Monday, December 2, 2013

10 Post-'TUF 18 Finale' Fight Facts Pt II

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Here are 10 post-'TUF 18 Finale' fight facts part II:

1.) Diaz became the sixth fighter in UFC history to earn 10 lightweight victories

2.) Pena earned her first knockout victory since Aug. 15, 2009 – a span of 1,568 days (more than four years) and five fights

3.) Diaz recorded his first knockout in those 10 lightweight wins

4.) Holdsworth has earned all five of his career victories by submission. He has never gone past the second round in any of his combined amateur, “TUF” or professional fights

5.) Diaz’s eighth knockout or submission victories in the UFC lightweight division are tied with Kenny Florian for the third most ever. Joe Lauzon and B.J. Penn lead the category with nine finishes each

6.) Raquel Pennington (4-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) snapped a two-fight losing streak for her first professional victory since September 2012

7.) Diaz’s 12 UFC victories are the fourth most by any “TUF” winner

8.) Jessamyn Duke‘s (3-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) 123 significant strikes landed marked a new UFC record for a debuting fighter

9.) Diaz’s 11 career UFC post-fight bonuses are the third most in organizational history. Anderson Silva and Lauzon lead the category with 12 bonuses each

10.) Roxanne Modafferi (15-11 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered her sixth consecutive MMA defeat. She has not recorded a professional MMA victory since May 2010

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