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

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 […]
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.
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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