Vitor Belfort, KO / TKO, R1 0:52.
Punches to Head On Ground
Walking in
Vitor Belfort
Record2-0
StreakWon 2 straight
Strikes landed / min13.00
Strike defence89%
Takedowns / 15 min0.00
David Abbott
Record6-4
Strikes landed / min1.78
Strike defence33%
Takedowns / 15 min1.65
Takedown defence83%
TellChin decay phase change
First KO loss May 1997. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.
Only 6 fighters on record in the two years to 1997 at Heavyweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Vitor BelfortDavid Abbott
15/24Sig. strikes2/5
16/25Total strikes2/5
1/1Takedowns0/1
Target
13/22Head0/3
2/2Body2/2
Position
1/1Distance0/2
7/11Clinch2/3
7/12Ground0/0