It didn’t take a genius to see Mirko Filipovic‘s hesitance in his UFC 103 bout with “Minotauro” Nogueira‘s protege Junior dos Santos. At times, Cro Cop found success with a straight left (leaving the Brazilian with some nasty lacerations and contusions to deal with in the morning), but he eventually settled into a pattern of pushing the Brazilian off whenever he closed in.
FightMetric has released their report for the fight this week, and the numbers are staggering.
Consider this: Cro Cop threw a total of 51 strikes throughout the entire bout. Meanwhile, dos Santos landed 83 of his own. “Cigano” saw the lion’s share of his success going to the body where he landed 49 of 61 strikes (80%), 29 of those landed being power shots.
Full stats:
Strikes by area
| Total | Power | Jab | ||
| Head | 31/109 (29%) | 20/69 (29%) | 11/37 (30%) | |
| dos Santos | Body | 49/61 (80%) | 29/34 (85%) | 20/27 (74%) |
| Leg | 3/3 (100%) | 2/2 (100%) | 1/1 (100%) | |
| Head | 13/36 (36%) | 7/22 (29%) | 6/14 (43%) | |
| Filipovic | Body | 7/11 (64%) | 5/8 (63%) | 2/3 (67%) |
| Leg | 4/4 (100%) | 4/4 (100%) | 0/0 (0%) |
Strikes by round
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| dos Santos | 28/56 (50%) | 30/71 (42%) | 25/43 (58%) |
| Filipovic | 8/21 (38%) | 11/19 (58%) | 5/11 (45%) |
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