Fight Night Nashville: By The Numbers

4Current ranking of Glover Teixeira as a UFC light-heavyweight86Career finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning 19 stoppages across his 22 career victories (13 KO/TKOs, 6 subs)80UFC finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning four stoppages acro…

4Current ranking of Glover Teixeira as a UFC light-heavyweight86Career finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning 19 stoppages across his 22 career victories (13 KO/TKOs, 6 subs)80UFC finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning four stoppages across his five Octagon wins (2 KO/TKOs, 2 subs)1:53Time it took for Teixeira to secure an arm triangle choke of Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 146, 6h fastest submission in UFC light-heavyweight history3.7Significant strikes landed per minute rate by Teixeira, 7th best rate among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights)268Sig. strikes landed by Teixei … Read the Full Article Here

Ovince Saint Preux: Mr. Instant Replay

Instant replay was made for Ovince Saint Preux. Even with well-trained eyes on him, the UFC light heavyweight has delivered four finishes inside the Octagon no one saw coming and that most needed several viewings to even understand what happened, inclu…

Instant replay was made for Ovince Saint Preux. Even with well-trained eyes on him, the UFC light heavyweight has delivered four finishes inside the Octagon no one saw coming and that most needed several viewings to even understand what happened, including UFC President Dana White.“After the [Patrick] Cummins fight at the press conference, Dana was like, “OSP is killing me, this is the second fight in a row where I have literally had to watch the replay to figure out what happened,’” Saint Preux said. “That’s the fighter I am. One minute, everything can be … Read the Full Article Here

UFC 190: By The Numbers

4Current ranking of UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey on the UFC pound-for-pound list5Consecutive UFC title defenses by Rousey, tied with UFC Hall of Famers Matt Hughes and Tito Ortiz for 6th most consecutive UFC title defenses in UF…

4Current ranking of UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey on the UFC pound-for-pound list5Consecutive UFC title defenses by Rousey, tied with UFC Hall of Famers Matt Hughes and Tito Ortiz for 6th most consecutive UFC title defenses in UFC history14Seconds it took for the “Rowdy” one to secure an armbar finish of Cat Zingano at UFC 184, fastest finish in UFC title fight history16Seconds it took for Rousey to score a KO/TKO finish of Alexis Davis at UFC 175, tied with Frank Shamrock at UFC 15.5 for 3rd fastest finish in UFC title fight history3:29Average fight time b … Read the Full Article Here

Seven is not enough for Neil Magny

Over the course of 15 months, Neil Magny had himself a career.We’re talking seven fights and seven wins, including four finishes on four different continents, all inside the Octagon. Most fighters will never even experience seven UFC fights, let …

Over the course of 15 months, Neil Magny had himself a career.We’re talking seven fights and seven wins, including four finishes on four different continents, all inside the Octagon. Most fighters will never even experience seven UFC fights, let alone seven wins, and for them to be consecutive is a pipe dream. Not to mention, Magny has earned back-to-back Performance of the Night bonuses in his most recent outings. As wildly impressive as all of that is, that is what The Ultimate Fighter 16 semifinalist has already accomplished, and Magny sees his streak as the foundation he will build … Read the Full Article Here

Fight Night Chicago: By The Numbers

6Current ranking of UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw on the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings173UFC event where Dillashaw scored a fifth round KO/TKO of Renan Barao to win the UFC bantamweight title177UFC event where Dillashaw scored a fifth r…

6Current ranking of UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw on the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings173UFC event where Dillashaw scored a fifth round KO/TKO of Renan Barao to win the UFC bantamweight title177UFC event where Dillashaw scored a fifth round KO/TKO of Joe Soto to successfully defend his UFC bantamweight title for the first time151Significant strikes landed by Dillashaw against Soto at UFC 177, tied for 2nd with Carlos Condit at UFC 143 for most sig. strikes landed in a UFC title fight behind Johny Hendricks’ 158 at UFC 171140Significant strikes landed by Dillashaw against … Read the Full Article Here

Miesha Tate: Re-establishing Her Dominance

When asked what went through her head after eating that big right hand from Sara McMann in their January bout, former Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate answered, “I have to diffuse the situation and I have to re-establish my dominance.”And d…

When asked what went through her head after eating that big right hand from Sara McMann in their January bout, former Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate answered, “I have to diffuse the situation and I have to re-establish my dominance.”And dominate she did, en route to her third consecutive win inside the Octagon.At UFC 183, the number two-ranked women’s bantamweight contender countered an early scare against McMann to earn a majority decision on the judges’ scorecards. Initially, Tate showed off her trademark toughness by simply battling through the knockdown and exte … Read the Full Article Here