UFC 153 Silva vs. Bonnar by the numbers and inside the box score

October 15, 2012

Anderson Silva has now won 17 straight fights; 16 straight inside the UFC

Silva's 16 wins in a row puts him farther ahead of Royce Gracie (11) for the most consecutive wins in the UFC. Georges St. Pierre and Junior Dos Santos are tied for the second most active wins in a row at 9

Silva's 16 UFC wins puts in a four-way tie with Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Georges St. Pierre for second most in the promotion's history. Matt Hughes is first with 18 UFC wins

Silva moves to 4-0 versus former Ultimate Fighter reality show competitors with three first round finishes

20 of Silva's 33 career wins have come via KO/TKO stoppage

The loss snapped a three fight winning streak for Stephan Bonnar

Bonnar has now lost via TKO three times in his 23 fight career

Bonnar was last stopped in the first round by Lyoto Machida in September 2003

The 35 year old Bonnar likely finishes his UFC career with an 8-7 record inside the promotion

Per FightMetric Bonnar actually landed more strikes than Silva (28 vs. 27) but needed 24 more strike attempts to reach that total

Also from FightMetric Silva went 19 for 27 on significant strikes attempts versus Bonnar

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has alternated wins and losses in his last seven fights dating back to February 2008

21 of Nogueira's 34 career wins have come via submission

Nogueira's most used submission has been the armbar where the former Pride heavyweight champion has used it 10 times to closeout a fight

The submission loss was the first of Dave Herman's career

Herman has lost his last three fights all by stoppage or submission before the third round

Herman is 1-4 in the UFC

Per FightMetric Nogueira went 1 for 3 on his takedown attempts, scored one knockdown and attempted three submissions in his two round fight with Herman

Betting favorites went 9-3 at UFC 153. The biggest underdog to grab a win was Cristiano Marcello at +175.

The UFC returned to Brazil's HSBC Arena for the first time since UFC 142 in January 2012. Gate and attendance numbers for UFC 142 were never confirmed by the promotion or the media. The promotion previous offering at the HSBC Arena took place at UFC 134 in August 2011. Below is a gate and attendance comparison for the two Anderson Silva headlined events.

UFC 153

Gate: $2.5-2.6 million
Attendance: 16,844

UFC 134

Gate: not reported
Attendance: 14,000