UFC 235 – The Pi Riddle
UFC 235 is being held this weekend on the Las Vegas strip. The main event features Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith.
Special note: The third feature bout on the card is Robbie Lawler vs. former Olympian Ben Askren, who was a grade ahead of me at the same high school I went to.
235 is a special number in astronomy. It’s the number of synodic months in the Metonic cycle, which sync up almost perfectly with 19 years.
The Main Event features Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who was born on July 19th, written 19/7
In Ordinal, Metonic cycle sums to 127
Jones is fighting challenger Anthony Smith, who was born exactly 12 months, 7 days after he was:
On the date of the fight, Jones is a span of 227 days after his birthday:
227 is a special number related to the circle
(Alt+227) = π = 3.14
22 ÷ 7 = 3.14…
How perfect for UFC 235
Jones’s full name is Jonathan Dwight Jones
The event is being held on March 2nd, written 3/2
The date has Full numerology of 44
It’s an interesting event for Ben Askren to make his UFC debut as well. He’s also got some numbers relevant to the Metonic cycle.
In Greek, this period of nineteen years is called Enneadecaeteris
Without the capital letter accounted for, Enneadecaeteris sums to 128
This matches Askren’s Full birth numerology: