In-fight stats likely to remain in future
Such stats likely will be part of future broadcasts, according to UFC president Dana White, who recently told MMAjunkie.com that…
Such stats likely will be part of future broadcasts, according to UFC president Dana White, who recently told MMAjunkie.com that constant tweaks are being made to the UFC-FOX broadcasts.
“I told you, a lot of things in production we’re changing when we got into this new deal, and one of them is stats,” he said after UFC on FUEL TV 1, which took place Wednesday at Nebraska’s Omaha Civic Auditorium. “We’ve been giving tons of stats – not only during the fight, but before the fight we give a ton of [stats] too.”
While the UFC has previously given the occasional stats between rounds or during a fight, Wednesday’s broadcast saw a much more formal presentation. Total punches landed, connected low kicks, successful takedowns and others telling stats were shown in real time during the course of the action.
Stats don’t always tell the whole story, but White thinks they can add some important context.
“There’s just so much more to MMA,” White said. “We’re just giving more information.”