Shane Carwin – Shattering The Stereotypes

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – This must be what waiting for the call to the electric chair feels like. Well, at least that’s what I’ve been told by more than a few mixed martial artists who likened their UFC debuts to the worst possible torture you could imagine. And these weren’t some MMA neophytes competing for the first time. In some cases, the fighters going through those feelings you get on the first day of kindergarten were seasoned pros, guys with 15-20 fights.

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The System Doesn't Like Rashad Evans

We’re having some technical difficulties with the home page and it’s prevented us from posting a bunch of the material we’ve prepared in advance of UFC 88. The one thing we have posted is the career TPR Report for Rashad Evans.


Rashad is precisely the type of fighter that the FightMetric scoring system undervalues. Specifically, a fighter that relies on takedowns and positioning without keeping active with strikes, submissions, and guard passes. Taking a look at the whole of Rashad’s career, his median TPR is 58.5, which is extremely low, considering that he is undefeated. Compare that to Chuck Liddell, who, despite five losses, has a median TPR of 79.

Stay tuned for more material over the next week or so. Once we get the technical glitches worked out, there’s plenty of stats to cover.

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