CompuStrike Stats for UFC 92
By Brandt DeLorenzo on Dec 30, 2008
CompuStrike has released their statistics for UFC 92 on their site. Here’s an overview of the fights on the main card.
Rashad Evans W 3 (KO) Forrest Griffin
Inside The Numbers: It was all standup, and as expected, Griffin was the busier fighter. He landed 58 of 167 total strikes thru two rounds to 36 of 73 for Evans. 18 of those 58 landed strikes by Griffin were leg strikes. In round three, Evans caught a Griffin kick and took the fight to the mat where he landed 32 ground strikes before the fight was stopped at 2:46.
Frank Mir W 2 (KO) Antonio Nogeira
Inside The Numbers: Mir’s standup game the surprise of the night. He set the pace from the opening bell, throwing 86 total strikes in round one. He landed a combined 32 arm and leg strikes in the round to just 10 for Nogueira, who was knocked down twice.
Rampage Jackson W 1 (KO) Wanderlei Silva
Inside The Numbers: They were tentative for the first three minutes of the round, throwing less than 50 combined total strikes. A single Jackson left hook iced Silva at 3:21.
Cheick Kongo W 1 (KO) Mostapha Al Turk
Inside The Numbers: After exchanging shots to each other’s balls, Kongo dropped Turk with a right hand, then proceeded to land 48 ground strikes before the fight was stopped at 4:37.
Matt Hamill W 2 (KO) Reese Andy
Inside The Numbers: Close, action packed first round, as Andy landed 38 of 84 total strikes to 29 of 87 for Hamill, who landed the harder shots. It was all Hamill in round two, as he outlanded Andy 45-6 in total strikes, including 24 of 35 from the ground.
For more details, check out the CompuStrike UFC 92 statistics.
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Referee’s have it really tough.
With that said, I think Herb Dean did a great job in stopping Big Nog from receiving any further damage. He could barely intelligently defend himself standing up from Mir’s crisp striking.
48 strikes?? I thought that stoppage was really late.
And there’s there the Evans-Griffin stoppage, which wasn’t so bad but the referee could have ended that a little earlier. Continuous concussive blows can come back to haunt a fighter, look no further than many retired NFL dealing with many physical ailments.
The ref for the Jackson-Silva bout also did a good job for recognizing that Silva’s body checked out on impact and attempting to shove an andrenaline-fueled Rampage off Wanderlei’s limp body. All shots afters the left hook were unnecessary.
If you really think about it, that left hook put a major dent in Wanderlei’s career and Chuck Liddell’s career.
After watching Liddell in his fight against Evans and Wand versus Rampage, both guys were just swinging for the fences and leaving themselves wide open. I can see Rampage losing his next fight if it’s anything other than a boxing match.
I don’t know but I do think MMA fighters tendency to stand and trade doesn’t make sense especially if fighters like Wanderlei have an advantage on the ground against strikers like Rampage. He really had nothing to prove in the striking department.
I think in striking Rampage keeps himself vulnerable when he’s on defense. He covers up like Tito some times. Some one can take advantage of him in striking but apparently he hits really hard. We don’t know what will happen to him against Forrest in a rematch. Forrest is busier and did better against Jackson than Liddell and Wanderlei.
Grappling or wrestling, probably not. His defensive skills on his back in really bad positions was kind of impressive against Dan Henderson and Griffin. The 2nd round against Griffin was Rampage in survival mode.
via submission? Maybe that’s the key but Jackson will tell you that he got jui-jitsu. It would be really interesting to see what happens if he tightens up that aspect of his game.