Jon Jones vs. Ovince Saint Preux: Fight stats

Ovince Saint Preux took on former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones for the interim light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 197. The event took place in April 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After five rounds of back-and-forth exchanges, Jon Jones emerged with the victory. He scored a 49-46 on all three judges' scorecards and earned a unanimous decision victory.

According to official UFC stats, Jones landed more strikes in total and had a higher significant strike rate than Ovince Saint Preux. In terms of total strikes, Jon Jones landed 111 out of 163 strikes on 'OSP,' while Saint Preux landed a total of 58 out of 161 attempted strikes on 'Bones.'

Jon Jones had a significant strike rate of 66%, landing 105 of 157 significant strikes on Ovince Saint Preux. 'OSP' had a significant strike rate of 35%, where he landed 57 out of 160 attempted significant strikes on the former light heavyweight champion.

Jon Jones [Left] Ovince Saint Preux [Right] [Image courtesy: www.ufc.com]

On the feet, 'Bones' landed 76 out of 120 significant strikes, 11 out of 18 in the clinch, and 18 out of 19 on the ground. 'OSP' landed 46 out of 143 significant strikes on the feet, 11 out of 17 in the clinch with zero ground strikes.

In terms of grappling, Jones fared better than Ovince Saint Preux with a takedown success rate of 66%, landing three out of five attempted takedowns on Saint Preux. The former light heavyweight champion had a control time of 3:55 minutes inside the octagon.

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Ovince Saint Preux's bad luck with UFC 282 opponents

Ovince Saint Preux was originally scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 282. However, the Swedish contender had to pull out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons in mid-November and was replaced by Philipe Lins.

Lins ended up pulling out of the bout with Saint Preux in the last week of November, for undisclosed reasons. He was subsequently replaced by Antonio Trócoli, however, Trócoli had to pull out of the bout citing visa issues.

'OSP' isn't the only fighter on the UFC 282 roster who has had to face such a situation. Glover Teixeira had to forego a title shot after the then champion Jiří Procházka pulled out of their scheduled main event bout citing a shoulder injury and relinquishing his title.

Wrestling phenom Bo Nickal was supposed to face off against Jamie Pickett but pulled out of the fight citing injury. They will face each other next year at UFC 285.

Santiago Ponzinibbio was supposed to Robbie Lawler on the pay-per-view card, however, the latter had to pull out of the bout citing injury. Lawler was replaced by Alex Morono and the bout will take place at a catchweight bout of 180 pounds.

With Texeira and Procházka out of the main event, Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev will compete for the vacant light heavyweight title.