By the Numbers: UFC 202

The sequel was even better than the original.Conor McGregor avenged a March loss to Nate Diaz in an epic rematch in the UFC 202 headliner at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, capturing a hard-fought majority decision triumph. It wasn’t the customary McGregor victory, however, as he started quickly, then weathered a relentless Diaz to find a second wind down the stretch. With such a memorable five-round clash comes plenty of facts and figures to review. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 202, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com. Related » UFC 202 Bonuses: McGregor, Diaz, Johnson, Cerrone Receive $50K Awards 330: Combined significant strikes landed by McGregor (166) and Diaz (164), the second most significant strikes landed by two fighters in a UFC bout. The most? Diaz and Donald Cerrone combined to land 334 significant strikes at UFC 141. 252: Total strikes landed by Diaz. By comparison, McGregor landed 197. Diaz outlanded his foe 51 to 36 in round two, 79 to 37 in round three and 49 to 34 in round five. McGregor, meanwhile, outlanded Diaz 34 to 25 in round one and 56 to 48 in round four. 3: Knockdowns landed by McGregor in the first two stanzas. The Irishman floored his foe once in the opening frame and twice in round two. 50: Significant strikes to the body landed by Diaz. McGregor landed 26. 40: Significant leg strikes landed by McGregor. By comparison, Diaz landed nine. 77: Significant strikes in the clinch landed by Diaz. McGregor, meanwhile, landed 27. 137: Significant strikes at distance for McGregor. Diaz landed 88 significant strikes at range. 1: Takedown landed in seven attempts for Diaz, who finally got McGregor to the canvas late in the fifth round. McGregor failed on his lone takedown try. 13: Seconds need by Anthony Johnson to finish Glover Teixeira in the light heavyweight co-main event, the third fastest knockout in the history …

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