Take a closer look at UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 in this edition of By The Numbers.
4 Current ranking of Vitor Belfort as a UFC middleweight
11 KO/TKOs by “The Phenom” inside the Octagon, tied with former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva for most in UFC history
3 Consecutive KO/TKOs by Belfort via head kick over Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson, only fighter in UFC history to accomplish such a task
17 Career KO/TKOs by Belfort
12 First round finishes by The Phenom inside the Octagon, most in UFC history
8 UFC fighters including Belfort have earned three finishes in less than a minute each in UFC history
77 Seconds it took for Belfort to score two knockdowns and a KO/TKO of Dan Henderson in their second meeting at UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson
3:40 Average fight time of Belfort at 185 pounds in the UFC, shortest among active UFC middleweights (min. 5 fights)
12 Current ranking of Dan Henderson as a UFC middleweight
28 Seconds it took for Henderson to score a KO of Tim Boetsch at UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
14 KO/TKOs by Henderson in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC competition, 4th most KO/TKOs in combined history
19 Knockdowns by Henderson in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC, 2nd most in combined history behind Wanderlei Silva’s 27 knockdowns
11 Career wins by Henderson over current or former UFC, PRIDE or Strikeforce champions
32 PRIDE event where Henderson earned a unanimous decision win over Vitor Belfort in their first meeting
48 Takedowns by Henderson in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce, 4th most takedowns by a fighter at 183 pounds or higher
87.5 Percentage of Henderson’s career takedowns starting from the clinch
1992, 1996 Years that Henderson competed as a member of the US Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team
4 Current ranking of Glover Teixeira as a UFC light-heavyweight
5 UFC finishes by Teixeira including his most recent rear naked choke of Ovince Saint Preux, tied with Ovince Saint Preux for most finishes since 2012 in UFC light-heavyweight division
20 Career finishes by Teixeira across his 23 career wins (13 KO/TKOs, 7 subs)
3.75 Significant strikes landed per minute rate by Teixeira, 6th best rate among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights)
321 Sig. strikes landed by Teixeira inside the Octagon
87 Percentage of those sig. strikes by Teixeira targeting his opponent’s head, largest proportion of head strikes in UFC light-heavyweight history (min. 5 fights and 350 sig. att.)
53.6 Takedown accuracy percentage by Teixeira, best among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights and 20 att.)
9 Current ranking of Patrick Cummins as a UFC light-heavyweight
7.16 Takedowns per 15 minutes rate by “Durkin”, best rate in UFC history (min. 5 fights)
52 Takedown accuracy percentage by Cummins, 2nd best among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights and 20 att.)
26 Takedowns by Cummins, 3rd most among active UFC light-heavyweights
10 Of those takedowns by Cummins came against Kyle Kingsbury, 2nd most ever landed in a UFC light-heavyweight fight behind Rodney Wallace’s 11 against Jared Hamman
4.37 Significant strikes landed per minute rate by Cummins, 3rd best among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights)
238 Significant strikes landed by Durkin
65.1 Percentage of those sig. strikes landed by Cummins were ground strikes, largest proportion of sig. ground strikes in UFC light-heavyweight history (min. 5 fights and 350 sig. att.)
+2.61 Significant strikes landed per minute differential in favor of Cummins, best among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights)
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