Keith Jardine vs Brandon Vera — UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Keith Jardine vs Brandon Vera

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben

Saturday, October 18, 2008 · Birmingham · England

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Result

Keith Jardine def. Brandon Vera

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Kevin MulhallChris Lee · 29-28Tim Vannatta · 28-29Chris Watts · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Keith JardineRound 3Brandon Vera

18 / 54Sig. strikes17 / 36

33%Accuracy47%

19 / 55Total strikes18 / 37

0Knockdowns0

0 / 1Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

0:37Control0:00

3.6Pace / min3.4

100%Control share0%

Keith Jardine

Targethead 61% · body 17% · leg 22%

Phasedistance 67% · clinch 33% · ground 0%

Brandon Vera

Targethead 35% · body 35% · leg 29%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Striking edgeBrandon Vera struck at 47% accuracy to 33%.

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

What changed from R2

Pace upKeith Jardine's significant-strike pace moved +50% from R2 to R3, 3.6 against 2.4 per minute.
Target shiftBrandon Vera's head share of landed strikes moved -26 pts, to 35% head with 35% body and 29% leg.
Phase shiftBrandon Vera's ground share of landed strikes moved -22 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Defensive driftBrandon Vera absorbed significant strikes +50% faster than in R2, 3.6 against 2.4 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.

Keith Jardine

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.

Brandon Vera

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

50Keith Jardine sig. strikes

48Brandon Vera sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+50%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Keith Jardine)