By the Numbers: UFC 203

Stipe Miocic made sure that at least one title won’t be leaving Cleveland. The Ohio-based firefighter survived some early adversity before putting away Alistair Overeem with heavy ground-and-pound 4:27 into the opening round of the UFC 203 headliner (online betting) at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday night.While Miocic-Overeem was the official main event, former WWE talent CM Punk’s Octagon debut was the evening’s featured attraction for many observers. The bout itself didn’t provide much of interest statistically, however, as opponent Mickey Gall dispatched his celebrated foe in short order. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 203, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. 34: Significant strikes landed by Miocic in the abbreviated heavyweight affair. By comparison, Overeem landed just nine, although one of those resulted in the bout’s only knockdown. 600: Career significant strikes landed by Miocic, who on Saturday night moved past Cheick Kongo (574) and Tim Sylvia (585) and into third place among UFC heavyweights all-time. Only Cain Velasquez (718) and Junior dos Santos (887) have landed more. 10: KO/TKO losses among 15 career defeats for Overeem. Four of those losses have come in the Octagon, as the Jackson-Wink MMA product has also been knocked out by Ben Rothwell, Travis Browne and Antonio Silva as well as Miocic. 3: Consecutive first-round KO/TKO victories for Miocic, who has finished Overeem, Fabricio Werdum and Andrei Arlovski during that run. 31: Significant strikes to the head landed by Miocic. Overeem, meanwhile, landed five. 12: Significant ground strikes landed by Miocic, who finished the fight with ground-and-pound. 1: Successful title defense for Miocic, which puts him just one defense behind the UFC record for heavyweights held by Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez. 47: Significant strikes …

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