In no means are we saying in any way that Gegard Mousasi did enough to beat Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 36, but we are saying that if this were a kickboxing match, Mousasi would have his hand raised by the end of the night last weekend. At least that’s what the official statistics provider of UFC, FightMetric, tells us in this analytical breakdown of the main event. It’s also important to note that Mousasi was far more accurate in his strikes than The Dragon, proving that Machida may not be that elusive, at least against Gegard.

As mentioned a couple days ago, if Mousasi vs. Machida went ten rounds, the result would be far different — but that’s like saying if I won the lottery every time I played, I would finally have Anderson Silva money.