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August 5, 2012

- Mauricio Rua has alternated wins and losses in his last six fights. The run of fights began in October 2009.

-Rua is 3-2 in his last five fights

-18 of Rua's 21 career wins have come via KO/TKO

-Rua is 6-4 versus American fighters in his career

-Rua is now 1-4 in the UFC in bouts contested in the United States

-Vera is 1-3 with one no contest in his last five fights

-Vera drops to 0-3 in UFC main events

-After starting his career 8-0, Vera is 4-6 October 2007

-Per Fight Metric Rua landed mores strikes in all four rounds versus Vera. The closest round was number three when Rua held a 30-29 strikes landed lead

-Machida is 2-3 in his last five fights

-The knockout of Bader is Machida's fourth clean KO in his UFC career. Bader joins Thiago Silva, Rashad Evans and Randy Couture as Machida KO victims

-Machida moves to 2-0 at UFC bouts in the Staples Center

-Machida is 4-0 versus light heavyweights that competed on the Ultimate Fighter

-All three losses for Ryan Bader have come via stoppage; Bader's previous two losses had come by guillotine choke

-Bader is 2-3 in his last five fights

-All three of Bader's career losses have come to former UFC light heavyweight champions

-Per Fight Metric Machida hit 68% of strikes (21-31) while Bader landed just 22% (7-32)

-Betting favorites went 6-3 at UFC on Fox 4. Rani Yahya and John Moraga were both underdogs who won at +150


-The UFC returned to the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the first time since October 2009. UFC 104 featured a main event of Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua. Below is a gate and attendance comparison.

UFC 104

Attendance: 14,892

Gate: $1.9 million

UFC on Fox 4

Attendance: 16,080

Gate: $1.1 million

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