Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – The Ultimate Fighter series has been the launching pad for some of the game’s rising stars, from Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, and Michael Bisping, to recent winners Nate Diaz and Amir Sadollah. But in season four, which premiered in August of 2006, the format of the show changed, as 16 UFC veterans were brought in for one last chance at glory.
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Don't Forget About Sherk
It’s been all BJ all the time the last couple of weeks here, as we ramped up to UFC 84 with a few detailed reports of his fights. Today marks the release of the career TPR Report for BJ Penn and we have an article up at Yahoo Sports with some really interesting information about BJ’s jiu-jitsu and the way he passes guard.
But don’t think we forgot about Sherk. While the majority of his fights have been in smaller organizations, and thus, do not have readily accessible video, we are doing the best we can to learn what we can about Sherk’s time in the UFC. The first product of that study is released today, a detailed report on his fight with Nick Diaz. This is one of those odd fights where all three judges agree precisely on the scoring, but the fan community is up in arms. As the stats show, the fight was extremely close, nearly a draw. What are the chances that Penn-Sherk is that close?
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It's Fedor Week!
In honor of Fedor’s first consequential fight in nearly three years, we’ll be devoting our coverage this week to the career of one of the sport’s all-time greats. We’ll be releasing new stats and analysis every day this week. Here’s the Fedor Week schedule:
Monday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Semmy Schilt
Tuesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I
Wednesday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira III
Thursday: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic
Friday: Fedor Emelianenko Career TPR Report
Check out how Fedor fared in his first Pride fight and make sure to come back this week for more Fedor fun.
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Evan Tanner Memorial to Take Place Saturday in Amarillo
A memorial for former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner will be held on Saturday, September 27th at 2pm at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas.The Amarillo Civic Center is located at 401 South Buchanan Street.
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Paul Taylor discusses Davis vs. Kelly
Elliot Worsell, UFC – When welterweights Marcus Davis and Paul Kelly collide at UFC 89, the crowd inside Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena will be transfixed. They’ll have their favourite. They’ll have predictions and they’ll have forecasts. Is Davis the bigger puncher? Is Kelly the better grappler? Will they go to the floor or will they remain standing? The beauty of mixed martial arts is that nobody really knows.
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.