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The Clinch

31 DEC 2005

Wanderlei Silva vs Ricardo Arona

No photograph on file Wanderlei Silva “The Axe Murderer”

21-4-2 entering this bout

Age 29 · 5′11″180.3 cm

Won

No photograph on file Ricardo Arona “The Brazilian Tiger”

7-2-0 entering this bout

Age 27 · 5′11″180.3 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
14/39
R1
11/18
16/37
R2
8/17
8/24
R3
11/16

Decision (Split) Round 3 · 5:00

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Wanderlei Silva Enters 11-2-0 against GRAPPLING
Ricardo Arona Enters 1-0-0 against STRIKING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Wanderlei Silva    Ricardo Arona

Bout totals

38
Sig. strikes
30
135
Total strikes
100
15
To the head
9
8
To the body
16
15
To the legs
5
14
At distance
9
2
In the clinch
0
22
On the ground
21
0
Takedowns
5
0
Knockdowns
0
1
Sub. attempts
0
0:00
Control time
0:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Wanderlei Silva 14/39 74/109 6/26 2/2 6/11 1/19 1/1 12/19 0/0 0 --
Ricardo Arona 11/18 35/50 3/9 7/7 1/2 4/7 0/0 7/11 2/6 0 --
R2 Wanderlei Silva 16/37 34/55 5/22 6/7 5/8 10/30 1/2 5/5 0/0 0 --
Ricardo Arona 8/17 23/37 3/11 3/3 2/3 3/9 0/0 5/8 2/3 0 --
R3 Wanderlei Silva 8/24 27/47 4/17 0/0 4/7 3/15 0/0 5/9 0/0 0 --
Ricardo Arona 11/16 42/54 3/7 6/7 2/2 2/5 0/0 9/11 1/2 0 --

Who said so

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Field Value
Is title fight Yes
Referee Daisuke Noguchi
Result end round 3
Result end time seconds 5:00
Result method Decision - Split
Scheduled rounds 3
Weight class Pride Middleweight