Author: By Jordan Newmark

An enormous year for Efrain Escudero could get even bigger and it couldn’t happen in a better place than in his home country of Mexico. In 2015, The Ultimate Fighter season eight winner delivered his best striking performance to date for a win over Rodrigo de Lima, secured a submission win over Drew Dober in Mexico City at UFC 188, was a starring head coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 with his TUF team guaranteed to crown a season winner, and, this Saturday, “Hecho en Mexico” has the chance to go 3-0 inside the Octagon this year with another scrap south of the … Read the Full Article Here

64Seconds it took combined for UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to finish her last three opponents during title defenses34Seconds it took for the “Rowdy” one to score a KO/TKO of Bethe Correia in Brazil at UFC 190

 
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14Seconds it took for Rousey to secure her signature armbar over Cat Zingano at UFC 184, fastest finish of any kind in a UFC title fight16Seconds it took for Rousey to score a KO of Alexis Davis at UFC 175, tied with Frank Shamrock for 3rd fastest finish in a UFC title fight3:00Average fight time by Rowdy inside the Octagon, short … Read the Full Article Here

4Current ranking of Vitor Belfort as a UFC middleweight11KO/TKOs by “The Phenom” inside the Octagon, tied with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva for most in UFC history3Consecutive KO/TKOs by Belfort via head kick over Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson, only fighter in UFC history to accomplish such a task17Career KO/TKOs by Belfort12First round finishes by The Phenom inside the Octagon, most in UFC history8UFC fighters including Belfort have earned three finishes in less than a minute each in UFC history77Seconds it took for Belfort to score two knoc … Read the Full Article Here

4Current ranking of Vitor Belfort as a UFC middleweight11KO/TKOs by “The Phenom” inside the Octagon, tied with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva for most in UFC history3Consecutive KO/TKOs by Belfort via head kick over Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson, only fighter in UFC history to accomplish such a task17Career KO/TKOs by Belfort12First round finishes by The Phenom inside the Octagon, most in UFC history8UFC fighters including Belfort have earned three finishes in less than a minute each in UFC history77Seconds it took for Belfort to score two knoc … Read the Full Article Here

6Current ranking of UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in the UFC pound-for-pound rankings181UFC event where “Ruthless” won the UFC welterweight title by split decision from former champ Johny Hendricks189UFC event where Lawler made his first successful title defense via fifth round TKO of Rory MacDonald, which earned the Fight of the Night bonus4UFC active win streak by Lawler, 2nd longest active win streak in UFC welterweight division behind Stephen Thompson’s 58Knockdowns by the Ruthless one inside the Octagon, tied for 3rd most in UFC welterweight history behind Jake … Read the Full Article Here

As 45-year-old Dan Henderson prepares for his November 7 rubber match with Vitor Belfort, it’s important to point out that he is one of a very rare breed of fighter that has not only continued to scrap at 40 years old or older, but that has stood victorious as well. In celebration of the 40-somethings, here is a list of the nine UFC fighters thus far who have posted an Octagon win and proved that life begins at 40. Honorable mention: Jorge RiveraFirst thing first – “El Conquistador” has to get a shout out. The Ultimate Fighter 4 alum and Army veteran – who went 8-7 with fiv … Read the Full Article Here