Monday, August 23, 2010

FightMetric Scores for Strikeforce: Houston

FightMetric.com has released their report for Saturday's Strikeforce middleweight championship fight between Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza and Tim Kennedy, and the results show just how close the fight was, at least statistically.

Leger: Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (RJ), Tim Kennedy (TK), Total Strikes (TS), Significant Strikes (SS), Takedowns/ Attempts (TD/ATT), Fight Metric Effectiveness (EFF), Ten-Point Must System (Score)



TK
TS
RJ
TS
TK
SS
RJ
SS
TK
TD/ATT
RJ
TD/ATT
TK
EFF
RJ
EFF
SCORE
ROUND 1
9
15
9
15
0/0
0/0
42
95
10-9 RS
ROUND 2
11
9
11
8
0/1
0/1
57
54
10-10
ROUND 3
19
19
7
7
1/2
0/0
59
64
10-9 RS
ROUND 4
14
5
0
0
0/1
0/1
35
20
10-9 TK
ROUND 5
16
12
16
12
1/2
0/1
77
71
10-9 TK
TOTAL

69
69
48
47
2/6
0/3
270
303
48-48 DRAW

The hard part of using statistics in MMA is that the numbers are not as cut and dry as they are in other sports.  When a baseball player hits 40 home runs, you know he hit 40 home runs. In MMA, just because fighter A lands more strikes than fighter B, fighter A doesn't win the fight every time.

This is the case for "Jacare," who we scored winning the fifth round 10-9 despite being outlanded 16-12 and giving up a takedown. We scored it as such because the punches "Jacare" appeared to be more damaging. So while looking at numbers are helpful, they don't always tell the whole story.

FightMetric is an awesome tool, but it is also important not to take statistics at face value.

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