UFC 146 is fast approaching and while some are lamenting the loss of the original main event, a fight that would have seen two of the best heavyweight strikers in MMA go toe to toe inside the Octagon, the fight that we will see between heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and former champion Frank Mir does have the potential to end in spectacular fashion.
Looking at the numbers for their UFC bouts, neither dos Santos or Mir seem to enjoy going deep into their fights as dos Santos has an average fight time of 6:25 per bout, while Mir’s average is just inside the horn for the first round at 4:59.
Dos Santos prefers to end his fights by strikes, as five of his eight UFC wins have come via knockout or TKO, with his most recent being the 64-second knockout win over Cain Velasquez, a victory that earned him the UFC heavyweight crown. For Mir, his preference is to end his fights via submission, something that he has done eight times during his UFC career.
Between the two, they have gone the distance three times in their UFC careers.
The odds have dos Santos listed as the favorite at -535, while Mir the underdog comes in at +385. The odds are nice to know, but the folks over at FightMetric have taken it upon themselves to take things to the next level, running 10,000 computer simulations of the fight. The results: Junior dos Santos was victorious in 66 percent of the simulations.
Now that you know the odds and the simulations, it’s time to see which fighter the pros pick for UFC 146.
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