UFC 170 takes place this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Before the fights begin, let’s look at the three former Olympians at the top of the main card - female bantamweights Ronda Rousey and Sara McMann, and light heavyweight Daniel Cormier – by the numbers.

28

Combined MMA wins between UFC 170’s former Olympians Ronda Rousey, Sara McMann, and Daniel Cormier

0

Combined MMA losses between Rousey, McMann, and Cormier

2008

Olympic Games where UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey won a bronze medal in judo, first US woman to ever medal in judo in the history of the Olympic Games

2004

Olympic Games where Sara McMann won a silver medal in wrestling

2004, 2008

Olympic Games where Daniel Cormier represented the US in freestyle wrestling

56

Days between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s successful title defense at UFC 168 and her forthcoming title defense at UFC 170, tied for shortest length of time between UFC belt defenses

63/65

UFC pay-per-views where UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes attempted to make the same 56 day turnaround, which began with a win over BJ Penn and ended with a loss to Georges St-Pierre

23:26

Length in minutes of in-cage action for Rousey’s 8 fight career

10:58

Length of Rousey’s successful UFC 168 title defense against Miesha Tate, the first bout where “Rowdy” entered the second or third round

2:56

Average length of Rousey’s fights in her career

8

Fights/wins/wins by armbar for Rousey

7

First round wins by armbar for the “Rowdy” one

6

Armbar submissions by Rousey are the most by any fighter in the combined history of UFC and Strikeforce (2 UFC, 4 Strikeforce)

3

Other fighters in the combined history of UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC have 6 armbar wins - Kazushi Sakuraba, Paulo Filho, and, with the most, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira has 7

25

Seconds it took for the “Rowdy” one to win by armbar in her Strikeforce debut, the 2nd fastest submission in Strikeforce history

54

Seconds it took for the “Rowdy” one to win by armbar in her first title defense of the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight belt, fastest submission in a Strikeforce championship bout history

12

Successful takedowns by Rousey in UFC/Strikeforce have all come in the clinch

70.6

Percentage for Rousey’s takedown accuracy in UFC/Strikeforce

7

Fights/wins for Sara McMann’s MMA career

4

Stoppage victories for McMann including the first round TKO in her Octagon debut at UFC 159

301

Days between McMann’s UFC debut win and forthcoming title shot against Rousey at UFC 170

28

Successful takedown attempts by McMann in her last 5 fights

80

Percentage for McMann’s takedown accuracy in her last 5 fights, UFC’s all-time leader in takedown accuracy is Georges St-Pierre at 73.7%

6.78

Average of takedowns per 15 minutes for McMann, UFC average is 1.93

0

Times McMann has been taken down in her last 5 fights

1.63

Significant strikes absorbed per minute by McMann in her last 5 fights, UFC average is 2.61

51

Percentage for McMann’s significant strikes accuracy in her last 5 fights, UFC average is 42%

2011

Year that McMann won a silver medal at the ADCC North American Championships

205

Weight at which Daniel Cormier will be fighting at for the first time at UFC 170 following an undefeated 13 fight streak at heavyweight

4

Wins for Cormier against fighters who were once UFC champions or challenged for the belt - Frank Mir, Josh Barnett, Antonio Silva, and Jeff Monson

0

Times Cormier has been taken down in his MMA career

8

Victories for Cormier as a heavyweight in Strikeforce, most in Strikeforce history

4

KO/TKOs for Cormier as a heavyweight in Strikeforce, most in Strikeforce history

305

Significant strikes landed by Cormier as a heavyweight in Strikeforce, most in Strikeforce history

4.02

Sig. strikes landed per minute by Cormier in his last 10 bouts, UFC average is 2.61

3:1

Ratio at which Cormier has landed sig. strikes to absorbed sig. strikes in his UFC/Strikeforce fights

71

Percentage of significant strikes thrown by Cormier’s opponents that he avoided in his Strikeforce career

54.5

Percentage of striking accuracy for Cormier in his 2 UFC bouts

74-17

Significant strikes landed by Cormier to absorbed by Cormier in his winning bout against TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson

1

Round lost on 15 judges’ scorecards in Cormier’s career

96

Kilograms or 211 pounds, the weight Cormier competed at in the Olympics