Stats for Suckas: Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort

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Justin Pierrot
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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 Fight Night 32: Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort

Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort

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Dan Henderson

Vitor Belfort
Age 43 36
Camp Team Quest Blackzillians
Record 29-10 23-10
Stance Orthodox Southpaw
Reach 74″ 74″
Win Percentage 13 (T)KO (45%)
2 Submissions (7%)
14 Decisions (48%)		 16 (T)KO (70%)
3 Submissions (13%)
4 Decisions (17%)
Loss Percentage 3 Submissions (30%)
7 Decisions (70%)		 3 (T)KOs (30%)
2 Submissions (20%)
5 Decisions (50%)
Last (T)KO Victory July 30th, 2011, over Fedor Emelianenko May 18th, 2013, over Luke Rockhold
Last Submission Victory Oct. 28th, 1999, over Bakouri Gogitidze Jan. 14th, 2012, over Anthony Johnson
Last Decision Victory Nov. 19th, 2011, over Mauricio Rua Sep. 22nd, 2007, over James Zikic
Last (T)KO Loss N/A Feb. 5th, 2011, to Anderson Silva
Last Submission Loss Mar. 1st, 2008, to Anderson Silva Sep. 22nd, 2012, to Jon Jones
Last Decision Loss June 15th, 2013, to Rashad Evans Oct. 21st, 2006, to Dan Henderson
Submission Victories by Method RNC 1x (50%)
Knee to Ribs 1x (50%)		 Armbar 2x (67%)
RNC 1x (33%)
Submission Losses by method Armbar 2x (67%)
RNC 1x (33%)		 Guillotine 1x (50%)
Keylock (50%)
Year Debuted 1997 1996
Method of first win TKO KO
Decision Victories in the UFC 5 0
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute 2.47 1.44
Striking Accuracy 48% 46%
Significant Strikes Absorbed Per Minute 2.44 2.17
Striking Defense 50% 54%
Average Takedown Attempts per 15 Min. 1.73 1.27
Takedown Accuracy 56% 60%
Takedown Defense Percentage 61% 51%
Average Submission per 15 Min. 0.31 0.7
Average Submission Completion Rate 10.20% 24.00%
Most Significant Strikes Landed in a Fight 82, on May 27th, 2001, against Akira Shoji 47, on Aug. 27th, 2000, against Daijiro Matsui
Total Fight Time 7 hrs, 54 min, 15 sec 4 hrs, 27 min, 54 sec

Having suffered significantly less wear, and now all hopped up on synthetic testosterone, you may lean towards Vitor when you see the statistics. He hasn’t seen the full duration of a fight in 6 years, and has had a pair of vicious stoppages already this year. Henderson, on the other hand, is coming off of a pair of split decision losses. That said, the ever-durable “Hendo” continues to defy the odds and survive brutal beatings in a Homer Simpson-esque manner.

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