Some shows are good for stats, other shows are not. UFC 84 was a great card for stats. The reason is that a bunch of really unique/weird/rare things happened. We have an article up at Yahoo Sports talking about:
* BJ Penn’s historic use of the jab
* Tito Ortiz’s first round ineffectiveness
* Rousimar Palhares’s grappling perfection
* Yoshiyuki Yoshida’s rare submission
We’ve also got a bunch of great stats available here on the site. First, the TPR Report for the televised fights is available here.
Next, the complete stats for the Penn-Sherk fight is up, so you can see just how good BJ’s jab was.
Finally, we’ve put up a fight report with complete stats from the Machida-Ortiz fight. In addition, we’ve created a special report due to some remarks that we’ve seen in forums and comments. Some have compared Lyoto’s performance to that of Kalib Starnes. To put that sentiment to bed, we’ve posted the striking stats for the fight between Nate Quarry and Kalib Starnes.
There simply is no comparison. Starnes landed 15 strikes in the entire fight. Machida landed more than 15 strikes in each of the three rounds of the fight. There’s a difference between avoiding action and picking your shots.
Source:UFC 84 Stats Bonanza