FightMetric Scores for WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez

If you're not familiar with FightMetric.com, it's a nifty system that breaks down MMA fights using statistics. FightMetric has released their data for two fights from last night's "WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez."

Leger: Total Strikes (TS), Significant Strikes (SS), Takedowns/ Attempts (TD/ATT), Fight Metric Effectiveness (EFF), Ten-Point Must System (Score)

First up, the fight of the night bout between Scotty Jorgensen (SJ) and Brad Pickett (BP):

	SJ TS	BP TS	SJ SS	BP SS	SJ TD/ATT	BP TD/ATT	SJ EFF	BP EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	27	17	24	16	1/2	0/2	122	122	10-10
ROUND 2	43	18	36	17	0/3	0/2	174	95	10-9 SJ
ROUND 3	34	16	23	12	3/3	0/0	127	93	10-9 SJ
TOTAL	104	51	84	45	4/8	0/4	423	310	30-28 SJ

Pickett was also credited for a guillotine attempt in Round 1. That 10-10 score shows just how close that first round (which we scored 10-9 Jorgensen by a hair) really was.

Next, the rematch between champion Dominick Cruz (DC) and challenger Joseph Benavidez (JB):

	DC TS	JB TS	DC SS	JB SS	DC TD/ATT	JB TD/ATT	DC EFF	JB EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	29	15	17	8	1/2	0/0	51	44	10-9 DC
ROUND 2	19	12	12	11	0/0	0/4	56	39	10-9 DC
ROUND 3	14	11	11	10	1/2	0/4	41	22	10-9 DC
ROUND 4	26	1	0	0	2/2	0/2	56	40	10-9 DC
ROUND 5	15	7	14	5	1/2	0/1	54	34	10-9 DC
TOTAL	103	46	58	35	5/8	0/11	262	179	50-45 DC

Benavidez was also credited with a guillotine attempt in Round 4. Overall, it's a credit to Cruz's defense that Benavidez was not able to finish any of his 11 takedown attempts and only landed a paltry 46 total strikes (including just ONE in Round 4).