Home Events The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale Diego Sanchez vs Kenny Florian Diego Sanchez vs Kenny Florian · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale Middleweight · Title bout · 3 rounds · Card
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale
Saturday, April 9, 2005 · Las Vegas · Nevada
Full card → Result Diego Sanchez def. Kenny Florian Method KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Mount) Round · time Round 1 · 2:49 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5) Referee Steve Mazzagatti Sig. strikes Diego Sanchez 14/21 · Kenny Florian 2/4 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Diego Sanchez 14/21 · Kenny Florian 5/7 Scorecards None — the fight ended by KO/TKO Analysis Round-by-round (1 round) Result Diego Sanchez def. Kenny Florian
KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Mount) · Round 1 · 2:49 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
KO/TKO · R1 · 2:49
R1
Diego Sanchez Round 1 Kenny Florian
14 / 21 Sig. strikes 2 / 4
67% Accuracy 50%
14 / 21 Total strikes 5 / 7
0 Knockdowns 0
1 / 2 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub. attempts 0
1:31 Control 0:00
5.0 Pace / min 0.7
100% Control share 0%
Diego Sanchez
Target head 93% · body 7% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 14% · ground 86%
Kenny Florian
Target head 50% · body 50% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 50% · ground 50%
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Fight summary
14 Diego Sanchez sig. strikes
2 Kenny Florian sig. strikes
1 rounds observed
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 1 round · PropSports round stats 14 / 21 Sig. strikes 2 / 4
67% Accuracy 50%
14 / 21 Total strikes 5 / 7
0 Knockdowns 0
1 / 2 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub attempts 0
1:31 Control 0:00
13 Head 1
1 Body 1
0 Leg 0
Diego Sanchez Kenny Florian
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1 Diego Sanchez
Tale of the tape 31-13-0 Record 14-6-0
23 Age 28
5'10" Height 5'10"
72" Reach 74"
Southpaw Stance Southpaw
2.69 Sig. str./min 2.41
1.51 TD / 15 min 2.22
Diego Sanchez 18-13 in archive
5 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
28% Finish rate
Kenny Florian 12-4 in archive
3 KO/TKO wins
7 Sub wins
83% Finish rate
