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Outcome Type by Division (2001-Present)

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Jason
Division SUBMISSION DECISION (T)KO DQ DRAW Bouts Included
Flyweight 34.8% 34.5% 21.7% 0.5% 8.5% 1,320
Bantamweight 41.5% 29.9% 24.0% 0.5% 4.1% 3,344
Featherweight 43.2% 26.8% 25.5% 0.5% 4.0% 6,070
Lightweight 42.3% 25.9% 28.4% 0.5% 3.0% 10,099
Welterweight 42.5% 23.1% 31.8% 0.6% 2.0% 8,882
Middleweight 42.5% 20.7% 34.1% 0.7% 2.0% 7,321
Light Heavyweight 38.4% 19.9% 39.5% 0.6% 1.6% 4,749
Heavyweight 38.0% 13.8% 46.3% 0.7% 1.1% 6,533
Women Straw 37.1% 44.1% 13.1% NA 5.6% 213
Women Fly 41.8% 40.3% 16.3% NA 1.5% 263
Women SFly 42.7% 36.1% 19.9% NA 1.3% 382
Women Bantam 39.3% 28.5% 31.9% NA 0.3% 382
Women Feather+ 40.2% 29.1% 28.2% 0.9% 1.6% 316
Overall (w/ Div Info) 41.2% 23.4% 32.2% 0.6% 2.6% 49,874
Overall (All) 43.9% 19.4% 33.8% 0.6% 2.3% 106,775

No contests excluded.  This should also settle the “which division is deepest” question.

Green signifies the highest in the division, bold signifies the division in which the outcome type is observed the most.  The underlined figure is the highest combo across the board.

Clearly there is a Japanese influence here, as their judges, especially the ones who preside over Shooto, are not afraid to score even rounds.  This increases the draws tremendously in the lower weights.

Also, the “overall (all)” statistics include bouts with no division info.  By nature of the data availability, this will include many fights from lesser organizations (more mismatches).

 

Total Pro Bouts: Boxing vs. MMA — Has MMA Peaked Globally?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Jason

Boxing totals from BoxRec.

 

The totals are likely a little light due to missing bouts, but the trend is what is of importance.  Has MMA peaked?  Is boxing REALLY dying?

Quantity only means so much, but it is extremely important in the development of new talent.

Stat of the Day: Most Fights Without a Decision

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jason

Shannon Ritch has the 2nd most pro fights at 127 and honestly, we’re likely missing a few.  In these 127 pro fights, he has NEVER went to a decision.  This is the record, by far.

Not only that, he has only been past the first round 5 times.

 

FightMatrix Awards: Men’s Fighters of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Jason

In the FightMatrix world, “fighter of the year” is determined by rank strength, divisional strength, and performances within the calendar year.

3rd Place: Frankie Edgar

Edgar, being the only #1 ranked fighter to fight the #2 fighter twice (even though it was the same guy, Maynard), successfully defended his championship on each occasion, with the second being a very resounding KO4.

2nd Place: Anderson Silva

2011 was a somewhat quiet year for Anderson, other than the “front kick to the face” that he laid on Belfort.  Remaining at the top of the sport and dominantly defending his title twice without problem, locked Anderson into the #2 position.

1st Place: Jon Jones

Was there any doubt here?  Three title fights, beating three of the top 5 Light Heavyweights in history.  He’s skyrocketing up the All-Time rankings and should find himself in this company very soon.

 

Honorable Mentions

Dominick Cruz – He beat Faber, who is likely the best fighter in history south of Lightweight.  Cruz, along with Aldo, are both gunning for the aforementioned mythical title.

Georges St. Pierre – Though he beat a true #1 contender in Shields, his standing is hurt by the fact that he only managed one fight in 2011.

Jose Aldo – Two title defenses, but two workmanlike decisions in which he badly gassed against Hominick, who was struck down by one punch in his next fight.

Junior dos Santos – Took down the mighty, although inactive, Cain Velasquez to gain the Heavyweight crown.  His other win was against the seemingly spent Shane Carwin.

Dan Henderson – If you’re going for style points, it’s hard to argue against Henderson.  Knocked out Feijao, made another dent in Skynet, and went “life or death” with Shogun.

FightMatrix Awards: Women’s Fighters of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Jason

In the FightMatrix world, “fighter of the year” is determined by rank strength, divisional strength, and performances within the calendar year.

3rd Place: Miesha Tate

Winning one of the select few women’s titles that matter, Tate only fought one time within 2011 — though that one fight was enough to score her a 3rd place slot on the year.

2nd Place: Cristiane Santos

She remained the top woman in the sport, although like Tate, she also only fought once.  Her win, a 0:16 knockout over Yamanaka, the #1 contender who also saw time on the division dominance list, coupled with holding the top spot in the entire sport, was enough to edge out Tate for 2nd place.

1st Place: Naho Sugiyama

Probably not the popular choice in the largely US-based MMA world, but when you look at the real data, it’s hard to argue against this selection.  Although fighting in perhaps the weakest division in women’s MMA (though our lowest division runs up to 110lb), Sugiyama went 4-0 on the year, winning the JEWELS GP in this division.  Three of her four wins were over fighters currently ranked in the Top 4.  In what was a weak MMA year for this gender, Sugiyama gets a lot of love from the FightMatrix system.

Honorable Mention: Sarah Kaufman

Stat of the Day: Avenging Losses

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Jason

Only three fighters in history have 20 or more wins and have avenged all of their losses.

Gilbert Melendez is the only fighter with 20 wins to avenge both of his losses once (total_loss-avenged_loss = 0).

Georges St. Pierre avenged both of his two losses, but later beat Hughes twice (-1).  He is the only 20 win fighter to drive the point home and end up with a net difference of less than 0.

Miku Matsumoto had an interesting journey onto this list.  She lost to Misaki Takimoto twice, then went on to beat her twice.  She also avenged losses to Lisa Ward and Carina Damm (0).

Bas Rutten almost made the cut.  He lost four times, twice to Ken Shamrock, both of which he did not avenge.  Though he did return to beat Funaki once and Frank Shamrock twice (+1).

Yuka Tsuji (sort of) backdoors her way into the discussion.  She avenged her early loss to Ana Michelle Tavares, but later lost to Mei Yamaguchi.  Though, she did hold a prior win over Yamaguchi.  There may likely be other instances of this as well.

FightMatrix Awards: Comeback Fighter of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Jason

Admittedly, selecting a comeback fighter of the year depends on a few factors, some of which are subjective.  Certainly, the math and data points are available to filter down to a select few possibilities before proceeding with the actual selection of the winner of said award.  Luckily, for 2011, the choice is pretty obvious.

The 2011 Comeback Fighter of the Year is: Shinichi Kojima

After suffering a decision loss to Jussier da Silva and losing his #1 Flyweight ranking, Kojima tore his ACL and suffered a 25 month layoff.  Kojima returned in August 2011 and took decision wins over Masaaki Sugawara and Kiyotaka Shimizu, propelling Kojima back up to #4 in the division.

Honorable Mentions: Ed Herman, Michal Materla

FightMatrix Awards: Most Noteworthy Match of Year (2011)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jason

To the FightMatrix system, the most noteworthy match is based on cumulative rank strength accompanied by divisional strength.

In 2011, the most “noteworthy” match was: Frankie Edgar KO(4) Gray Maynard.

This saw the #1 versus the #2, for the most important championship in the deepest division (at least by number of competitors).  The only other #1 vs. #2 in 2011 (in the men’s — at least) was the first match between Edgar and Maynard.

 

FightMatrix Awards: Most Improved Fighter of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jason

The FightMatrix Most Improved Fighter of the Year for 2011 is: Michael Chandler

Chandler, who was unranked at the end of 2010, skyrocketed all the way up to #5 in the Lightweight division, with wins over highly ranked fighters such as Patricky Freire and Eddie Alvarez.  After going 4-0 in 2011, his career record stands at a perfect 9-0.

Honorable Mention: Robert Peralta

FightMatrix Awards: Point-Based Upset of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jason

With upsets of the year, we use pre-bout point totals and also put some exclusions into play — both fighters cannot be suffering from any inactivity penalty and the losing fighter must have a respectable rank — within the top 20. We also do the math two ways; proportional raw point difference and net point difference normalized by division.

Using both equations, the upset of the year was Robert Peralta SD(3) Hiroyuki Takaya

Honorable Mention: Jake Ellenberger KO(1) Jake Shields

Had this taken into account the actual outcome (Split vs. KO), you could certainly argue for these placements to be flip-flopped.

FightMatrix Awards: Women’s Rookie Fighter of the Year (2011)

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jason

It’s probably no surprise to most, but our women’s rookie fighter of the year for 2011 is Ronda Rousey.

She fulfilled our basic requirements of debuting and fighting three times in the 2011 calendar year.  Furthermore, she has earned the #3 ranking in the 145 division, which may turn into the #2 ranking depending on Baszler who is likely to drop down to 135 or go inactive.  She has also finished all four of her opponents by submission, within a minute.  This was a no-brainer.

As for a follow-up on our 2010 winner, Liz Carmouche, she has not fared so well.  Although fighting against top opposition, she has went 0-2 on the year.

2011 Honorable Mention: Sara McMann

MMA Current Rated Division Population

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Jason
Division Recorded Estimated Percentage
Heavyweight 718 875 8.28%
Light Heavyweight 731 925 8.76%
Middleweight 1203 1550 14.68%
Welterweight 1675 2150 20.36%
Lightweight 1798 2300 21.78%
Featherweight 1234 1520 14.39%
Bantamweight 782 950 9.00%
Flyweight 244 290 2.74%

I just wanted to give everyone a glimpse of how dense some divisions are in comparison to others.  These counts are for fighters above the starter rating and have had a pro fight in the last 450 days that we know about.  The recorded count is what we currently have in the database, while the estimated count factors in data availability to give a more “true” count.  Nevertheless, journeymen with records like 1-7 are likely not going to be included.

Using this info, it’s fair to say that the average fighter weighs in at about 169 pounds — and probably walks around at about 195 :).

It should be interesting to see how this changes with the UFC bringing in Flyweights and also after they have the Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions for another year or two.

* Male fighters only


Fun Stats: Josh Koscheck & Chris Leben

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Oleg

Season 14 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality series came to a close this past weekend. This was the first season of ‘TUF’ to feature featherweight and bantamweight fighters, and the last season to be aired on Spike TV; future seasons will be broadcast on Fx network as UFC makes a transition to the FOX family of channels.

Over the fourteen seasons, TUF proved to be a formidable tool for building up UFC rosters and creating stars. While winning the TUF tournaments carried certain accolades, a number of other contestants from every season turned their appearance in the Ultimate Fighter house into a successful and lasting career in the UFC.

For example, Season 1 rivals Josh Koscheck and Chris Leben didn’t make it to the finals of the middleweight tournament. Nevertheless, both fighters received a UFC contract (with Koscheck dropping to welterweight following the season finale) and made the best of it, becoming two of the most active fighters in history of the organization.

With 19 bouts in the Octagon a piece, Leben and Koscheck share the #5 slot on the list of fighters with most UFC bouts. For a point of reference, that’s one fight ahead of the UFC veterans George St. Pierre, Rich Franklin, and Frank Mir! The only fighters with more Octagon experience than Koscheck and Leben are Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, BJ Penn, and Chris Lytle. With most of these names either retired or on the verge or retirement, it’s very conceivable that in a couple of years Koscheck and Leben may top the list.

While Leben’s record is on hold as he begins serving a year-long suspension due to testing positive for banned painkillers after his most recent fight, Josh Koscheck’s upcoming bout with Carlos Condit will have him tied with Chris Lytle at 20 UFC appearances each.

Not only is Josh one of the most active UFC fighters in history, he is also one of the winningest: with 14 victories in the Octagon, he shares the #4 slot with Anderson Silva, and is only trailing behind Matt Hughes, George St. Pierre, Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, and Tito Ortiz. A win over Condit will see Koscheck bypass ‘The Spider’ with 15 wins, only 3 behind Matt Hughes’ record of 18 Octagon victories!

All-Time Rankings: Dan Henderson reaches a milestone

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Jason

Dan Henderson has recently become the first fighter to reach the Top 50 in three divisions: Heavyweight (#46), Light Heavyweight (#8), and Middleweight (#4).  There are 46 fighters (including Dan) who are on two divisional Top 50s.

Norifumi Yamamoto is his closest, active competitor as he is in three Top 55s.  A good streak at Bantamweight would see him join Dan.  However Yamamoto is not in any Top 25 (or 30).  Evan Tanner also shares Yamamoto’s feat, but is in a Top 25 @ Middleweight (#20).

When expanding to Top 60 as the qualifier, Jeremy Horn and Akihiro Gono make the cut.   Expanding to Top 75 adds four more fighters (Vitor Belfort, Jeff Curran, BJ Penn, Anderson Silva).

In case you are unfamiliar with our All-Time Rankings, check them out here.

Stat of the Day: Non-UFC Pro Debut -> UFC

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jason

MMAJunkie posted an article regarding Dustin Jacoby, who will go from his non-UFC pro debut to a UFC card in 11 months.

The quickest ever was Koji Kitao, who made his UFC debut at UFC 9, just 42 days after his non-UFC pro debut.  Since 2000, the record belongs to Frank Mir, who did so in 111 days.  Since 2010, John Salter just edges out Jacoby, having done so in 290 days.

Of course, this statistic excludes fighters like Matt Mitrione, who had the benefit of “The Ultimate Fighter”.

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