Statistics has taken over the sport. Individual indicators, percentages, trend calculations — all this has become an integral part of the industry. Mixed martial arts is no exception: take a look at how the number of punches helps determine the winner of an even fight. The same can be said about the opponent's control time and attempts to transfer to the ground.
It is not surprising that such a rich number of criteria allows fighters to set incredible records:
- 16 winsUFC Hall of Famer Anderson «The Spider» Silva won in a row. Try it again;
- 19 submissions by Brazilian Charles Oliveira. Dana White's undisputed league record holder;
- 5 seconds — that's how long it took Jorge Masvidal to knock out Ben Askren;
- 744 hits thrown out by Max Holloway against Calvin Kattar. And the last one somehow survived until the judges' verdict;
- 48 takedown attempts. Georgian Merab Dvalishvili tried so many times to knock down our Peter Yan.
Khabib Nurmagomedov did not stand aside either. Exactly ten years ago, on May 25, 2013, the ex-UFC lightweight champion redrawn the history of MMA and showed the world the full power of the Dagestan wrestling.
On a three win streak in the UFC, Khabib took on a 19-0 record against Abel Trujillo of the United States. And he won the jubilee, 20th victory (by unanimous decision of the judges): the performance was so dominant that in three rounds of five minutes each, the domestic athlete transferred the opponent to canvas 21 times. Just think about this number: not a single representative of the UFC has ever been on the lower floor so many times — Trujillo fell on his head, arms or body, persistently trying to get out of the grip of the favorite. Unsuccessfully. Abel still flew over the octagon and the meteorite flew down.
In fact, Khabib simply wiped the octagon with an American. The owner of the octagon turned out to be too hospitable and gave Nurmagomedov one of the brightest highlights in his career. Which even without early completion of the meeting turned out to be historical.
Subsequently, Khabib explained what happened in the cage. If you watch the fights of the undefeated Russian, you can see how actively he uses his legs to fix the opponent under him. Then comes a total beating with the possibility of going to painful/suffocating techniques … However, Orel approached the meeting with Trujillo with sore ligaments and a constantly aching knee — there was no question of any dominant position. Hence the obvious way out of the situation: maximum throws — minimum work in the stance with a dangerous American.
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«In that fight, I set a UFC record with 21 takedowns in one fight. A month before I hurt my knee and couldn't fight properly. The decision was made very quickly: just grab and throw your opponent for 15 minutes straight. If there is a desire, there is always a solution.»
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Former UFC Champion
It is important to note that at that time the record for takedowns belonged to the American Sean Sherk (16). But in 2007, he was doing takedowns for five rounds. Khabib, on the other hand, had enough of a three-round fight.
As for the Orel rival, we will tell you how Abel Trujillo got into a terrible scandal in 2020. The fighter was arrested after being charged with “sexual exploitation of a child and criminal obscenity”: US police documents indicated that pornography involving a minor was found in the athlete’s house (and later on his smartphone). In the state of Colorado, this is considered sexual exploitation of a child — this is from 12 to 18 months in prison plus a fine of up to 100 thousand dollars. It also turned out that the American communicated with minors and sent them obscene messages. mother of his child, got off with two years probation.