Care for some recent stats on UFC’s finished fights and those that went the distance?
Of the main card fights of the last three UFC events, namely 132, 133 and Live 5, nine ended by stoppage compared to five that went the distance and into the judges’ scorecards.
And of the three main main events (not “co-main events”), two ended by finishes: UFC 133’s Rashad Evans’ TKO over Tito Ortiz and UFC Live 5’s Chris Lytle’s guillotine choke against Dan Hardy.
Finished fights are in the majority lately!
If we are to include all the preliminary fights of the last three UFC events, it’s an even-steven at 17-all. But isn’t it gratifying to note that finishes happened where it mattered more? In the main cards where the stakes are higher and the hype is stronger?
Here’s an honor roll of the finishers of the main cards of each of the last three events, the fighters who spared us fans the agony of hearing from the judges.