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@UFC Fighters Raise $13,545 for @FisherHouseFdtn in 2014

2014-12-23T17:01:00.001-05:00

The second year of FightMetric's Strength in Numbers campaign came to a close with the end of Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway. We pledged $2.50 for every minute UFC fighters spent competing in the Octagon during 2014. In total, we saw 5,418 minutes, 50 seconds of Octagon time. This is a new record for the UFC and represents a 35% increase over 2013. It means that FightMetric will donate $13,545 to the Fisher House Foundation to benefit the families of wounded warriors.

Here are some notes from a year's worth of UFC fights and how they affected the charity campaign:

The longest event of the year was Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi on February 15. Fighters that night raised $433.83 with 10 of 12 fights going to decision and total fight time of 173 minutes, 32 seconds. It set a new record for longest event in UFC history. In fact, the three longest events in UFC history occurred in 2014, with UFC 169 and UFC 171 also breaking the 170 minute mark.

The shortest event of the year was Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping, which only raised $159.63. There were no decision on the card and only one fight made it to the third round. It was all over in 63 minutes, 51 seconds.

New champion Robbie Lawler earns the honor of raising the most of any fighter. Lawler spent 88 minutes, 6 seconds in his four fights in 2014, raising $220.25 for Fisher House. Lawler's 2014 sets the modern era record for most fight time by a fighter in a single year. It's only topped by Oleg Taktarov's ridiculous 1995 when he fought nine times and lasted 107 minutes, 50 seconds.

The top three earners in 2014 were:

1. Robbie Lawler - 88 minutes, 6 seconds
2. Neil Magny - 65 minutes, 12 seconds
3. Dustin Ortiz - 60 minutes

The shortest 2014 of any UFC fighter belonged to Doo Ho Choi. He raised a paltry $0.75 for his 18 seconds of work.

Lawler vs. Hendricks II Official UFC Statistics

2014-12-07T00:58:00.001-05:00

UFC 181 - Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks II

Get Paid to Watch Fights in the DC Metro Area

2014-10-29T12:19:00.003-04:00

FightMetric is looking for passionate MMA fans in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to help its data collection efforts. Those selected to participate will get paid to watch fights as trained FightMetric scorers.

To Apply:

Download an application, complete it, and email us at jobs@fightmetric.com.

Lawler vs. Brown Official UFC Statistics

2014-07-26T22:39:00.000-04:00

UFC on FOX 12 - Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown

Sanchez vs. Pearson Official UFC Statistics

2014-06-08T00:37:00.002-04:00

UFC Fight Night - Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson

Welcome to the new fightmetric.com

2014-05-01T13:54:00.000-04:00

Yesterday marked the launch of a new site design here at FightMetric. We've been working on it for quite a while, taking into the account the great suggestions we've gotten over the years from MMA fans across the world. We've added a few new things and tweaked some old things, but the upshot is that there is now more information on fightmetric.com for your enjoyment, most of it unavailable anywhere else in the world. Here are a few of the new features of the site:

Charity Tracker - As in 2013, FightMetric is continuing our Strength in Numbers program, donating money to the Fisher House Foundation for every minute UFC fighters spend competing in the Octagon. You can now follow along at the top of the homepage to see how much fight time has transpired in 2014, along with FightMetric's resulting donation to Fisher House.

Homepage Visualizations - Our homepage introduces a few new ways to display fight data. The most recent main event gets an intuitive chart that shows each fighter's significant strike totals by target and position, with the larger bars indicating the strikes that made up a greater proportion of total striking output. A quick glance shows where each fighter did their best work and how important it was to the totality of the fight. The upcoming main event gets a dashboard comparing the two fighters against each other, but also against the UFC average and the UFC record for that category.

Stat Leader Filters - Our UFC statistical leaders page now gives you the ability to filter by fighter country, weight class, and whether the fighter is active in the UFC. Want to know which Brazilian lightweight has landed the most strikes in UFC history? Now you can find out! (It's Gleison Tibau, by the way)

UFC Rankings Page - The official UFC rankings are now available on our site. We've added some extra detail, such as the results of each fighter's last three fights and the max rank they've achieved while in the UFC.

Deeper Fight Stats - We've added a bunch of new stats to every fight and some charts to help visualize the new data. Every fight now has a breakdown of significant strikes by both target and location. Now it's easier to drill into the striking data to see which fighter mixed their strikes better and who controlled the striking at distance, in the clinch, and on the ground. Check it out for Jones vs. Teixeira.

We'd love to get your feedback on the site. Please feel free to Contact Us with comments, questions, or suggestions for future improvements.

Jones vs. Teixeira Official UFC Statistics

2014-04-27T00:42:00.003-04:00

UFC 172 - Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira

Machida vs. Mousasi Official UFC Statistics

2014-02-16T02:19:00.001-05:00

UFC Fight Night - Lyoto Machida vs. Gegard Mousasi

FightMetric is Hiring a Full-Time Web Developer

2014-01-27T09:15:00.001-05:00

As we continue to grow, FightMetric is looking for a talented full-stack web developer in the DC Metro Area. If you're not in the DC area, we can help pay your relocation costs.

What you will be doing:

Developing leading edge software employing MMA sports statistics, including data capture, data feeds, and fantasy sports games
Project management and oversight
Fight night systems management

Qualifications:

3 years technical experience
Strong self-starter
Familiarity with version control systems (we use Git)
Familiarity with MVC frameworks
Ability to write code up and down the stack (Ruby/Rails/Javascript/PHP/(My)SQL/HTML/CSS)
Disciplined in documentation
Ability to work nights and weekends for events

Good to Haves:

Server setup & management, including cloud and automated tools like Chef
Caching technologies (memcache, redis, etc.)
Deployment and configuration tools (Capistrano, Rake, etc.)

To Apply:
Email us your resume

Henderson vs. Thomson Official UFC Statistics

2014-01-25T22:51:00.000-05:00

UFC on FOX 10 - Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson

UFC Fighters Raise $20,070.75 for @FisherHouseFdtn in 2013 #StrengthInNumbers

2013-12-30T14:01:00.000-05:00

FightMetric's inaugural Strength in Numbers campaign for 2013 concluded with UFC 168. We pledged to donate $5 for every minute UFC fighters spent competing in the Octagon. In total, 2013 saw 4,014 minutes, 9 seconds of Octagon time, a new UFC record for a single year. That means FightMetric will donate $20,070.75 to the Fisher House Foundation to benefit the families of wounded warriors. We look forward to continuing the campaign in 2014 to raise even more money for charity.

Here are some notes from a year's worth of UFC fights and how they affected the charity campaign:

The longest event of the year, UFC on FUEL 7, raised $843.25. That event featured 10 of 12 fights going at least 15 minutes and clocked in at a total of 168 minutes, 39 seconds.

The year's quickest event was Fight Night 32: Belfort vs. Henderson, which only raised $322.00. Seven of the 11 fights that night finished in the first round and only two went the distance. The whole thing was over in 64 minutes, 24 seconds.

Congratulations are due to the fighters we saw the most of in 2013. Their endurance in the Octagon meant hundreds of dollars raised for a worthy cause. The top 3 earners in 2013 were:

1. Mark Hunt raised $255.17 with 51 minutes, 2 seconds
2. Demetrious Johnson raised $250.85 with 50 minutes, 51 seconds
3. Georges St-Pierre raised $250.00 with an even 50 minutes

On the low end, Dave Herman had the shortest year in the UFC, raising $1.41 for 17 seconds of work. Rony Jason had the quickest combined two fights, with a total of two minutes, four seconds, resulting in $10.33. And Gabriel Gonzaga fought four times in 2013 and only managed 9 minutes, 2 seconds of fight time. He was one of only six fighters to compete four times this year and the only one to spend less than a half hour in the Octagon.

St-Pierre vs. Hendricks Official UFC Statistics

2013-11-17T00:50:00.000-05:00

UFC 167 - Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks

Counting down the top 20 fighters in UFC history

2013-11-11T11:25:00.004-05:00

All week long, we'll be counting down the top 20 fighters in UFC history, using a statistical method that is based purely on results, not on popularity. Check out the intro piece today at MMA Fighting and come back every day this week for more:

Monday: Introduction
Tuesday: The Near Misses
Wednesday: Fighters 16-20
Thursday: Fighters 11-15
Friday: Fighters 6-10
Saturday: Fighters 1-5

FightMetric announces Strength in Numbers program, donating $5 to charity for every minute of Octagon time

2013-10-14T09:37:00.000-04:00

FightMetric is thrilled to announce our Strength in Numbers campaign to promote charitable giving and support important causes. For every minute UFC fighters spend competing in the Octagon, FightMetric will donate $5 to a worthy charitable organization.

For 2013, FightMetric’s Strength in Numbers program will benefit the Fisher House Foundation. Fisher House Foundation is best known for the network of comfort homes built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers nationwide and in Europe. Fisher Houses are beautiful homes, donated to the military and Department of Veterans Affairs. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time - during the hospitalization for a combat injury, illness or disease.

To date in 2013, UFC fighters have earned over $15,000 for the Fisher House Foundation with nine events left to go this year. FightMetric will keep track of total Octagon time in the graphic below to allow others to make pledges to an organization of their choice at whatever level they are able. A pledge of even one penny per minute will mean $40-$50 for a worthy cause.

Keep checking fightmetric.com for the running tally for each event and for the year. For more information about the Fisher House Foundation, visit fisherhouse.org.

Jones vs. Gustafsson Official UFC Statistics

2013-09-22T02:38:00.000-04:00

UFC 165 - Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Davis vs. Machida Official UFC Statistics

2013-08-04T00:17:00.001-04:00

UFC 163 - Phil Davis vs. Lyoto Machida

Get Paid to Watch Fights!

2013-07-12T11:41:00.001-04:00

FightMetric is looking for passionate MMA fans in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to help its data collection efforts. Those selected to participate will get paid to watch fights as trained FightMetric scorers.

To Apply:

The application period is now closed. Thank you to all who applied.

Evans vs. Henderson Official UFC Statistics

2013-06-16T00:35:00.004-04:00

UFC 161 - Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson

@ForrestGriffin Retires: His Place in the UFC Record Book

2013-05-28T16:03:00.000-04:00

Forrest Griffin announced his retirement from competition on Saturday, which is a good occasion to reflect on his place in the UFC record book:

Griffin retires with a UFC record of 10-5. His 10 wins make him one of 43 fighters to reach double digit wins in the UFC are currently tied for fifth-most in Light Heavyweight history. He earned six fight night bonuses, tied for first in LHW history with Tito Ortiz. His five Fight of Night bonuses are the most among Light Heavyweights and put him tied for third most all-time. He fought a total of 2:53:16, good for 4th among LHW and currently 28th all-time, seven seconds behind Stephan Bonnar at #27.

Forrest attempted 2,187 total strike attempts, the third-most in UFC history behind Sam Stout and Michael Bisping. His 796 significant strikes landed are the most in LHW history and 8th highest all-time.

Forrest's reputation for toughness and endurance was well-earned. His submission finish of Mauricio Rua at UFC 76 came with only 15 seconds left on the clock, the second-latest submission and fourth-latest finish in UFC history. Griffin's striking rates also demonstrate his increasing pace as fights wore on. He averaged 4.09 Strikes Landed per Minute (SLpM) in Round 1, 4.98 in Round 2, and 5.35 in Round 3, the 7th highest total in UFC history for third round striking.

To date, Griffin still holds the record for most leg kicks landed in UFC history with an even 200. His 38 leg kicks landed against Hector Ramirez are the most ever landed in a LHW fight. He also owns the #2 spot on that list with 35 leg kicks landed in his victory against Rampage Jackson to become only the second Ultimate Fighter winner to claim a UFC title.

Henderson vs. Melendez Official UFC Statistics

2013-04-20T22:45:00.005-04:00

UFC on Fox 7- Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez

St-Pierre vs. Diaz Official UFC Statistics

2013-03-17T01:01:00.003-04:00

UFC 158 - Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz

FightMetric is hiring a full-stack web developer

2013-03-14T16:21:00.000-04:00

Developing leading edge software employing MMA sports statistics, including data capture, data feeds, and fantasy sports games
Project management and oversight
Fight night systems management

Qualifications:

3 years technical experience
Strong self-starter
Familiarity with version control systems (we use Git)
Familiarity with MVC frameworks
Ability to write code up and down the stack (Ruby/Rails/Javascript/PHP/(My)SQL/HTML/CSS)
Disciplined in documentation
Ability to work nights and weekends for events

Good to Haves:

Server setup & management, including cloud and automated tools like Chef

Caching technologies (memcache, redis, etc.)

Deployment and configuration tools (Capistrano, Rake, etc.)

To Apply:
Email us your resume

FightMetric Stats Now Available in French at RDS.ca

2013-03-12T10:03:00.000-04:00

FightMetric's fantasy games have been multilingual for a while (available in English, Portuguese, and French), but the FightMetric stats database is now available in French for the first time. Check out the stats now at RDS.ca.

Machida vs. Henderson Official UFC Statistics

2013-02-23T23:56:00.001-05:00

UFC 157 - Lyoto Machida vs. Dan Henderson

UFC on FUEL TV 7 Sets Record for Longest UFC Event

2013-02-16T23:56:00.000-05:00

Thanks to nine decisions on the card (a new record as well), UFC on FUEL TV 7 had a total fight time of 2:48:39. That sets the new record for longest event in UFC history. It eclipses the previous record, set less than two months ago at UFC 155 of 2:39:16.