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What is the purpose of measuring jabs in the clinch and on the ground, given that they will almost never end a fight themselves?

April 26, 2017clinch fight given ground jabs measuring purpose

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What is the purpose of measuring jabs in the clinch and on the ground, given that they will almost never end a fight themselves?

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Scores for close-distance jabs are minimal, but become important when one fighter lands a distinctly higher volume of them than his opponent. In that case, the jabs can be seen as a way of measuring how much each fighter was “keeping busy.