Jon Jones took four of five rounds from Daniel Cormier. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Jon Jones’ sparkling resume got a little bit shinier on Saturday night.
Jones won all aspects of the bout, both outstriking and outwrestling Cormier before punctuating his triumph with a crotch-chop after the final horn. While Cormier had his moments, he lacked the versatility of his foe and appeared to wear down in the championship frames. With a bout of such magnitude in the books, there are plenty of facts and figures to review. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 182, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com.
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12: Consecutive victories for Jones, currently the longest active win streak in the UFC. It is also the fourth longest winning streak in Ultimate Fighting Championship/Pride Fighting Championships/World Extreme Cagefighting/Strikeforce combined history.
8: Successful title defenses for Jones, most in UFC light heavyweight history
1,386: Days of Jones’ reign at 205 pounds. The New York native first captured the light heavyweight crown with a third-round stoppage of Mauricio Rua at UFC 128.
92: Significant strikes landed by Jones. By comparison, Cormier landed 58 significant strikes. Jones outlanded his adversary 25 to 18 in round one, 24 to 15 in round three, 16 to 3 in round four and 11 to 4 in round five. Cormier, meanwhile, outlanded Jones 18 to 16 in the second period. Jones also held a 126-to-78 edge in total strikes.
40: Significant strikes in the clinch landed by Jones. Cormier, meanwhile, landed 22 significant strikes in the clinch.
34: Significant strikes to the body landed by Jones. By comparison, Cormier landed 11.
15: Significant strikes to the legs landed by Jones. Cormier landed seven significant strikes to the legs.
43: Significant strikes to the head landed by Jones. Cormier landed 40 significant strikes to the head.
916: Career significant strikes landed by Jones, the most in UFC light heavyweight history and No. 4 in the promotion all-time behind Sam Stout (970), Frankie Edgar (1091) and Michael Bisping (1,095).
3: Takedowns landed, in five attempts, by Jones against Cormier, who took fourth place in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympics. “Bones” took his opponent down once in round one and twice in round four.
0: Takedowns landed, in 11 attempts, by Cormier opponents in his 12 previous UFC and Strikeforce bouts.
1: Takedown landed, in eight attempts, by Cormier. The American Kickboxing Academy representative landed his lone takedown of the fight late in the final stanza. Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson are the only fighters to take Jones down in UFC competition.
13: Career lightweight wins for Donald Cerrone in UFC competition, tying him with Jim Miller for second most in promotion history.
6: Consecutive victories for Cerrone after his unanimous verdict over Myles Jury, tying him with Khabib Nurmagomedov for longest active streak in the UFC’s lightweight division.
27: Leg kicks landed by Cerrone, including 17 in the final stanza.
.280: Significant striking accuracy for Jury, who landed 15 of his 53 significant strikes attempted. Cerrone, meanwhile, landed 37 of his 83 significant strikes attempted, a 44 percent clip.
0: Takedowns landed, in seven attempts, by Nate Marquardt, in his unanimous decision loss to Brad Tavares. The Hawaiian’s career takedown defense rate is 74 percent.
3: Consecutive victories for Kyoji Horiguchi, the second longest active winning streak in the flyweight division behind Demetrious Johnson, who has won seven straight. Horiguchi took a unanimous decision victory over Louis Gaudinot on Saturday night.
19: Combined significant strikes by which Hector Lombard outlanded Josh Burkman in rounds two and three of their welterweight clash. After Burkman outlanded his foe 17-to-9 in significant strikes in round one , the American Top Team product rebounded to gain a 27-to-19 edge in round two and a 17-to-6 advantage in round three to capture a unanimous decision.
40: Significant strikes to the head landed by Lombard. By comparison, Burkman landed 21 significant strikes to the head.
3: Spinning backfist knockouts in UFC history after Paul Felder dispatched Danny Castillo with the maneuver 2:09 into the second round of their lightweight bout. The first two: Shonie Carter over Matt Serra (UFC 31) and John Makdessi over Kyle Watson (UFC 129).
.875: Percentage of Shawn Jordan’s eight career Octagon appearances (five wins, two losses) that have ended via knockout or technical knockout. “The Savage” knocked out Jared Cannonier 2:57 into the opening frame at UFC 182. The only UFC bout of Jordan’s career to go the distance came at UFC 149, a three-round defeat at the hands of Cheick Kongo.
152: Significant strikes landed by Evan Dunham in his unanimous decision triumph over Rodrigo Damm, the fourth-highest total by a lightweight in UFC competition. Dunham becomes the first UFC lightweight to have more than 100 significant strikes twice. He landed 160 significant strikes in a loss to TJ Grant at UFC 152.
57: Significant strikes by which Marion Reneau outlanded Alexis Dufresne en route to a lopsided unanimous verdict. Reneau piled up a 30-to-10 edge in round one and a 33-to-6 advantage in round three and received a total of four 10-8 rounds from the evening’s cageside judges.