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Stats for Suckas: Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira II

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Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential trends in a fighter as well. So, with thanks to Sherdog and FightMetric.com for the raw data, let’s examine the main event of the upcoming UFC on Fuel 10 card: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva.

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Fabrico Werdum
35
Kings MMA
16-5-1
Orthodox
77″
5 (T)KOs (31%)
8 Submissions (50%)
4 Decisions (19%)
1 (T)KO (20%)
4 Decisions (80%)
Mike Russow
(06/23/2013)
Fedor Emalianenko,
(06/26/2010)
Roy Nelson
(02/04/2012)
Junior dos Santos
(10/25/2008)
N/A
Alistair Overeem
(06/18/2011)
Triangle choke x4 (50%)
RNC X1 (12.5%)
Arm Triangle x1 (12.5%)
Guillotine x1 (12.5%)
N/A
4
3 (75%)
1
2.77
47%
1.86
57%
1.89
33%
33%
1.58
38.10%
91, against Roy Nelson
at UFC 143 (02/04/2012)
209 min., 45 sec.

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Stats
Age
Camp
Record
Stance
Reach
Win Percentage
Loss Percentage
Last (T)KO Victory
Last Submission Victory
Last Decision Victory
Last (T)KO Loss
Last Submission Loss
Last Decision Loss
Submission Victories
by Method
Submission Losses
by Method
Fights in June
Fights in June Won
Decision Victories
in the UFC
Significant Strikes
Landed Per Minute
Striking Accuracy
Significant Strikes
Absorbed Per Minute
Striking Defense
Average Takedown
Attempts per 15 Min.
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Percentage
Average Submission
Attempts Per 15 Min.
Average Submission
Completion Rate
Most Significant Strikes
Landed in a Fight
Total Cage Time

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A. Rodrigo Silva
37
Team Nogueira
34-7-1, 1 N/C
Orthodox
77″
3 (T)KOs (9%)
21 Submissions (62%)
10 Decisions (29%)
2 (T)KO (29%)
1 Submission (14%)
4 Decisions (57%)
Brendan Schaub
(08/27/2011)
Dave Herman
(10/13/2012)
Randy Couture
(08/29/2009)
Cain Velasquez
(02/20/2010)
Frank Mir
(12/10/2011)
Josh Barnett
(09/10/2006)
Armbar x10 (47.6%)
Triangle choke x4 (19%)
Anaconda x2 (9.5%)
Guillotine x1 (5.8%)
Arm Triangle x1 (5.8%)
RNC x1  (5.8%)
Crucifix x1 (5.8%)
Keylock x1 (5.8%)
Kimura x1 (100%)
3
3 (100%)
2
1.85
42%
2.15
58%
1.36
33%
36%
2.58
6.30%
69, against Josh Barnett
at Pride Shockwave ’06
1919 min, 39 sec.

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As you can see, “Big Nog” has taken an absurd amount of punishment in 31+ hours he’s been in in the cage or ring. With Werdum’s ever improving striking, I see him finishing Nogueira in the second round by (T)KO.

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Justin Pierrot is MMASucka.com's resident musicologist and TUF aficionado. When not looking after his family or writing his weekly pieces, he's making music as Stormland or building Gundam models.

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