Justin McCully vs Eddie Sanchez

Eddie Sanchez

3-3

UFC: Fight for the Troops · Dec 10, 2008 · Heavyweight · Completed

Prev Fight UFC: Fight for the Troops

Age 50

Height 6' 1"

Reach 73.0"

Weight 225 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Age 43

Height 6' 2"

Reach 74.0"

Weight 230 lbs.

Stance Orthodox

UFC SD

Career Averages - Justin McCully

1.58 SLpM

37.0% Str. Acc.

2.02 SApM

46.0% Str. Def.

1.28 TD Avg

44.0% TD Acc.

43.0% TD Def.

0.0 Sub. Avg

Career Averages - Eddie Sanchez

3.45 SLpM

43.0% Str. Acc.

3.3 SApM

43.0% Str. Def.

1.13 TD Avg

26.0% TD Acc.

42.0% TD Def.

0.0 Sub. Avg

Justin McCully - Fight History

LOSS vs Mike Russow

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–26, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira · Aug 29, 2009

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mike Russow	0	21 of 36	58%	87 of 111	8 of 11	72%	2	1	11:23
Justin McCully	0	11 of 58	18%	35 of 83	0 of 0	---	0	1	0:31

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mike Russow	15 of 24	62%	44 of 58	3 of 4	75%	0	1	3:58
1	Justin McCully	1 of 10	10%	7 of 16	0 of 0	---	0	1	0:31
2	Mike Russow	6 of 10	60%	27 of 32	2 of 2	100%	2	0	4:06
2	Justin McCully	5 of 11	45%	6 of 12	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
3	Mike Russow	0 of 2	0%	16 of 21	3 of 5	60%	0	0	3:19
3	Justin McCully	5 of 37	13%	22 of 55	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mike Russow	21 of 36	58%	17 of 32	4 of 4	0 of 0	2 of 6	0 of 0	19 of 30
Justin McCully	11 of 58	18%	9 of 54	0 of 1	2 of 3	5 of 46	6 of 10	0 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mike Russow	15 of 24	62%	12 of 21	3 of 3	0 of 0	1 of 2	0 of 0	14 of 22
1	Justin McCully	1 of 10	10%	1 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 8	1 of 2	0 of 0
2	Mike Russow	6 of 10	60%	5 of 9	1 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 3	0 of 0	5 of 7
2	Justin McCully	5 of 11	45%	3 of 9	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 8	3 of 3	0 of 0
3	Mike Russow	0 of 2	0%	0 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	0 of 1
3	Justin McCully	5 of 37	13%	5 of 36	0 of 1	0 of 0	3 of 30	2 of 5	0 of 2

WIN vs Eddie Sanchez

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC: Fight for the Troops · Dec 10, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Justin McCully	1	40 of 88	45%	114 of 163	1 of 4	25%	0	0	6:33
Eddie Sanchez	1	42 of 100	42%	94 of 157	0 of 4	0%	0	0	2:15

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Justin McCully	0	13 of 23	56%	42 of 53	0 of 2	0%	2:56
1	Eddie Sanchez	1	15 of 29	51%	31 of 48	0 of 0	---	0:52
2	Justin McCully	0	12 of 38	31%	29 of 55	0 of 1	0%	1:32
2	Eddie Sanchez	0	13 of 37	35%	23 of 47	0 of 2	0%	0:36
3	Justin McCully	1	15 of 27	55%	43 of 55	1 of 1	100%	2:05
3	Eddie Sanchez	0	14 of 34	41%	40 of 62	0 of 2	0%	0:47

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Justin McCully	40 of 88	45%	29 of 66	4 of 6	7 of 16	24 of 61	16 of 27	0 of 0
Eddie Sanchez	42 of 100	42%	28 of 84	11 of 13	3 of 3	18 of 63	22 of 35	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Justin McCully	13 of 23	56%	5 of 12	3 of 3	5 of 8	5 of 13	8 of 10	0 of 0
1	Eddie Sanchez	15 of 29	51%	11 of 25	2 of 2	2 of 2	4 of 15	9 of 12	2 of 2
2	Justin McCully	12 of 38	31%	10 of 31	0 of 2	2 of 5	8 of 29	4 of 9	0 of 0
2	Eddie Sanchez	13 of 37	35%	10 of 34	2 of 2	1 of 1	8 of 29	5 of 8	0 of 0
3	Justin McCully	15 of 27	55%	14 of 23	1 of 1	0 of 3	11 of 19	4 of 8	0 of 0
3	Eddie Sanchez	14 of 34	41%	7 of 25	7 of 9	0 of 0	6 of 19	8 of 15	0 of 0

LOSS vs Gabriel Gonzaga

Submission (Americana) R1 1:57 · UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin · Jul 05, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Gabriel Gonzaga	0	6 of 8	75%	16 of 19	1 of 1	100%	1	0	1:17
Justin McCully	0	2 of 9	22%	2 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Gabriel Gonzaga	0	6 of 8	75%	16 of 19	1 of 1	100%	1	0	1:17
1	Justin McCully	0	2 of 9	22%	2 of 9	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Gabriel Gonzaga	6 of 8	75%	1 of 3	2 of 2	3 of 3	3 of 4	0 of 0	3 of 4
Justin McCully	2 of 9	22%	0 of 5	0 of 0	2 of 4	2 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Gabriel Gonzaga	6 of 8	75%	1 of 3	2 of 2	3 of 3	3 of 4	0 of 0	3 of 4
1	Justin McCully	2 of 9	22%	0 of 5	0 of 0	2 of 4	2 of 9	0 of 0	0 of 0

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Half the Battle

WIN vs Antoni Hardonk

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard · Apr 05, 2007

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Justin McCully	0	21 of 40	52%	80 of 120	3 of 5	60%	0	0	13:29
Antoni Hardonk	0	26 of 35	74%	50 of 61	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Justin McCully	9 of 14	64%	24 of 29	1 of 2	50%	0	4:30
1	Antoni Hardonk	9 of 10	90%	15 of 16	0 of 0	---	1	0:00
2	Justin McCully	7 of 19	36%	30 of 51	1 of 1	100%	0	4:47
2	Antoni Hardonk	6 of 8	75%	16 of 20	0 of 0	---	0	0:00
3	Justin McCully	5 of 7	71%	26 of 40	1 of 2	50%	0	4:12
3	Antoni Hardonk	11 of 17	64%	19 of 25	0 of 0	---	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Justin McCully	21 of 40	52%	19 of 38	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 3	1 of 1	18 of 36
Antoni Hardonk	26 of 35	74%	10 of 18	14 of 15	2 of 2	3 of 6	23 of 29	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Justin McCully	9 of 14	64%	9 of 14	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	9 of 14
1	Antoni Hardonk	9 of 10	90%	1 of 1	8 of 9	0 of 0	1 of 1	8 of 9	0 of 0
2	Justin McCully	7 of 19	36%	7 of 19	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 1	0 of 0	7 of 18
2	Antoni Hardonk	6 of 8	75%	2 of 4	4 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 1	5 of 7	0 of 0
3	Justin McCully	5 of 7	71%	3 of 5	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 2	1 of 1	2 of 4
3	Antoni Hardonk	11 of 17	64%	7 of 13	2 of 2	2 of 2	1 of 4	10 of 13	0 of 0

Eddie Sanchez - Fight History

LOSS vs Justin McCully

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) R3 5:00 · UFC: Fight for the Troops · Dec 10, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Justin McCully	1	40 of 88	45%	114 of 163	1 of 4	25%	0	0	6:33
Eddie Sanchez	1	42 of 100	42%	94 of 157	0 of 4	0%	0	0	2:15

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Justin McCully	0	13 of 23	56%	42 of 53	0 of 2	0%	2:56
1	Eddie Sanchez	1	15 of 29	51%	31 of 48	0 of 0	---	0:52
2	Justin McCully	0	12 of 38	31%	29 of 55	0 of 1	0%	1:32
2	Eddie Sanchez	0	13 of 37	35%	23 of 47	0 of 2	0%	0:36
3	Justin McCully	1	15 of 27	55%	43 of 55	1 of 1	100%	2:05
3	Eddie Sanchez	0	14 of 34	41%	40 of 62	0 of 2	0%	0:47

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Justin McCully	40 of 88	45%	29 of 66	4 of 6	7 of 16	24 of 61	16 of 27	0 of 0
Eddie Sanchez	42 of 100	42%	28 of 84	11 of 13	3 of 3	18 of 63	22 of 35	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Justin McCully	13 of 23	56%	5 of 12	3 of 3	5 of 8	5 of 13	8 of 10	0 of 0
1	Eddie Sanchez	15 of 29	51%	11 of 25	2 of 2	2 of 2	4 of 15	9 of 12	2 of 2
2	Justin McCully	12 of 38	31%	10 of 31	0 of 2	2 of 5	8 of 29	4 of 9	0 of 0
2	Eddie Sanchez	13 of 37	35%	10 of 34	2 of 2	1 of 1	8 of 29	5 of 8	0 of 0
3	Justin McCully	15 of 27	55%	14 of 23	1 of 1	0 of 3	11 of 19	4 of 8	0 of 0
3	Eddie Sanchez	14 of 34	41%	7 of 25	7 of 9	0 of 0	6 of 19	8 of 15	0 of 0

LOSS vs Antoni Hardonk

TKO (punches) R2 4:15 · UFC 85: Bedlam · Jun 07, 2008

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Antoni Hardonk	1	48 of 75	64%	51 of 78	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:43
Eddie Sanchez	2	33 of 67	49%	67 of 110	2 of 4	50%	0	0	4:51

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Antoni Hardonk	0	11 of 23	47%	11 of 23	0 of 0	---	0:34
1	Eddie Sanchez	1	19 of 33	57%	43 of 62	2 of 3	66%	3:09
2	Antoni Hardonk	1	37 of 52	71%	40 of 55	0 of 0	---	0:09
2	Eddie Sanchez	1	14 of 34	41%	24 of 48	0 of 1	0%	1:42

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Antoni Hardonk	48 of 75	64%	32 of 56	8 of 10	8 of 9	24 of 41	24 of 34	0 of 0
Eddie Sanchez	33 of 67	49%	32 of 66	1 of 1	0 of 0	18 of 44	14 of 21	1 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Antoni Hardonk	11 of 23	47%	5 of 15	4 of 5	2 of 3	2 of 10	9 of 13	0 of 0
1	Eddie Sanchez	19 of 33	57%	18 of 32	1 of 1	0 of 0	10 of 21	8 of 11	1 of 1
2	Antoni Hardonk	37 of 52	71%	27 of 41	4 of 5	6 of 6	22 of 31	15 of 21	0 of 0
2	Eddie Sanchez	14 of 34	41%	14 of 34	0 of 0	0 of 0	8 of 23	6 of 10	0 of 1

WIN vs Soa Palelei

TKO (punches) R3 3:24 · UFC 79: Nemesis · Dec 29, 2007

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Eddie Sanchez	0	52 of 115	45%	145 of 212	1 of 5	20%	0	0	3:19
Soa Palelei	0	21 of 37	56%	27 of 43	1 of 1	100%	0	0	5:47

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Eddie Sanchez	12 of 30	40%	61 of 81	0 of 1	0%	1:17
1	Soa Palelei	12 of 17	70%	12 of 17	1 of 1	100%	2:26
2	Eddie Sanchez	20 of 45	44%	47 of 73	1 of 2	50%	0:53
2	Soa Palelei	8 of 15	53%	11 of 18	0 of 0	---	2:26
3	Eddie Sanchez	20 of 40	50%	37 of 58	0 of 2	0%	1:09
3	Soa Palelei	1 of 5	20%	4 of 8	0 of 0	---	0:55

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Eddie Sanchez	52 of 115	45%	39 of 98	9 of 10	4 of 7	28 of 79	24 of 35	0 of 1
Soa Palelei	21 of 37	56%	6 of 18	8 of 12	7 of 7	5 of 15	16 of 20	0 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Eddie Sanchez	12 of 30	40%	6 of 23	3 of 3	3 of 4	6 of 20	6 of 10	0 of 0
1	Soa Palelei	12 of 17	70%	2 of 7	5 of 5	5 of 5	1 of 4	11 of 11	0 of 2
2	Eddie Sanchez	20 of 45	44%	16 of 38	4 of 5	0 of 2	13 of 34	7 of 10	0 of 1
2	Soa Palelei	8 of 15	53%	4 of 9	2 of 4	2 of 2	4 of 9	4 of 6	0 of 0
3	Eddie Sanchez	20 of 40	50%	17 of 37	2 of 2	1 of 1	9 of 25	11 of 15	0 of 0
3	Soa Palelei	1 of 5	20%	0 of 2	1 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 2	1 of 3	0 of 0

WIN vs Colin Robinson

TKO (punches) R2 0:32 · UFC 72: Victory · Jun 16, 2007

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Eddie Sanchez	0	41 of 67	61%	68 of 94	1 of 2	50%	0	1	2:24
Colin Robinson	0	36 of 50	72%	62 of 76	1 of 1	100%	2	0	2:16

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Eddie Sanchez	27 of 48	56%	50 of 71	0 of 1	0%	0	1	2:03
1	Colin Robinson	36 of 50	72%	62 of 76	1 of 1	100%	2	0	2:16
2	Eddie Sanchez	14 of 19	73%	18 of 23	1 of 1	100%	0	0	0:21
2	Colin Robinson	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Eddie Sanchez	41 of 67	61%	38 of 61	3 of 6	0 of 0	1 of 3	15 of 21	25 of 43
Colin Robinson	36 of 50	72%	26 of 39	10 of 11	0 of 0	0 of 0	16 of 18	20 of 32

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Eddie Sanchez	27 of 48	56%	24 of 42	3 of 6	0 of 0	0 of 2	15 of 21	12 of 25
1	Colin Robinson	36 of 50	72%	26 of 39	10 of 11	0 of 0	0 of 0	16 of 18	20 of 32
2	Eddie Sanchez	14 of 19	73%	14 of 19	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 1	0 of 0	13 of 18
2	Colin Robinson	0 of 0	---	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0	0 of 0

LOSS vs Mirko Filipovic

TKO (punches) R1 4:33 · UFC 67: All or Nothing · Feb 03, 2007

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Mirko Filipovic	1	20 of 39	51%	32 of 51	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:58
Eddie Sanchez	0	5 of 40	12%	5 of 40	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Mirko Filipovic	1	20 of 39	51%	32 of 51	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:58
1	Eddie Sanchez	0	5 of 40	12%	5 of 40	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Mirko Filipovic	20 of 39	51%	16 of 34	3 of 3	1 of 2	12 of 26	1 of 3	7 of 10
Eddie Sanchez	5 of 40	12%	4 of 38	1 of 1	0 of 1	3 of 37	2 of 3	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Mirko Filipovic	20 of 39	51%	16 of 34	3 of 3	1 of 2	12 of 26	1 of 3	7 of 10
1	Eddie Sanchez	5 of 40	12%	4 of 38	1 of 1	0 of 1	3 of 37	2 of 3	0 of 0

WIN vs Mario Neto

KO (punches) R2 0:17 · UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn · Sep 23, 2006

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Eddie Sanchez	1	10 of 34	29%	23 of 47	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:01
Mario Neto	0	10 of 20	50%	12 of 22	1 of 1	100%	0	0	1:58

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Eddie Sanchez	0	5 of 26	19%	18 of 39	0 of 0	---	0:59
1	Mario Neto	0	9 of 18	50%	11 of 20	1 of 1	100%	1:58
2	Eddie Sanchez	1	5 of 8	62%	5 of 8	0 of 0	---	0:02
2	Mario Neto	0	1 of 2	50%	1 of 2	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Eddie Sanchez	10 of 34	29%	8 of 32	0 of 0	2 of 2	3 of 25	1 of 1	6 of 8
Mario Neto	10 of 20	50%	4 of 13	0 of 0	6 of 7	5 of 13	4 of 5	1 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Eddie Sanchez	5 of 26	19%	3 of 24	0 of 0	2 of 2	2 of 21	1 of 1	2 of 4
1	Mario Neto	9 of 18	50%	4 of 12	0 of 0	5 of 6	4 of 11	4 of 5	1 of 2
2	Eddie Sanchez	5 of 8	62%	5 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 0	1 of 4	0 of 0	4 of 4
2	Mario Neto	1 of 2	50%	0 of 1	0 of 0	1 of 1	1 of 2	0 of 0	0 of 0