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FightMetric Introduces New Fantasy MMA Game
Up until now, fantasy MMA games have been limited to pick 'em contests, confidence pools, or betting play money against the spread. Yesterday, FightMetric announced their new game: MMA Salary Cap. From the FightMetric blog: The game works just like other salary cap style fantasy games. Players are...
UFC 134 Results: FightMetric Recap for Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
UFC 134: Rio notes and numbers from FightMetric: Anderson Silva now holds the record for most knockdowns in UFC history at 15. His two knockdowns of Yushin Okami moved him ahead of Chuck Liddell, who previously held the record with 14. The next highest active fighter is Melvin Guillard with...
UFC 132 Results: FightMetric Reports for Cruz vs. Faber, Siver vs. Wiman
We just couldn't escape a UFC event without some semblance of judging controversy, could we? Most people seem to agree with both of the close decisions at UFC 132 -- Dominick Cruz over Urijah Faber and Dennis Siver over Matt Wiman, but how do they numbers play out? FightMetric has reports for both...
Strikeforce Results: FightMetric Report for Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
My friend turned to me after the final bell and said, "This is going to be close." I felt confident the judges would award last night's Strikeforce main event to Alistair Overeem, though I also expected the numbers to show Werdum with the advantage in volume striking. Werdum was hurt by his...
UFC 131 Results: FightMetric Reports for Dos Santos vs. Carwin, Florian vs. Nunes, and Maia vs. Munoz
Last night's judging was like watching Manny Ramirez shag flyballs in the outfield. The judges caught some balls hit right at 'em, wandered aimlessly and made an adventure of some routine shots, and completely misplayed others leaving themselves looking foolish and incompetent and making fans...
UFC 129 Results: FightMetric Report for Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields and More
Stat-magnates FightMetric released UFC 129 reports for Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields and Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick. The breakdown: The most interesting piece of data from the main event? Jake Shields landed more strikes in the fight (96-92) than Georges St. Pierre. St. Pierre, however,...
FightMetric Research Contest Volume 2: Age
Thanks to all the great contributions in the first research challenge, FightMetric and Bloody Elbow are happy to continue the project on another topic. The research done by the members of the Bloody Elbow community on the topic of reach helped raise the level of discussion around MMA and answer a...
UFC 128 Fight Card: Jon Jones Is a Statistical Monster. Can Rua Tame the Beast?
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has seen a lot in his nine year mixed martial arts career. He's fought the best of the best: Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell, and Lyoto Machida all dot a resume that includes nine fights with former champions. But he's never seen anyone like Jon Jones. No one has. Looking at a...
UFC 126 Results: FightMetric Reports for Griffin vs. Franklin and More
FightMetric released reports for three fights from last night's UFC 126 show: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin, Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha, and Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos. FightMetric also updated their official UFC Records. The highlights: Forrest Griffin outlanded Rich...
UFC 125 FightMetric report for 'Edgar vs Maynard' controversial draw on Jan. 1
Click on the pics to view in higher resolution. Check out the grappling and total performance rating for "Edgar vs. Maynard" and FightMetric's winner after the jump. See FightMetric's detailed analysis here. For complete UFC 125: "Resolution" results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main ...
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