Takedown Defense, FTW
Check out the stats posted for last night's title fight between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez. When you look at the Grappling tab, you'll see something that's never been done in the UFC before: No fighter has attempted so many takedowns in a UFC fight without landing a single one. Sanchez went 0 for 27 on takedowns. Prior to last night, the distinction belonged to Jason Brilz, who went 0 for 16 in his decision loss to Eliot Marshall at UFC 103. In Penn's long and storied history of excellent takedown defense, his previous highest total of takedowns defended was against Matt Serra, who went 1 for 17.
Question: When was the last time that BJ Penn got taken down while fighting at 155 pounds?
Answer: You have to go back more than six years to Penn's fight against Takanori Gomi. Lightweight opponents are 0 for their last 39 takedown attempts against BJ.
posted by FightMetric @ 12:09 PM
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