FightMetric Breaks Down Jackson vs. Griffin at UFC 86
By Brandt DeLorenzo on Jul 10, 2008
You can see the detailed breakdown here.
Griffin
Total Shots Landed: 113
Takedowns: 1
Submission Attempts:3
Jackson
Total shots landed : 73
Takedowns: 1
Submission Attempts: 0
Winner via FightMetric: Jackson, but the fight should have been declared a 47-47 draw.
Notes: Jackson landed 33 power head shots while Griffin landed 27. Griffin beat Jackson out in every other overall category except body jabs (15 to 10).
This is why objectivity isn’t the answer for MMA.
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You must also take into account the strikes which have the highest % of ending a fight. Legkicks rarely end fights…whereas power punches to the head/body do so with a higher % rate. Of the 113 Griffin landed…35 of those were legkicks…Rampage also had a knockdown to go along with that takedown.
Forrest won the fight… I still can’t believe all the people that think he didn’t.
Very good point. I’m just thinking that landing 7 more power shots (33 vs. 27) or 18% more shots to the head shouldn’t be a determination of who wins a fight. Either fighter could easily paw one shot, shoot for a takedown, and end the fight with a submission attempt at any time. It’s just difficult to really score these fights with numbers.
Unfortunately I did not get to see the fight, but I will say this, Rampage knows he didn’t end the fight and left it up to the judges. I read a cool Tim Sylvia interview where he stated that he felt Rampage won. Then he goes on to say that just like fighter’s needs licenses, medical approval, etc. the judges needs to be certified annually.
Of course the criteria for judging an MMA match needs to change. They might as well have boxing judges judge judo competitions.
^Curtis, Forrest won. He beat Rampage. There are many people who will not be convinced until Griffin defends the belt for the first time. Judging from the photos of Quinton in the after party, he’s moving on. Hopefully they both fight before the year is up! Looking forward to see how they both compete in their next matches. I really hope to see more of Jardine’s and Forrest low leg kicks!