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Light HeavyweightUFC Fight Night: Smith vs. SpannSeptember 18, 2021

Tafon Nchukwi, Unanimous decision, 3 rounds.

Walking in

Tafon Nchukwi

Record1-1
Strikes landed / min5.93Elite
Strike defence51%Mid-pack
Takedowns / 15 min0.50Below avg
Takedown defence67%Mid-pack
TellMileage index

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in September 2021, 89 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Mike Rodriguez

Record2-4, 1 NC
Strikes landed / min4.67Top third
Strike defence41%Bottom
Takedowns / 15 min0.00Below avg
Takedown defence39%Bottom

What happened

Tafon Nchukwi
Mike Rodriguez
116/199Sig. strikes49/144
145/240Total strikes59/156
3/3Takedowns0/0
4:45Control0:02
Target
81/144Head19/105
25/44Body17/22
10/11Leg13/17
Position
76/146Distance45/137
31/42Clinch4/7
9/11Ground0/0

Numbers come from UFCStats, counted round by round. Records are UFC only and stand as they did that morning.