Issue 089
June 2012
1
Amount of points ‘mistabulated’ after Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall put on a super close fight at UFC on FX 2. The scoring error resulted in a win for Johnson that was later changed to a draw and it cheated the fans out of the UFC’s first sudden-victory fourth round. Since the fight was part of a flyweight tournament to see who would fight for the belt, in the event of a draw a possible fourth round was in place.
43
Number of days between UFC events in March and April. The dry spell lasted from March 3rd to April 14th and was the longest since the stretch between UFC 73 and 74, which went a ridiculous 50 days.
81
Average fight time in seconds for Ronda Rousey in her first five pro fights. She finished them all in stunning fashion via armbar.
34.5
Ronda Rousey’s latest victory, over Miesha Tate for the Strikeforce women’s 135lb belt, actually made her average time for victory balloon from just 34.5 seconds to the aforementioned 81 seconds. It took Rousey a little longer, but her elbow-popping armbar of Tate was the most brutal.
3.3
Street brawler turned UFC star turned boxer Kimbo Slice got into the action in March when he pulled off a comeback in the boxing ring by stopping Brian Green with an uppercut with just 3.3 seconds remaining on the clock. The win lifted Kimbo’s boxing record to 4-0.
4
Wins in a row for Bellator star Pat Curran since dropping to featherweight. That fourth win came at Bellator 60 and at the expense of Joe Warren. The brutal third-round TKO bagged him the Bellator featherweight belt.
48
Seconds remaining in Martin Kampmann’s fight with Thiago Alves at UFC on FX 2, and amount of time Kampmann was away from suffering a judges’ decision loss. Just prior to this 48-second mark Kampmann tried his first submission attempt of the night after Alves shot for a takedown. The guillotine resulted in a great come-from-behind victory for Kampmann and a frustrating loss for Alves.
3-1
Despite being a 3 to 1 underdog against Patricky Freire at Bellator 62, Lloyd Woodard slapped on a kimura that ended an action-packed fight, and elevated his record to 12-1.
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