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