Eddie Sanchez vs Soa Palelei — UFC 79: Nemesis Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 79: Nemesis
Eddie Sanchez vs Soa Palelei

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

UFC 79: Nemesis

Saturday, December 29, 2007 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei

KO/TKO (Punches to Head In Clinch) · Round 3 · 3:24 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Mario YamasakiSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R3 · 3:24

Eddie SanchezRound 3Soa Palelei

20 / 40Sig. strikes1 / 5

50%Accuracy20%

37 / 58Total strikes4 / 8

0Knockdowns0

0 / 2Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

1:09Control0:55

5.9Pace / min0.3

56%Control share44%

Eddie Sanchez

Targethead 85% · body 10% · leg 5%

Phasedistance 45% · clinch 55% · ground 0%

Soa Palelei

Targethead 0% · body 100% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 100% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeEddie Sanchez landed 20 significant strikes to 1.Striking edgeEddie Sanchez struck at 50% accuracy to 20%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace upEddie Sanchez's significant-strike pace moved +47% from R2 to R3, 5.9 against 4.0 per minute.
Pace downSoa Palelei's significant-strike pace moved -82% from R2 to R3, 0.3 against 1.6 per minute.
Accuracy shiftSoa Palelei's significant-strike accuracy moved -33 pts, 20% against 53%.
Target shiftSoa Palelei's head share of landed strikes moved -50 pts, to 0% head with 100% body and 0% leg.
Control swingSoa Palelei's control time moved -91s, 55s against 146s.
Defensive driftSoa Palelei absorbed significant strikes +47% faster than in R2, 5.9 against 4.0 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Eddie Sanchez

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Soa Palelei

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

52Eddie Sanchez sig. strikes

21Soa Palelei sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-82%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Soa Palelei)