Statistical Analysis: All UFC 2017 Fights

MMAFanatic86 said:
Who were the others?
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See my response to another user:
acannxr said:
I copied down the result of the bout and what weight class it was contested at (444 fights total); copying down the fighters' names in addition to everything else would've been far more work than I would have wanted to do for something as benign as this.
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We all know why welterweight finishes went down when the current champ throws 3 punches a fight
 
chipsnbbqsauce said:
We all know why welterweight finishes went down when the current champ throws 3 punches a fight
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Woodley's fights in 2017 accounted for 2.8% of the total fights at Welterweight, so no, that is a false statement.
 
acannxr said:
Note: I excluded fights that ended in No Contest.

Division Activity (descending order):
71 fights | Welterweight
67 fights | Lightweight
53 fights | Middleweight
46 fights | Featherweight
41 fights | Bantamweight
38 fights | Light Heavyweight
36 fights | Heavyweight
34 fights | Women's Strawweight
29 fights | Men's Flyweight
15 fights | Women's Bantamweight
11 fights | Women's Flyweight*
03 fights | Women's Featherweight

444 fights | Total
*The inaugural champion was crowned on December 1, 2017.

Knockout Percentage (descending order):
52.8% | Heavyweight
50.0% | Light Heavyweight
45.3% | Middleweight
32.8% | Lightweight
31.0% | Welterweight
30.4% | Featherweight
24.4% | Bantamweight
20.7% | Flyweight
05.9% | Women's Strawweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Submission Percentage (descending order):
27.6% | Flyweight
22.0% | Bantamweight
20.9% | Lightweight
17.6% | Women's Strawweight
17.0% | Middleweight
15.8% | Light Heavyweight
15.2% | Featherweight
13.9% | Heavyweight
11.3% | Welterweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Finish Percentage (descending order):
66.7% | Heavyweight
65.8% | Light Heavyweight
62.3% | Middleweight
53.7% | Lightweight
48.3% | Flyweight
46.3% | Bantamweight
45.7% | Featherweight
42.3% | Welterweight
23.5% | Women's Strawweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Knockout-Type Breakdown:
63.4% | Punch(es)
17.2% | Combination
08.3% | Knee(s)
05.5% | Elbow(s)
03.5% | Doctor/Corner Stoppage/Injury
02.1% | Kick(s)

Submission-Type Breakdown:
45.0% | Rear-Naked Choke
13.8% | Guillotine Choke
12.5% | Armbar
06.3% | Arm-Triangle Choke
03.8% | D'arce Choke
03.8% | Von Flue Choke
03.8% | Anaconda Choke
02.5% | Triangle Choke
02.5% | Kimura
02.5% | North-South Choke
01.3% | Kneebar
01.3% | Calf Slicer

I was personally surprised by:
-How active Women's Strawweight was this last year, and how barren Women's Bantamweight is becoming.
-How high Women's Strawweight was in submission percentages compared to the other divisions.
-Flyweight having a higher finish percentage than four other weight classes.
-Welterweight having the lowest finish percentage of all weight classes.

If anyone wants additional information not written in this post, let me know and I'll include it.
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Funny how people can defend a triangle and armbar, but can't defend a RNC with gloves on? WTF? Does people giving up their back when rocked make up for most of those chokes?
 
acannxr said:
What's interesting to note is that despite Men's Flyweight having five times the number of ranked fighters than Women's Strawweight, Men's Flyweight still had five less fights than Women's Strawweight. That tells me the UFC isn't putting forth a concerted and genuine effort into recruiting male Flyweights.
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I bet you're correct. I wonder if we will see them start to release some fighters in that division to balance out the roster since they are not booking enough fights to keep them as active.
 
chuckleknuckle said:
Funny how people can defend a triangle and armbar, but can't defend a RNC with gloves on? WTF?
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We can't really make that inference from those numbers, it lacks the proper context. How many of those RNC's came about after a fighter got hurt from strikes? Whereas a triangle choke, the receiver is in top position; too much context is required.
 
DanaWhitesButler said:
I bet you're correct. I wonder if we will see them start to release some fighters in that division to balance out the roster since they are not booking enough fights to keep them as active.
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I doubt it; the UFC desperately needs fighters due to how many events they're promoting (39 in 2017, and it's likely to be more in 2018).
 
acannxr said:
There were a total of two punch(es) finishes at Women's Strawweight in 2017; one of them was Namajunas' finish of Joanna. However, Women's Strawweight has the fourth highest submission percentage of all the divisions and more fights last year than all the other women's divisions combined.
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Yeah because a.) They're average on the ground and b.) 9/10 a sub is the only way a woman's getting a finish.
 
chitoortiz said:
Yeah but check out his lifetime title defense rate.......

oh shit that's still at 0.0% too
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it's the same as his lifetime loss percentage vs guys under 7ft and 900lbs.

his only losses are to Godzilla and a 8'9 4000lb Nate Diaz.
 
McGruber said:
Yeah because a.) They're average on the ground
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Based on what? There are plenty of men's divisions with higher submission percentages than Women's Strawweight, does that mean they're average on the ground too?
 
acannxr said:
Based on what? There are plenty of men's divisions with higher submission percentages than Women's Strawweight, does that mean they're average on the ground too?
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One thing I love about running the numbers, it absolutely trashed the armchair shit-talk ‘facts’ that usually rule the day around here.
 
HW had 5 subs last year?

Werdum had 1 and Oliynyk had 2.

Who had the other 2?
 
I would like to see what percentage of flyweight fighters that miss weight on the scale.
 
Stevanchez said:
HW had 5 subs last year?

Werdum had 1 and Oliynyk had 2.

Who had the other 2?
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All I know is that 1 submission was an Ezekiel Choke (Oliynyk), 1 submission was an armbar (Werdum), the remaining 3 were Rear-Naked Chokes (Oliynyk, and two other Heavyweights).
 
acannxr said:
Note: I excluded fights that ended in No Contest.

Division Activity (descending order):
71 fights | Welterweight
67 fights | Lightweight
53 fights | Middleweight
46 fights | Featherweight
41 fights | Bantamweight
38 fights | Light Heavyweight
36 fights | Heavyweight
34 fights | Women's Strawweight
29 fights | Men's Flyweight
15 fights | Women's Bantamweight
11 fights | Women's Flyweight*
03 fights | Women's Featherweight

444 fights | Total
*The inaugural champion was crowned on December 1, 2017.

Knockout Percentage (descending order):
52.8% | Heavyweight
50.0% | Light Heavyweight
45.3% | Middleweight
32.8% | Lightweight
31.0% | Welterweight
30.4% | Featherweight
24.4% | Bantamweight
20.7% | Flyweight
05.9% | Women's Strawweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Submission Percentage (descending order):
27.6% | Flyweight
22.0% | Bantamweight
20.9% | Lightweight
17.6% | Women's Strawweight
17.0% | Middleweight
15.8% | Light Heavyweight
15.2% | Featherweight
13.9% | Heavyweight
11.3% | Welterweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Finish Percentage (descending order):
66.7% | Heavyweight
65.8% | Light Heavyweight
62.3% | Middleweight
53.7% | Lightweight
48.3% | Flyweight
46.3% | Bantamweight
45.7% | Featherweight
42.3% | Welterweight
23.5% | Women's Strawweight
*Excluded Womens' Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight due to small sample size.

Knockout-Type Breakdown:
63.4% | Punch(es)
17.2% | Combination
08.3% | Knee(s)
05.5% | Elbow(s)
03.5% | Doctor/Corner Stoppage/Injury
02.1% | Kick(s)

Submission-Type Breakdown:
45.0% | Rear-Naked Choke
13.8% | Guillotine Choke
12.5% | Armbar
06.3% | Arm-Triangle Choke
03.8% | D'arce Choke
03.8% | Von Flue Choke
03.8% | Anaconda Choke
02.5% | Triangle Choke
02.5% | Kimura
02.5% | North-South Choke
01.3% | Kneebar
01.3% | Calf Slicer

I was personally surprised by:
-How active Women's Strawweight was this last year, and how barren Women's Bantamweight is becoming.
-How high Women's Strawweight was in submission percentages compared to the other divisions.
-Flyweight having a higher finish percentage than four other weight classes.
-Welterweight having the lowest finish percentage of all weight classes.

If anyone wants additional information not written in this post, let me know and I'll include it.
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Very cool, thanks for sharing!!
I'd like to share this on twitter is there a twitter handle or IG I can credit?
 
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