UFC 152 Jones vs. Belfort by the numbers and inside the box score
September 23, 2012
-In his last five fights Jon Jones has fought and defeated five former UFC light heavyweight champs. The longest winning streak for any fighter versus UFC champions in the promotion's history
-Jones has now won eight straight fights dating back to March 2010
-The submission was just the sixth of Jones 18 fight career
-Jones has stopped or submitted eight of his 12 UFC opponents
-Vitor Belfort drops to 1-4 in UFC title fights
-Belfort is 3-2 in his last five fights
-The loss for Belfort was only his second via submission. Belfort's only other submission loss cane at the hands of current UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem in April 2005
-Per Fight Metric Jones outpaced Belfort in total strikes with a 96-22 advantage. Belfort's best round came in the third frame but he was still out struck by Jones 30-7
-Demetrius Johnson has gone the distance in his last six fights
-Johnson is 7-2-1 in his UFC/WEC career
-Johnson moves to 2-1 in his career in title fights that go the full five rounds
-All three of Joseph Benavidez's career losses have come via judges' decision
-Benavidez is 0-2 in UFC title fights
-The loss snaps a four fight winning streak for Benavidez; the longest of his UFC/WEC career
-Fight Metric scored the bout 49-47 using the ten point must system. The Fight Metric effectiveness score gave the fight 262-234
-Per Fight Metric Benavidez went 0-7 on takedown attempts while Johnson hit on 5-10 takedown attempts.
-Betting favorites went a surprising 4-8 at UFC 152. The biggest underdog to win was Marcus Brimage at +330
-The UFC returned to Toronto's Air Canada Centre for the first time since UFC 140 in December 2011. UFC 140 was headlined by a title fight between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. Below is a gate and attendance comparison between the two events.
UFC 152
Attendance: 16, 800
Gate: $ 1.9 million
UFC 140
Attendance: 18, 303
Gate: $ 3.9 million