Here are 10 interesting pre-'UFC Fight Night 33' fight facts:
1.) Silva has been knocked out in four of his five professional defeats
2.) Hunt has fought in Australia or Japan in five of his seven UFC appearances
3.) Silva’s past seven UFC/Strikeforce contests (win or lose) have ended by knockout
4.) Hunt’s 81 percent takedown defense accuracy is the second highest in UFC heavyweight history. He’s stopped 17 of 21 attempts. Andrei Arlovski holds the UFC heavyweight record (89.5 percent)
5.) Silva knocked out Alistair Overeem at UFC 156 despite being out-landed by 30 significant strikes, the third biggest deficit for a heavyweight who came back and finished an opponent
6.) Hunt has landed 83.9 percent of his significant strikes in the UFC to his opponents’ head, the second largest proportion in heavyweight history. Brendan Schaub (86 percent) tops all heavyweights
7.) Silva has landed 50.9 percent of his significant strikes from the clinch or ground position during his combined UFC and Strikeforce career
8.) Hunt has fought in Australia or Japan in five of his seven UFC appearances
9.) Silva’s 28 significant strikes landed on Fedor Emelianenko in a 2011 Strikeforce fight are the most Emelianenko ever absorbed in an MMA fight
10.) Hunt’s 81 percent takedown defense accuracy is the second highest in UFC heavyweight history. He’s stopped 17 of 21 attempts. Andrei Arlovski holds the UFC heavyweight record (89.5 percent)
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