Stats for Suckas: Jose Aldo vs Chan Sung Jung

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 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung.

Stats for Suckas: Jose Aldo vs Chan Sung Jung

Jose Aldo	Stats	Chan Sung Jung
26	Age	26
Nova Uniao	Camp	Korean Zombie MMA
22-1	Record	13-3
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
70.0″	Reach	72.0″
13 (T)KO (59%)	Win Percentage	3 (T)KO (23%)
2 Submissions (9%)		8 Submissions (62%)
7 Decisions (32%)		2 Decisions (15%)
1 Submission (100%)	Loss Percentage	1 (T)KO (33.3%)
		2 Decisions (66.7%)
Jan. 14th, 2012, over	Last (T)KO Victory	Dec. 11th, 2011, over
Chad Mendes		Mark Hominick
Sep. 17th, 2005, over	Last Submission Victory	May 15th, 2012, over
Anderson Silverio		Dustin Poirier
Feb. 2nd, 2013, over	Last Decision Victory	Mar. 20th, 2009, over
Frankie Edgar		Michihiro Omigawa
N/A	Last (T)KO Loss	Sep. 30th, 2010, to
		George Roop
Nov. 26th, 2005, to	Last Submission Loss	N/A
Luciano Azevedo
N/A	Last Decision Loss	Apr. 24th, 2010, to
		Leonard Garcia
Arm Triangle 1x (50%)	Submission Victories	Armbar 2x (25%)
Soccer Kicks 1x (50%)	by Method	Triangle Choke 2x (25%)
		RNC 2x (25%)
		Twister (12.5%)
		Brabo Choke (12.5%)
RNC x1 (100%)	Submission Losses	N/A
	by Method
8 sec	Fastest Knockout Win	7 sec
2:0	Headkick KO W/L Ratio	0:1
3	Decision Victories	0
	in the UFC
3.46	Significant Strikes	4.61
	Landed Per Minute
45%	Striking Accuracy	43%
1.91	Significant Strikes	3.77
	Absorbed Per Minute
73%	Striking Defense	64%
0.63	Average Takedown	1.57
	Attempts per 15 Min.
60%	Takedown Accuracy	83%
92%	Takedown Defense	100%
	Percentage
0.1	Average Submission	1.26
	Attempts Per 15 Min.
100%	Average Submission	76.6%
	Completion Rate
94, vs. Mark Hominick,	Most Significant Strikes	89, vs. Leonard Garcia,
Apr. 30th, 2011	Landed in a Fight	Apr. 24th, 2010,
3 hrs, 33 min, 47 sec	Total Fight Time	2 hrs, 4 min, 15 sec

Unfortunately, this is another fight where statistics don’t tell the entire tale. The Fight Metric stats for Chan only show his Zuffa fights, and during that time, he hasn’t exactly fought the strongest crop of wrestlers. Not that the threat of a takedown from Jose Aldo is a huge one, it’s still something that needs to be considered. As well, while “The Korean Zombie” has a great takedown accuracy rate, he’s going to need to do close the distance and use trips or clinch throws against “Scarface,” as the Brazilian – and the majority of his teammates at Nova Uniao – have shown a remarkable defense against freestyle and folkstyle wrestling leg-based takedowns. The only hard part about that is closing the distance while retaining consciousness. So, with all that said, I’m still expecting the Zombie, with his legendary toughness, to carry through to the end of five rounds, but I foresee Aldo being the one getting his hand raised.