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Stats for Suckas: Fabricio Werdum vs Travis Browne

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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 FOX 11 main event: Fabricio Werdum vs Travis Browne.

Stats for Suckas: Fabricio Werdum vs Travis Browne


Statistics

Fabricio Werdum

Travis Browne

Age 36 31
Camp Kings MMA Jackson’s MMA
Record 17-5-1 16-1-1
Stance Orthodox Orthodox
Reach 77.0″ 79.0″
Win Percentage 5 (T)KOs (29%)
9 Submissions (53%)
3 Decisions (18%)
12 (T)KOs (75%)
2 Submissions (12.5%)
2 Decisions (12.5%)
Loss Percentage 1 (T)KO (20%)
4 Decisions (80%)
1 (T)KO (100%)
Last (T)KO Victory June 23rd, 2013, over Mike Russow Dec. 28th, 2013, over Josh Barnett
Last Submission Victory June 8th, 2013, over A. Rodrigo Nogueira Apr. 21st, 2012, over Chad Griggs
Last Decision Victory Feb. 12, 2012, over Roy Nelson Sep. 24th, 2011, over Rob Broughton
Last (T)KO Loss Oct. 25th, 2008, to Junior dos Santos Oct. 5th, 2012, to Antonio Silva
Last Submission Loss N/A N/A
Last Decision Loss June 18th, 2010, to Alistair Overeem N/A
Submission Victories by Method Triangle 4x (45%)
Armbar 1x (11%)
RNC 1x (11%)
Arm Triangle (11%)
Guillotine 1x (11%)
Kimura 1x (11%)
Arm Triangle 1x (50%)
Armbar 1x (50%)
Submission Losses by method N/A N/A
Most Submission Attempts in a Fight 6 1
Fewest Submission Attempts in a Fight 0 0
Decision Victories in the UFC 1 1
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute 2.83 2.94
Striking Accuracy 48% 45%
Significant Strikes Absorbed Per Minute 1.86 3.1
Striking Defense 58% 47%
Average Takedown Attempts per 15 Min. 1.98 2.06
Takedown Accuracy 34% 78%
Takedown Defense Percentage 36% 100%
Average Submission per 15 Min. 1.6 0.59
Average Submission Completion Rate 38.80% 58.01%
Most Significant Strikes Landed in a Fight 91, on Feb. 4th, 2012, against Roy Nelson 45, on Sep. 24th, 2011, against Rob Broughton
Total Fight Time 3 hrs, 37 min, 26 sec 1 hr, 27 min, 32 sec

This fight is either going to be really exciting or really boring. We all remember what happened the last time Werdum went into the cage with a striker he couldn’t handle. That’s right, his bout with Overeem in Strikeforce was the worst fight of their Heavyweight Grand Prix. Browne’s moderate reach advantage and ability to exploit a holes in opponent’s games – see his own fight with Overeem – and get the finish are going to be more than Werdum can handle. However, if he attempts to take Browne down, especially with his poor takedown accuracy, Werdum is likely to get Hellbowed into oblivion. So, as I predicted earlier, expect to see “Hapa” TKO “Vai Cavalo” in Round 4.

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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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