If you don’t remember the first part of this article, you can find it here.
In September 2010, we looked at non-elite fighters who had been ranked for two years, and consistently won fights, but had become stagnant.
Revisiting the Top 5
1. Nick Penner (9/1/10 Rank: #77 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #72 | [5-0-0 2yr])
Current Rank: Inactive (*)
We must have put the hex on Mr. Penner. He did the exact opposite of what we were looking for, which is go completely inactive.
Much is brought up in MMA and boxing about the creation of an additional division that splits the gargantuan Heavyweights from their slightly smaller counterparts.
One of the data elements that I have recently added and started populating the database with are official weigh-in weights.
The sample set so far is small, but in 166 non-draw official fights where both fighters weighed in at different weights, but above 210 (our Light Heavyweight limit), 87 were won by the lighter fighter, and 79 won by the heavier fighter (47.6%).
Now, here’s a strange one. When you allow for mismatches and include matches in which only one fighter had to weigh above 210, the total tally increases to 191 and the gap widens, with the heavier fighter only winning 86 (45.0%).
This should be interesting to revisit later down the road when more data is available.
For the record, across the board, the heavier fighter has won 51.5% of the time.
Hector Lombard just stopped Joe Doerksen in the first round.
With this win, Lombard enters the Top 10 All-Time list for most consecutive fights without a loss. This is also tied for 2nd for active streaks.
Check out the full list (as of last weekend) in our Records & Stats page.
Includes counts for total pro fights, total pro fights w/ division info, and total pro fights w/ scorecard info.
Another batch of fighters you’ve never heard of with quite an amazing distinction!
With more to come….
Check it out here.
We’ll be improving on this page in the near future.
Shortly, we’ll be debuting a page that will focus on objective statistics that, for the most part, are independent of the rating system. We’ll start with records such as most wins, most fights, most wins without a loss (active streak) and maybe one or two more.
We’ll be looking for more ideas for statistics along these lines, so please feel free to throw your ideas our way.
A historical approximation of Fedor’s divisional dominance rating since mid-2003.
Georges St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva would most certainly pair up the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, barring another big win by Cain Velasquez, or a surprise by Jake Shields.
Since our site only started about 3 years ago, I created a procedure which acts as a good approximation of our Top 10 division dominance list, back to the beginning of MMA history.
Only once before would our #1 have faced our #2, and that match ended by no contest (Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira II). Let’s not hope for a repeat! For the record, Wanderlei Silva inched ahead of these two, and took #1 on the list prior to their 3rd matchup, only to be beaten shortly after by Mark Hunt.
Furthermore, its also important (and amazing) to mention that Georges St. Pierre has never fought above the Welterweight limit, not even pre-UFC, which makes the proposed battle even more tremendous.
Over the last several years, with seemingly increasing frequency, Zuffa has made an increased effort to invite Brazilian prospects straight from their homeland (or elsewhere) into the UFC (or previously, the WEC).
Our counts show 31 Brazilians who had fought previously, but never in the USA, then had their first match with either the UFC or WEC, since late 2004.
Prior to Zuffa: 361-47-4 (.876 Win %)
First Match in Zuffa: 15-16 (.484 Win %)
Future Matches in Zuffa: 54-36 (.600 Win %)
These statistics suggest that the Brazilians were “thrown to the wolves” and/or got a big shock when facing top-notch talent. However, either by more friendly matchmaking, or simply by adjustment, they did fairly well afterwards.
We’ve recently published some statistics for UFC fight outcomes through the history of the organization. Here are similar stats for two MMA promotions that were ‘ultimately’ merged with the UFC.
| Year | T/KO | Sub | Dec | U Dec | S Dec | Draw | NC | DQ | Finish % |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| 1998 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85% |
| 1999 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55.6% |
| 2000 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64.2% |
| 2001 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73.5% |
| 2002 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.4% |
| 2003 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| 2004 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.2% |
| 2005 | 39 | 24 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3% |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94.1% |
| Year | T/KO | Sub | Dec | U Dec | M Dec | S Dec | Draw | NC | DQ | Finish % |
| 2001 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95% |
| 2002 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82.8% |
| 2003 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.5% |
| 2004 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81.1% |
| 2005 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 90.5% |
| 2006 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81.1% |
| 2007 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75.4% |
| 2008 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.1% |
| 2009 | 20 | 18 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47.6% |
| 2010 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.7% |
From our extensive MMA bout database, some interesting statistics on UFC fight outcomes, from 1993 to 2010:
| Year | T/KO | Sub | Dec | U Dec | M Dec | S Dec | Draw | NC | DQ | Finish % |
| 1993 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 1994 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 1995 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.5% |
| 1996 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.4% |
| 1997 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84.6% |
| 1998 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0% |
| 1999 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
| 2000 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.5% |
| 2001 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70.0% |
| 2002 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71.7% |
| 2003 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65.9% |
| 2004 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.4% |
| 2005 | 39 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70.7% |
| 2006 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.1% |
| 2007 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63.7% |
| 2008 | 83 | 54 | 64 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.2% |
| 2009 | 71 | 60 | 91 | 65 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57.2% |
| 2010 | 76 | 65 | 130 | 101 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51.8% |
