Aljamain Sterling, Unanimous decision, 3 rounds.
Walking in
Aljamain Sterling
Record5-2
Strikes landed / min3.46
Strike defence67%
Takedowns / 15 min2.36
Takedown defence56%
TellMileage index
Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in July 2017, 58 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%.
Renan Barao
Record9-3
Strikes landed / min3.81
Strike defence61%
Takedowns / 15 min1.51
Takedown defence100%
Only 13 fighters on record in the two years to 2017 at Catch Weight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Aljamain SterlingRenan Barao
71/121Sig. strikes19/85
112/166Total strikes65/138
1/1Takedowns2/3
5:40Control4:33
Target
41/81Head10/65
15/23Body6/13
15/17Leg3/7
Position
36/82Distance9/70
7/8Clinch2/2
28/31Ground8/13