He holds the UFC record for significant strike accuracy at 74.5 percent. Both of her losses have come via first-round submissions.Īlistair Overeem relies on accuracy against Mark Hunt Cooper has struggled on the ground in her short UFC career. For the performance, she earned 107.5 DraftKings points, which was second best, behind only Tyson Pedro.
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Prior to this fight, Calvillo had never scored a submission in her professional career, and she finished only one in her six-fight amateur career. Since 2013, he has fought only three times and been outlanded 132 to 85 in terms of significant strikes.Ĭynthia Calvillo makes quick work of Amanda Cooper in UFC debut During his career, Evans has been prone to bad days, but never against this level of competition. He really could not pull the trigger and get anything going offensively. Even though he could not drag the better wrestler to the ground, he was able to dictate the pace of the fight.Įvans performance in this fight is eerily similar to his fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. His striking style is used to set up his takedowns. Kelly is never going to be a polished striker, but he has found a style that works for him. He threw 115 more strikes than Evans and attempted twice as many takedowns. Kelly simply outworked Evans on the way to a decision victory. In his three UFC fights, he has averaged 94 points per game.ĭan Kelly takes decision over former champion Rashad Evans Teymur ended up being the third best DraftKings value, as players paid only $81.18 per point. He also proved to be a bit of a takedown threat despite coming from a kickboxing background. He ended up landing 90 significant strikes, while absorbing only 76. However, Teymur was always one step ahead in the striking game. It was a close fight, as both landed hard shots. His purchase price on DraftKings was only $6,900, yet he ended up handily taking the decision.
Teymur came into this fight as the second biggest underdog on the card.
As champion, the potential for longer fights makes him a less risky pick. Although, despite the lackluster performance, he still finished with 75 DraftKings points, which was eighth best on the night. While he has the power to knock out anyone with a single blow, he often ends up in fights with little or no action. Woodley remains a bit of a enigma for DFS players. In two fights against Thompson, Woodley has landed 38 percent of his significant strikes on the ground but only attempted three takedowns. It is puzzling that he attempted only two takedowns, since his best success in both fights came when he was on the top. In this fight, he landed 2.16 significant strikes per minute, which is below his career rate of 2.51. He never landed enough to sway the judges or do any real damage to the champion. In the other rounds, Thompson slightly outlanded Woodley 26 to 22 on significant strikes. Woodley pretty clearly won rounds three and five. However, he simply did not do enough to win rounds. For the majority of the fight, he was able to stay on the outside and fight at his desired range. It is pretty amazing that Thompson employed basically the same strategy against Woodley in the rematch. Tyron Woodley edges Stephen Thompson in uneventful main event The following is a by-the-numbers recap that highlights the stats and milestones that stood out on the main card, with stats courtesy of. Thankfully the rest of the main card was action packed. Once again, these two fought to a close decision, but the fight was more lackluster than anything. Their first fight was a close affair that ended in a draw. In the main event of UFC 209, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title against Stephen Thompson. This article is part of our Fight Stat Wrap series.
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