The march toward quantifying the action inside the Octagon took another step forward today as FightMetric released official UFC records for twelve different statistical categories.
Here are the top five leaders in shortest average fight time (min. 5 UFC fights):
| 1. | Drew McFedries | 2:20 |
| 2. | James Irvin | 2:53 |
| 3. | Shane Carwin | 2:54 |
| 4. | Frank Trigg | 3:55 |
| 5. | Houston Alexander | 4:13 |
And here are the top five leaders in longest average fight time (min. 5 UFC fights):
| 1. | Frankie Edgar | 16:14 |
| 2. | Sean Sherk | 15:35 |
| 3. | Heath Herring | 15:00 |
| 3. | Nik Lentz | 15:00 |
| 5. | Jorge Gurgel | 14:58 |
The other ten categories include Knockdowns Landed, Takedowns Landed, Takedown Accuracy, Takedown Defense, Significant Strikes Landed, Significant Strike Accuracy, Strikes Landed Per Minute, Total Strikes Landed, Strikes Absorbed Per Minute, and Significant Strike Defense.