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Formerly writing for Vice Sports with the series titled Cage Captions, my new project, Fight Facts, is currently a collaboration with the great folks at Combat Docket!
The name may have changed, and some of the stylistic features from Cage Captions have been altered, but it's the same great information presented in a slightly different format. Fightland forever!
Fight Facts: UFC 217
11/5/17
Total number of UFC Fights: 4385
Total number of UFC Events: 416
Line ‘em Up
UFC 217 was the first card since UFC 202 in August 2016 to feature at least SEVEN KO/TKOs.
Knock ‘em Down
With a whopping 11 knockdowns scored at UFC 217, the event tied UFC on Versus 4 for the third-most knockdowns at an event in UFC history, behind UFC 160 with 12 and UFC 199 with 15.
Changing of the Guard
After three cards that each held three title fights (UFC 33, 205, and 214), UFC 217 was the FIRST card in company history to have all three champions lose their belts.
And Then There Were Four
Winning a fight in the middleweight division for the first time in his career, Georges St-Pierre became the FOURTH fighter in UFC history to win a championship fight in two divisions, joining Randy Couture, BJ Penn, and Conor McGregor.
Tap, Nap, or Snap
By performing a submission on Michael Bisping which put Bisping to sleep, Georges St-Pierre became just the SECOND fighter in UFC history to submit an opponent (Frank Trigg), put an opponent to sleep with a technical submission (Bisping), and make a fighter verbally submit (Matt Hughes), joining Jacare Souza.
From My Cold, Sleeping Hands
After getting rendered unconscious by Georges St-Pierre’s rear naked choke, Michael Bisping became the THIRD fighter to be put to sleep by a submission in a title fight in UFC history. Jon Jones choked Lyoto Machida unconscious at UFC 140 in 2011, and Miesha Tate put Holly Holm to sleep at UFC 196 in 2016.
Long Time Coming
Georges St-Pierre finished a fight for the first time since 2009, when BJ Penn quit on the stool after the fourth round of their rematch at UFC 94. It was also his first submission win in almost TEN years, when GSP armbarred Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in 2007.
Winners Always Win
By prevailing over Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre ended up tying Bisping’s record for the most wins in UFC history with 20.
This win was also GSP’s 13th consecutive win, tying Jon Jones for the second-longest streak in UFC history, and both of whom are shy of Anderson Silva’s massive 16 win streak.
Is There a Bounty on His Head?
After GSP's bonus-winning performance, ALL four fighters to stop Michael Bisping inside the Octagon have won a post-fight bonus.
Count on Him
Michael Bisping fought in his 28th UFC bout against Georges St-Pierre, tying the record for the most fights in UFC history set last week by Jim Miller.
It’s Like Butter
Known primarily as a submission artist, with 5 of her 6 wins going into her title fight coming by way of submission, Rose Namajunas won her first career fight by knockout.
Erased
En route to his 11th win in 11 fights, the freshly-renamed Paulo Costa (formerly known as Paulo Borrachinha) had his longest career fight, taking just under six and a half minutes to demolish Johny Hendricks.
Stopping all eleven of his opponents, Costa has scored KO/TKOs in 10 of those wins.
C’mon Man
Throwing a kick after the referee called time due to an inadvertent groin strike, Walt Harris lost his fight against Mark Godbeer by DQ, just the 12th DQ overall, and the first since Ron Stallings was disqualified for hitting Joe Riggs with an illegal upkick at UFC 191 in 2015.
Spin Spin Sugar
Ricardo Ramos pulled off just the SECOND spinning back elbow KO in UFC history when he leveled the previously unbeaten Aiemann Zahabi in the third round, a finish first performed by Dong Hyun Kim against John Hathaway in 2014.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, the UFC had never utilized instant replay to determine the ending of a fight, defending champions Cody Garbrandt (11-0) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-0) had never been defeated, and Joe Duffy had never been knocked out (19 fights).
It Wasn’t Easy, but Nothing Is
For the 23rd recorded time in his UFC career, Michael Bisping walked out to “Song 2” by British band Blur. Dropping his seventh fight with the track, Bisping still maintains a solid winning percentage of about 70% with it, although four of those losses came by way of a stoppage.
Bisping first walked out to “Song 2” back at UFC 75 in 2007, and then switched out for three appearances to The Clash’s “London Calling” and Puff Daddy’s “Come with Me” from the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack, before switching back full time to Blur in 2008.
When Bisping first used “Song 2,” from other 21 fighters on the UFC 217 card, only Georges St-Pierre, Jorge Masvidal, and Oleksiy Oliynyk had begun their MMA careers.
Kicking Your Can All Over the Place
Walking out to a song that he has used to pump himself up since high school, Cody Garbrandt has utilized Queen’s “We Will Rock You” for all seven bouts of his UFC career. Suffering his first career loss, he still holds an impressive 6-1 record when using Queen.
Shame! Shame! Shame!
In a rare mistake, a producer for the UFC accidentally played the song Mark Godbeer walked out to, Oasis’s “Supersonic”, when Rose Namajunas made her walk to the Octagon. Rose intended to walk out to “Sweet Freedom” by Michael McDonald instead.
This card was fantastic. I'd probably put it up among my top five cards, but I'll leave that debate for another thread. There was a tremendous amount of information coming from 217, and I could have gone on for several more slides but I wanted to give everyone information they can't usually find on a random post-fight stats page. Even so, I still felt compelled to put in some milestones, because they are that important to point out.
Like usual, if you have any questions, comments, queries or concerns, please let me know. I'm developing this with fans in mind first and foremost, and I'm always looking for ways to improve it. The new segment of "Never Say Never Again" seems to have been well enough received, so I'll keep it going for now.
Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out my buddies at Combat Docket!
The name may have changed, and some of the stylistic features from Cage Captions have been altered, but it's the same great information presented in a slightly different format. Fightland forever!
Fight Facts: UFC 217
11/5/17
Total number of UFC Fights: 4385
Total number of UFC Events: 416
Line ‘em Up
UFC 217 was the first card since UFC 202 in August 2016 to feature at least SEVEN KO/TKOs.
Knock ‘em Down
With a whopping 11 knockdowns scored at UFC 217, the event tied UFC on Versus 4 for the third-most knockdowns at an event in UFC history, behind UFC 160 with 12 and UFC 199 with 15.
Changing of the Guard
After three cards that each held three title fights (UFC 33, 205, and 214), UFC 217 was the FIRST card in company history to have all three champions lose their belts.
And Then There Were Four
Winning a fight in the middleweight division for the first time in his career, Georges St-Pierre became the FOURTH fighter in UFC history to win a championship fight in two divisions, joining Randy Couture, BJ Penn, and Conor McGregor.
Tap, Nap, or Snap
By performing a submission on Michael Bisping which put Bisping to sleep, Georges St-Pierre became just the SECOND fighter in UFC history to submit an opponent (Frank Trigg), put an opponent to sleep with a technical submission (Bisping), and make a fighter verbally submit (Matt Hughes), joining Jacare Souza.
From My Cold, Sleeping Hands
After getting rendered unconscious by Georges St-Pierre’s rear naked choke, Michael Bisping became the THIRD fighter to be put to sleep by a submission in a title fight in UFC history. Jon Jones choked Lyoto Machida unconscious at UFC 140 in 2011, and Miesha Tate put Holly Holm to sleep at UFC 196 in 2016.
Long Time Coming
Georges St-Pierre finished a fight for the first time since 2009, when BJ Penn quit on the stool after the fourth round of their rematch at UFC 94. It was also his first submission win in almost TEN years, when GSP armbarred Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in 2007.
Winners Always Win
By prevailing over Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre ended up tying Bisping’s record for the most wins in UFC history with 20.
This win was also GSP’s 13th consecutive win, tying Jon Jones for the second-longest streak in UFC history, and both of whom are shy of Anderson Silva’s massive 16 win streak.
Is There a Bounty on His Head?
After GSP's bonus-winning performance, ALL four fighters to stop Michael Bisping inside the Octagon have won a post-fight bonus.
Count on Him
Michael Bisping fought in his 28th UFC bout against Georges St-Pierre, tying the record for the most fights in UFC history set last week by Jim Miller.
It’s Like Butter
Known primarily as a submission artist, with 5 of her 6 wins going into her title fight coming by way of submission, Rose Namajunas won her first career fight by knockout.
Erased
En route to his 11th win in 11 fights, the freshly-renamed Paulo Costa (formerly known as Paulo Borrachinha) had his longest career fight, taking just under six and a half minutes to demolish Johny Hendricks.
Stopping all eleven of his opponents, Costa has scored KO/TKOs in 10 of those wins.
C’mon Man
Throwing a kick after the referee called time due to an inadvertent groin strike, Walt Harris lost his fight against Mark Godbeer by DQ, just the 12th DQ overall, and the first since Ron Stallings was disqualified for hitting Joe Riggs with an illegal upkick at UFC 191 in 2015.
Spin Spin Sugar
Ricardo Ramos pulled off just the SECOND spinning back elbow KO in UFC history when he leveled the previously unbeaten Aiemann Zahabi in the third round, a finish first performed by Dong Hyun Kim against John Hathaway in 2014.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, the UFC had never utilized instant replay to determine the ending of a fight, defending champions Cody Garbrandt (11-0) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-0) had never been defeated, and Joe Duffy had never been knocked out (19 fights).
It Wasn’t Easy, but Nothing Is
For the 23rd recorded time in his UFC career, Michael Bisping walked out to “Song 2” by British band Blur. Dropping his seventh fight with the track, Bisping still maintains a solid winning percentage of about 70% with it, although four of those losses came by way of a stoppage.
Bisping first walked out to “Song 2” back at UFC 75 in 2007, and then switched out for three appearances to The Clash’s “London Calling” and Puff Daddy’s “Come with Me” from the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack, before switching back full time to Blur in 2008.
When Bisping first used “Song 2,” from other 21 fighters on the UFC 217 card, only Georges St-Pierre, Jorge Masvidal, and Oleksiy Oliynyk had begun their MMA careers.
Kicking Your Can All Over the Place
Walking out to a song that he has used to pump himself up since high school, Cody Garbrandt has utilized Queen’s “We Will Rock You” for all seven bouts of his UFC career. Suffering his first career loss, he still holds an impressive 6-1 record when using Queen.
Shame! Shame! Shame!
In a rare mistake, a producer for the UFC accidentally played the song Mark Godbeer walked out to, Oasis’s “Supersonic”, when Rose Namajunas made her walk to the Octagon. Rose intended to walk out to “Sweet Freedom” by Michael McDonald instead.
This card was fantastic. I'd probably put it up among my top five cards, but I'll leave that debate for another thread. There was a tremendous amount of information coming from 217, and I could have gone on for several more slides but I wanted to give everyone information they can't usually find on a random post-fight stats page. Even so, I still felt compelled to put in some milestones, because they are that important to point out.
Like usual, if you have any questions, comments, queries or concerns, please let me know. I'm developing this with fans in mind first and foremost, and I'm always looking for ways to improve it. The new segment of "Never Say Never Again" seems to have been well enough received, so I'll keep it going for now.
Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out my buddies at Combat Docket!
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