Bloody Elbow readers and Fight Metric take an in-depth statistical look at the impact of age on mixed martial arts bouts. The findings don't look good for UFC veteran Josh Koscheck as he faces the younger Johny Hendricks at UFC on Fox 3 this Saturday.
Fight Metric and Luke Thomas break down the numbers of UFC 145's headlining Light Heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans.
A look at the career arc of MMA fighters.
The rules in American MMA are said to reward wrestlers and allow takedowns to play a major role in deciding the fight. But what about in Japan, where fights are scored based on the entirety of the fight? You'd expect a different strategy to be employed. Fight Metric says 'not so fast.'
Through the unique opportunity to analyze the data within the FightMetric project, I’ll be posting a lengthy series of articles exploring current Sabermetrics statistics in baseball as they apply to mixed martial arts. Can some of these statistics be ported to our sport? Do they have meaning?
