MMA By The Numbers

Taking a numbers-driven look into the world of Mixed Martial Arts

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Josh Emmett has averaged 1 knockdown every 13 minutes, 25 seconds. That's the fifth-best rate in UFC featherweight history (min. 5 fights):

1. Steve Garcia (1 per 4:37)
2. Conor McGregor (6:30)
3. Jean Silva (6:42)
4. Teruto Ishihara (11:21)
5. Josh Emmett (13:25)

#UFC320

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Fighters in UFC history with the most takedowns landed who have never had a sweep scored against them:

1. Merab Dvalishvili (97 takedowns)
2. Curtis Blaydes (64 takedowns)
3. Kamaru Usman (63 Takedowns)
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov (61 takedowns)
5. Corey Anderson (53 takedowns)

#UFC320 @MerabDvalishvil

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Highest distance striking accuracy, UFC history (min. 500 attempts):

1. Sean O'Malley (60.4%)
2. Shara Magomedov (60.3%)
3. Ciryl Gane (59.6%)
4. Alex Pereiera (59.0%)

#UFC320

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Most knockdowns per fight, UFC Featherweight history (min. 5 fights):

1. Steve Garcia (1.20)
T2. Josh Emmett (1.00)
T2. Jean Silva (1.00)
T2. Teruto Ishihara (1.00)
5. Conor McGregor (0.86)

#UFC320 @JoshEmmettUFC

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Alex Pereira holds the UFC Light Heavyweight record for significant strike accuracy, at 64.4%

His lowest single-fight accuracy rate came against Magomed Ankalaev (55.5%)

#UFC320

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5 fighters have 200+ takedown attempts in UFC history. @MerabDvalishvil has the highest accuracy in the group:

1. Merab Dvalishvili - 35.7% (97/272)
2. Clay Guida - 33.6% (78/232)
3. Nik Lentz - 32.9% (69/210)
4. Frankie Edgar - 31.5% (73/232)
5. Demian Maia - 24.8% (68/274)

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Jiri Prochazka has either scored a knockdown or been knocked down in 5 of his 7 UFC fights, with a combined 7 knockdowns across them

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Merab Dvalishvili needs 3 takedowns at #UFC320 to become the first fighter in UFC history to reach 100 landed. @MerabDvalishvil

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Alex Pereira out-landed each of his first 10 UFC opponents in significant strikes, with an average differential of +21.5 per fight

He was out-landed by 18 significant strikes by Magomed Ankalaev (94 to 76)

#UFC320

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Merab Dvalishvili has landed a UFC-record 97 takedowns.

Second-placed Georges St-Pierre (90) had 7 more fights than Merab.

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They call him THE MACHINE for a reason 🇬🇪

We take a look at every takedown in the UFC career of @MerabDvalishvil! #UFC320

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@ufc @MerabDvalishvil Merab is 1 of 5 fighters in UFC history with at least 200 takedown attempts

He's the only one of the five with a takedown accuracy rate above 35%

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@vividtitus 4 for Prochazka

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If Khalil Rountree knocks down Jiri Prochazka, he will break the tie for the UFC Light Heavyweight record.

His 14 are tied with Chuck Liddell and Shogun Rua for the division record.

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Carlos Ulberg has now out-landed all 10 of his opponents in significant strikes, with an average differential of +20.2 per fight (52.6 landed to 32.4 absorbed)

Only 3 fighters in UFC Light Heavyweight history have a better differential with 10+ fights.

- Jon Jones (+32.2)
- Corey Anderson (+24.0)
- Marcin Prachnio (+23.2)
- Carlos Ulberg (+20.2)
- Phil Davis (+20.1)
- Forrest Griffin (+20.1

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Carlos Ulberg's 9-fight win streak is now tied for the second longest in UFC Light Heavyweight history:

- Jon Jones (13)
- Carlos Ulberg (9)
- Magomed Ankalaev (9)
- Lyoto Machida (8)
- Chuck Liddell (7)

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Neil Magny has passed Kamaru Usman for the third most takedowns landed in UFC Welterweight history:

1. Georges St-Pierre (87)
2. Colby Covington (70)
3. @NeilMagny (64)
4. Kamaru Usman (63)
5. Johnny Hendricks (61)

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Neil Magny is now one of only four fighters with 10+ finishes in UFC Welterweight history:

- Matt Brown (15)
- Vicente Luque (14)
- Matt Hughes (11)
- @NeilMagny (10)

#UFCPerth

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@ufc @Alle_Thainara @espn Alexia Thainara now has 19 minutes, 32 seconds of UFC fight time.

69% of that time has been spent in grappling control positions (13 minutes 26 seconds)

She has out-landed her opponents a combined 55 to 39 in significant strikes

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@ufc @trueclassictees Volk landed more significant strikes against Lopes (158) than the other 6 of Lopes' last 7 opponents combined (157)