UFC Fight Night 78- By The Numbers
9
Number of fights for Neil Magny since February 2014 as he fights for the fifth time in 2015, the second straight year he has fought five times in a calendar year
5
Number of wins for Magny in 2014, which tied the UFC record for most in a calendar year
27
Number of takedowns landed by Magny in his UFC career, tied for fifth-most among active UFC welterweights
524
Significant strikes landed by Magny in his UFC career, currently ninth-most among active UFC welterweights
2.17
Strike differential for Magny, which is the highest differential among active UFC welterweights
21
Age at which Kelvin Gastelum won “The Ultimate Fighter”, making him the youngest winner of TUF in history
2
Number of times Gastelum has officially missed weight for a welterweight bout out of five UFC bouts at 170 pounds
71.6
Significant strike defense percentage rate for Gastelum as a welterweight, which is the best among active UFC welterweights (min. 5 fights)
9
Inch reach disadvantage that Gastelum will have against Neil Magny
15
Current ranking for Gastelum in the UFC’s welterweight rankings
4
Current ranking for Ricardo Lamas in the UFC’s featherweight rankings
10:04
Average fight time for Lamas in the UFC
7
Submission attempts for Lamas in UFC competition, tied for seventh-most among active UFC featherweights
282
Number of UFC events that have occured since Diego Sanchez won the inaugural season of “The Ultimate Fighter”
4:37:57
Total fight time in the UFC career for Sanchez, which is fourth-most in UFC history
3
Times Sanchez has won “Fight Of The Year” in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Year-End Awards
3
Current ranking for Jussier Formiga in the UFC’s flyweight rankings
10:08
Average fight time for Formiga in the UFC, which is the shortest in the short history of the UFC’s flyweight division
14
Guard passes for Formiga in his four UFC wins as he has zero in his two UFC losses
9
Straight wins for Henry Cejudo to start his MMA career
4.09
Significant strikes landed per minute for Cejudo, third-best among active UFC flyweights
184
Significant strikes landed for Cejudo in three UFC bouts
3
Number of UFC stints for Efrain Escudero, who is the only TUF winner to be cut and then brought back to the promotion
5
Knockdowns by Escudero in the UFC, which is tied for eighth-most among active UFC lightweights
1722
Days between UFC wins for Escudero, who won at UFC 114 in May 2010 but didn’t score another Octagon win until UFC Fight Night 60 in February
2.63
Average number of takedowns landed per 15 minutes for Leandro Silva in UFC competition
55.5
Submission finishing rate percentage for Silva, who has scored ten of his 18 wins by submission
10
Takedowns landed by Silva during UFC competition
532
Days since Erik Perez’ last fight, a loss to Bryan Caraway at UFC Fight Night 42 in June 2014
13
Takedowns landed by Perez, tied for sixth-most among active UFC bantamweights
7:33
Average fight time for Perez, shortest among active UFC bantamweights (min. 5 fights)
6
Inches of reach advantage Taylor Lapilus will have over his opponent, Erik Perez
5.18
strikes landed per minute by Lapilus
371
Days since Hector Urbina’s last fight, a submission win over Edgar Garcia at UFC 180 in November 2014
67
Win percentage rate by knockout for Bartosz Fabinski, who has scored eight of his 12 wins by KO/TKO
1
Number of wins by Scott Jorgensen since the start of 2013 as he enters UFC Fight Night 78 having gone 1-5 in his last six fights
23
Length of the last fight, in seconds, for Alejandro Perez, who is coming off a submission loss to Patrick Williams at UFC 188 in June
7
Number of times Gabriel Benitez has been taken down over his two UFC bouts
3.57
Average number of takedowns landed per 15 minutes for Andre Fili
178
Number of significant strikes landed in two UFC bouts for Valmir Lazaro
13
Number of takedowns landed in four UFC bouts by Michel Prazeres
2
Number of first-round wins of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 by welterweight finalist Erick Montano during the season
6
Straight wins by TUF: Latin America 2 welterweight finalist Enrique Marin
80
Finishing percentage rate for TUF: Latin America 2 lightweight finalist Enrique Barzola, who has scored eight of his ten wins by finish (4 by KO/TKO, 4 by submission)
3
Career fights for TUF: Latin America 2 lightweight finalist Horacio Gutierrez, making him the most inexperienced fighter on the fight card alongside Vernon Ramos
302
Number of days in the professional MMA career for Vernon Ramos, who made his professional debut on January 23 of this year
1178
Number of days since Alvaro Herrera last fought, which came on August 30, 2012