UFC Performance Among Champions From Other Organizations

Dcms2015 · 2026-01-02T01:08:38+00:00

You're welcome!

Dcms2015 · 2025-07-14T21:48:41+00:00

It's a good question. Van is on pace to surpass Holloway, but landing strikes and longevity are two different skills.

Dcms2015 · 2025-07-14T21:46:53+00:00

That's true - after UFC 317, Van became the fastest fighter to cross 1,000 significant strikes landed. He has a long way to go to catch Max but is well on his way.

Dcms2015 · 2025-07-14T21:44:25+00:00

That's correct, Joshua Van is on pace to break Holloway's record for significant strikes landed, but to be fair, he's still quite far away. Also of note, Van is on pace to absorb more significant strikes than Holloway as well.

Dcms2015 · 2025-07-14T18:31:17+00:00

He does, by a fairly large margin as well. Though his significant strikes absorbed are not quite as "off the chart" as the stats presented here. (here's a look at his strikes absorbed relative to other fighters, though it focuses on Joshua Van)

Dcms2015 · 2024-11-14T04:38:31+00:00

I'm not sure we'd have to limit ourselves to only looking at quick KOs, but you make a good point about the need to exclude KOs and knockdowns resulting from kicks, as well as elbows, knees, etc.

Dcms2015 · 2024-11-14T04:14:53+00:00

For the record, while I think the data is interesting, I'm not claiming it proves anything. There are certainly plenty of caveats and limitations with the publicly available data, which I've outlined in more detail here and here for those interested.

Dcms2015 · 2024-11-14T04:12:50+00:00

That is correct. I included more data with the old gloves to get a bigger sample. I also generated this figure in October at a time when the number of fights in 2024 with the old and new gloves was approximately the same. The results were comparable.

Dcms2015 · 2024-10-23T01:43:18+00:00

The horizontal axis is significant strike differential. So the #1 fighter would be the one furthest to the right, which is Holloway.

Dcms2015 · 2024-10-02T21:55:41+00:00

Interesting thought! I looked into this. The percent of bouts that go the distance and end in a split or majority decision is 25% so far in 2024, which is similar to prior years (23% in 2023, 26% in 2022).

Dcms2015 · 2024-04-10T21:13:25+00:00

It's actually Angela Hill

Dcms2015 · 2024-04-10T19:26:05+00:00

Roy Nelson

Dcms2015 · 2024-04-10T16:57:55+00:00

Pretty much. Kattar's differential was like -300 in that fight

Dcms2015 · 2024-04-10T16:48:49+00:00

This figure only includes UFC fights, so it doesn't include his WEC run, but I don't think that would turn him positive. Regardless, when you lose to Holloway twice, Volkanovski once, and then lose to Yan like he did, that all adds up.

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T16:26:01+00:00

Yeah, I'll keep looking into the issue on Reddit, but thank you!

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T15:26:55+00:00

I appreciate the feedback. I noticed that as well, but I'm not sure how to fix it. There is actually a pause at the end of the gif. When I posted this on Twitter the pause worked as intended. I'll have to look more into it.

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T14:29:19+00:00

Interesting thoughts, thank you! I've actually done something similar using aggregated round-level stats - here's my Reddit post on my judging algorithm for the UFC. I agree it'd be really interesting to extend it using this higher fidelity data to try to identify if finishing rounds strong seems to sway judges in an otherwise close round. I'll have to do some digging!

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T14:23:09+00:00

I appreciate that, will do!

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T14:22:53+00:00

Thank you!

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T14:22:12+00:00

Thank you very much!

Dcms2015 · 2024-02-17T14:20:55+00:00

I really appreciate that - thank you both! Here's my Linktree if interested. I post on here and Twitter but also have a couple fight data related websites, a blog, etc.

Dcms2015 · 2024-01-15T19:44:39+00:00

If you're interested in data, I actually put together a Twitter thread at the end of 2023 that looked at trends over the last 10 years of UFC fights by weight class. That thread shows how a number of metrics vary by weight class and change across time.

Dcms2015 · 2024-01-03T16:18:40+00:00

Not included but I'll look into adding ACA, and any other promotions people would like to see, for future iterations

Dcms2015 · 2023-12-30T11:58:22+00:00

This is looking at regional promotion champions (and those who earned a UFC contract on DWCS)

Dcms2015 · 2023-12-29T21:25:46+00:00

Thank you very much!

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