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Walk holds a nice lead among all UFC champions! He is the only one who boasts a 100% record
The UFC has another numbered tournament under its belt with two title fights. Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya defended their belts. The latter in particular has been criticized for the fact that his duels often end on points and aren’t all that attractive. For the time being, Jiri Prochazka deserves all the more honour as he leads one of the statistics among the champions.
The UFC has another numbered tournament under its belt with two title fights. Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya defended their belts. The latter in particular has been criticized for the fact that his duels often end on points and aren’t all that attractive. For the time being, Jiri Prochazka deserves all the more honour as he leads one of the statistics among the champions.
Styles make fights. That’s why Jiri Procházka got a title fight so soon in the best organization in the world. Israel Adesanya, the dominant welterweight champion, follows the same motto, but he faces sometimes unjustified criticism.
What is he being criticized for? The lack of early stoppages. His fights are especially entertaining to those who see in his style the beauty of tactics and great movement that allows his opponents absolutely nothing. He’s won 12 fights in the UFC and only 4 of those fights he’s ended early.
It’s just that two otherwise lauded fighters who are labeled as monsters are in the same boat. Namely Alexander Volkanovski, who has an identical record of fights and early finishes, and Kamaru Usman, who is only even in percentage (33.3% early finishes).
Only the women’s champion, Carla Esparza, is doing worse than these three with two terminations out of 10 wins.
Leading this championship statistic is Moravian fighter Jiri Prochazka, who has finished all three of his UFC fights he has won. He remains the only one to do so at 100%. Understandably, however, the small number of fights has an impact on this.
Although given the record Procházka has had throughout his career, it won’t be a surprise if he maintains similar numbers as his number of fights increases. Only once in his 29 wins has Procházka won on points, all other duels ended early.
Right behind Procházka is Francis Ngannou, who has ended 11 of his 12 fights won early. Then there is the sensational record of Charles Oliveira, who, although not now champion, is expected to become one again soon. He has won 19 of his 21 fights and has ended them early.
Source: UFC, Twitter