Paul Buentello vs Gilbert Aldana — UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3 Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Paul Buentello vs Gilbert Aldana

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3

Saturday, February 4, 2006 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Paul Buentello def. Gilbert Aldana

KO/TKO (Punches to Head From Side Control) · Round 2 · 2:27 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · John McCarthySource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R2 · 2:27

Paul BuentelloRound 2Gilbert Aldana

17 / 22Sig. strikes4 / 8

77%Accuracy50%

30 / 35Total strikes5 / 9

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 1

1Sub. attempts0

1:17Control0:32

6.9Pace / min1.6

71%Control share29%

Paul Buentello

Targethead 59% · body 24% · leg 18%

Phasedistance 12% · clinch 53% · ground 35%

Gilbert Aldana

Targethead 75% · body 0% · leg 25%

Phasedistance 50% · clinch 50% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgePaul Buentello landed 17 significant strikes to 4.Striking edgePaul Buentello struck at 77% accuracy to 50%.

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

What changed from R1

Accuracy shiftPaul Buentello's significant-strike accuracy moved +12 pts, 77% against 65%.
Target shiftPaul Buentello's head share of landed strikes moved -13 pts, to 59% head with 24% body and 18% leg.
Phase shiftPaul Buentello's ground share of landed strikes moved +35 pts, to 35% on the ground against 12% at distance.
Pace downGilbert Aldana's significant-strike pace moved -66% from R1 to R2, 1.6 against 4.8 per minute.
Phase shiftGilbert Aldana's ground share of landed strikes moved -13 pts, to 0% on the ground against 50% at distance.

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.

Paul Buentello

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.

Gilbert Aldana

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

49Paul Buentello sig. strikes

28Gilbert Aldana sig. strikes

2rounds observed

-66%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Gilbert Aldana)

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.