UFC 97: Redemption 4/18/09 - Centre Bell, Canada CompuStrike Round-by-Round Stats
Main Event
Anderson Silva W 5 (Unan) Thales Leites
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Inside the Numbers: While Leites flopped, Silva waited. Despite landing just 83 total strikes (throwing 179) over five rounds, Silva won his UFC record ninth straight fight. Leites, who had won five straight himself, wanted no part of Silva on the feet, landing just 4 arm strikes all night. 29 of Silva’s 83 strikes landed were leg kicks. Silva managed just 52 total strikes thrown thru two rounds in his last fight, a third round technical decision win over Pat Cote. Steve Cantwell had 87 total strikes landed thru two rounds in his decision win over Luis Cane in an undercard fight.
Main Card
Cheick Kongo W 2 (TKO) Antoni Hardonk
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Inside the Numbers: Kongo climbed into title contention with his third straight win. Kongo outlanded Hardonk 82-13 in total strikes. Kongo’s ever-improving ground game was evident, as 49 of his 82 strikes landed were from the ground.
Luiz Cane W 3 (Unan) Steve Cantwell
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Inside the Numbers: This was a standup war, as Cantwell and Cane combined to land 225 of 511 total strikes. 180 of those total strikes landed were on the feet, with Cantwell outlanding Cane 116-64.
