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 one of the main card bouts of the upcoming UFC on FOX 8: Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga.

Stats for Suckas: Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga

Demetrious Johnson	Stats	John Moraga
26	Age	29
AMC Pankration	Camp	MMA Lab
17-2-1	Record	13-1
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
66″	Reach	67″
3 (T)KO (18%)	Win Percentage	2 (T)KO (15%)
6 Submissions (35%)		6 Submissions (46%)
8 Decisions (47%)		5 Decisions (38%)
2 Decisions (100%)	Loss Percentage	1 Decision (100%)
Feb. 10th, 2010, over	Last (T)KO Victory	Aug. 4th, 2012, over
Jesse Brock		Ulysses Gomes
Nov. 11th, 2010, over	Last Submission Victory	Dec. 29th, 2012, over
Damacio Page		Chris Cariaso
Jan. 26th, 2013, over	Last Decision Victory	July 7th, 2012, over
John Dodson		Jose Carbajal
N/A	Last (T)KO Loss	N/A
N/A	Last Submission Loss	N/A
Oct. 1st, 2011, to	Last Decision Loss	Dec. 11th, 2010, to
Dominick Cruz		John Dodson
RNC x3 (50%)	Submission Victories	Guillotine x3 (50%)
Armbar x1 (16.7%)	by Method	Armbar x2 (33.3%)
Kimura x1 (16.7%)		Triangle x1 (16.7%)
Guillotine x1 (16.7%)
N/A	Submission Losses	N/A
	by Method
7	Current Decision Streak	0
3 years, 4 months	Apr. Time since last finish	7 months
6	Decision Victories	0
	in the UFC
3.39	Significant Strikes	4.01
	Landed Per Minute
50%	Striking Accuracy	44%
1.97	Significant Strikes	3.68
	Absorbed Per Minute
66%	Striking Defense	67%
3.21	Average Takedown	2.01
	Attempts per 15 Min.
49%	Takedown Accuracy	100%
61%	Takedown Defense	86%
	Percentage
0.08	Average Submission	1
	Attempts Per 15 Min.
100%	Average Submission	76%
	Completion Rate
127, against John	Most Significant Strikes	34, against Ulysses
Dodson, Jan. 26th, 2013	Landed in a Fight	Gomes, Aug. 4th, 2012
4 hrs, 11 min, 55 sec	Total Cage Time	1 hr, 58 min, 7 seconds

Moraga’s stats, unfortunately, are a little skewed in that FightMetric only has two of his bouts on record. That said, he has shown savvy with the guillotine choke, and that right there gives him a weapon to use against a strong wrestler like Johnson. Still, when all is said and done, I expect Demetrious Johnson to talk out of Seattle with his UFC Flyweight Title around his waist.