Sunday, August 4, 2013

10 Facts From 'UFC 163'

Here are 10 interesting facts from 'UFC 163':

1.) Jose Aldo extended his win-streak to 16 and improved to 13-0 in his UFC and WEC career

2.) Aldo earned his fifth successful UFC title defense, which ties Jon Jones and Tito Ortiz for third most in UFC history

3.) Phil Davis outscored Lyoto Machida 29-27 in total strikes landed over the course of their three-round contest

4.) Davis has defeated three fighters currently in the Top 10 of the official USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA rankings – Machida, Alexander Gustafsson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

5.) Davis is only the second foreign fighter to earn two UFC victories over Brazilian fighters in Brazil

6.) Davis has completed at least one takedown against eight of his nine UFC opponents. "Mr. Wonderful" went just two for 10 on takedown attempts against Machida

7.) Machida was defeated for the first time by an opponent who is not a former or current UFC light heavyweight champion

8.) Machida passed Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar for total fight time in the light heavyweight division. At 2:58:54, he’s now third behind Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz

9.) Cezar Ferreira's 47-second submission of Thiago "Marreta" Santos was the third fastest in UFC middleweight history (Rory Singer def. Ross Pointon, TUF 3 Finale, 0:44; Rousimar Palhares def. Thomasz Drwal, UFC 111, 0:45)

10.) Santos suffered the first submission loss of his 10-fight career

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