An Exploration of UFC Data — Part 3-a: Preliminary Data Analysis

Beginning with descriptive statistics, let’s first examine how the fights end and which round it ends in.

Table 1: A breakdown of the fight ending methods given in percentages

+----------------+--------+---------+--------------------+-------+
|CNC |Decision| DQ | KO/TKO | Overturned | S-DEC |  SUB  | U-DEC |
+----------------+--------+---------+--------------------+-------+
|0.41|  0.04  |0.29| 34.10  |    0.78    |  9.71 | 20.27 | 34.38 |
+----------------+--------+---------+--------------------+-------+

The majority of fights appear to end one of 3 ways. KO/TKO, Decision, or Submission.

How do winners finish fights across rounds?

How many rounds on average, does it take for winners to win by KO/TKO and SUB?

+---------------+
|KO/TKO |  SUB  |
+---------------+
| 1.59  |  1.66 |
+---------------+

An Exploration of UFC Data — Part 3-b: Preliminary Data Analysis