By the Numbers: UFC 214
Jon Jones has reclaimed his spot atop the light heavyweight division.
Jones closed the book on his rivalry with Daniel Cormier in emphatic fashion, as he became the first person to finish “DC” in 21 professional bouts with a third-round technical knockout victory in the UFC 214 headliner at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday night. With the victory, Jones regained the 205-pound belt he lost for his actions outside the Octagon more than two years ago. .
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17: Light heavyweight victories for Jones, the most in modern UFC light heavyweight history.
14: Consecutive victories in UFC competition for Jones, the second
longest winning streak in the history of the light heavyweight
promotion behind Anderson
Silva (16).
11: Victories in title fights for Jones, tying him with Anderson Silva and Demetrious Johnson for second most in UFC history. Georges St. Pierre is No. 1 with 12 victories in championship fights.
37: Significant strikes by which Jones outlanded Cormier, including a 31-to-5 advantage in the decisive third round. “Bones” distributed” his offense well in all areas, landing 33 significant strikes to the head, 32 to the body and 30 to the leg.
.570: Significant striking accuracy for Jones, who landed 95 of his 165 attempts. Cormier, meanwhile, landed 58 of his 140 attempts, a 41 percent clip.
0: Takedowns landed for both Jones and Cormier, who each failed on all three of their attempts.
21: Takedowns successfully defended by Tyron Woodley against Demian Maia. Woodley never had to go to the canvas against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace en route a unanimous decision triumph in their welterweight championship bout. Maia’s 0-for-21 effort is the second worst in UFC history behind Diego Sanchez’s 0-for-27 takedown performance in a lightweight title bout against B.J. Penn. Heading into UFC 214, Maia’s 60 career takedowns ranked No. 7 in promotion history.
29: Significant strikes by which Woodley outlanded Maia in the five-round bout. There was very little in the way of volume in the bout, as Woodley outlanded his foe 6 to 3 in round one, 14 to 4 in round two, 12 to 8 in round three, 15 to 5 in round four and 10 to 8 in round five.
5:20:34: Total fight time for Maia, who spent 25 minutes in the Octagon on Saturday night to move past Jim Miller (4:57:53), Clay Guida (5:00:51), Tito Ortiz ( 5:00:53) and Jeremy Stephens (5:16:53) into sixth place on the UFC’s all-time list.
42: Significant strikes by which Cristiane Justino outlanded Tonya Evinger in their women’s featherweight championship bout. “Cyborg” outlanded her foe 27 to 16 in round one, 30 to 14 in round two and 17 to 2 in round three, when the bout ended at the 1:56 mark.
13: UFC victories for Robbie Lawler at welterweight, tying him for the fifth most in the history of the promotion. Lawler captured a hard-fought unanimous decision over Donald Cerrone in a featured 170-pound encounter on Saturday.
9: Takedowns defended in 10 attempts by Lawler.
22: Significant strikes by which Lawler outlanded Cerrone in the opening stanza.
20: Significant striking advantage for Cerrone in round two.
7: Significant strikes by which Cerrone outlanded Lawler in the third frame. Still, it was Lawler who earned a trio of 29-28 scorecards from the cageside judges.
70: Seconds needed for Volkan Oezdemir to dispatch Jimi Manuwa (0:42) and Misha Cirkunov (0:28) in his last two UFC appearances.
17: Significant strikes landed by Oezdemir in those two light heavyweight contests. By comparison, the Switzerland native landed 82 significant strikes in a split-decision triumph over Ovince St. Preux in his Octagon debut.
6: Finishes for Ricardo Lamas following his first-round technical knockout stoppage of prospect Jason Knight in the evening’s featured preliminary bout. That ties him with Conor McGregor and Charles Oliveira for second most in the history of the UFC featherweight division. Reigning 145-pound king Max Holloway is No. 1 with eight finishes.
34: Significant strikes by which Lamas outlanded Knight before the stoppage came at the 4:34 mark of round one. “The Bully” landed 42 of 62 significant strikes, a 67 percent success rate. Of those 42 significant strikes, 34 connected to the head.
1: Takedown landed by Aljamain Sterling in the second round of his unanimous decision win over Renan Barao, making him the first person to take down the former bantamweight king in 13 UFC appearances.
50: Total strikes by which Sterling outlanded Barao during the frame in which he landed that takedown.
4: Consecutive victories for Brian Ortega following his third-round submission of Renato Carneiro in their featherweight bout. That ties him with Cub Swanson for the fourth longest active winning streak in the division behind Max Holloway (10), Conor McGregor (7) and Darren Elkins (5).
44: Significant strikes by which Carneiro outlanded Ortega before being submitted at the 2:59 mark of round three. “Moicano” outlanded his foe 41 to 21 in round one, 42 to 26 in round two and 26 to 18 in round three before attempting an ill-advised takedown and falling into a guillotine choke.
4: Consecutive finishes for Ortega, tying him with Chad Mendes and Josh Grispi for the fourth-longest finishing streak in UFC featherweight history. In addition to Carneiro, “T-City” has also stopped Clay Guida, Diego Brandao and Thiago Tavares during his current run.
262: Combined total strikes landed by Aleksandra Albu (109) and Kailin Curran (153) in their preliminary strawweight bout. Albu also landed five of eight takedown attempts to capture a unanimous decision triumph.
16: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 18 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that scored the flyweight bout between Eric Shelton and Jarred Brooks in favor of Shelton. However, judges Brandon Saucedo and Wade Vierra saw it 29-28 for Brooks, giving “The Monkey God” a split decision victory.
2-10: Record for Joshua Burkman in his last 13 UFC bouts (including one no contest) dating back to May 26, 2007. “The People’s Warrior” suffered yet another defeat in the Octagon on Saturday, falling to Drew Dober via first-round knockout in a preliminary lightweight bout. Burkman is 9-2 in non-UFC contests during that same period.
11: Career UFC losses for Burkman, tying him with eight others for the second-most losses in promotion history.
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