Fedor Is More Elusive Than Machida

[snakerattle79]

http://www.themmanews.com/?p=3085


Posted By: Chart Topper

While many MMA fans and insiders would consider Lyoto Machida the most elusive fighter in Mixed Martial Arts, FightMetric uses statistical analysis to prove that he’s actually the second most elusive(of the list they’ve assembled) mixed martial arts fighter. The stats below comes from the number of strikes a fighter takes divided by the number of minutes fought to give you the number of strikes absorbed per minute of fighting(SApM). Here’s the list:

Frank Mir: 2.7 SApM
Rashad Evans: 1.39 SApM
BJ Penn: 1.23 SApM
Georges St. Pierre: 1.01 SApM
Anderson Silva: 0.71 SApM
Lyoto Machida: 0.64 SApM
Fedor Emelianenko: 0.59 SApM

As you can see Fedor Emelianenko has the lowest SApM with Machida coming in second. Take from this what you will, but these two fighters are very hard to hit.

[DakkoN]

Misleading numbers. Fedor is 'elusive' because he is usually in control and all over you. Machida is elusive because he actually stays away from the strikes.

[SHO]

I don't think they're misleading at all. They have different styles.

[Iadf]

I disagree

[sven]

Quote: Originally Posted by NOBLE

I don't think they're misleading at all. They have different styles.

They are misleading. It should take into account the strikes thrown at a fighter. Not just strikes landed per minute.

[goh]

Should add takedowns in too.

Anyway someone get snakerattle a new dog to replace the one Dana ran over.

[Alabama_Slim]

" FightMetric uses statistical analysis"

stopped reading there

[Pappy Knuckles]

Does snakerattle even participate in any conversations? It seems like he always posts something (usually pointless) and then dips out.