.com.

10th

Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin, who announced his retirement from MMA in May, ranks 10th amongst established UFC fighters for shortest average fight time, at 4:55, according to FightMetric.

4-2

Recent MMA retiree Shane Carwin, former UFC interim heavyweight champion, went 4-2 in the UFC. There wasn’t a single one of those four wins the fan favorite earned in any fashion other than via the concussive force of his fists.

7

Injury or fight card reshuffle caused seven matchups planned for UFC on FX 8, headlined by Vitor Belfort and Luke Rockhold in Jaragua Do Sul in May, to be scrapped.

1:21

Cain Velasquez’s TKO of ‘Bigfoot’ Silva at UFC 160 to retain his heavyweight title was the quickest win of his seven-year career, and Silva’s quickest loss in all 23 career bouts.

21

Khabib Nurmagomedov was credited with 21 takedowns at UFC 160 in Las Vegas, the record for a single UFC bout says FightMetric.