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In the UFC 269 main event, Oliveira dispatched the man many believed to be the uncrowned 155-pound king, defeating Dustin Poirier via third-round submission on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was a memorable first title defense for “Do Bronx,” whose rise from middling featherweight to lightweight champion is as inspirational a story as any in the promotion.
The future will undoubtedly be interesting for Oliveira, but first, here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 269, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.
10: Consecutive victories for Oliveira, making him the 12th fighter in UFC history with a winning streak at least that long.
20: Career UFC triumphs for Oliveira. “Do Bronx” is one of nine fighters in promotion history with that many victories, and he currently is tied with four others for No. 5 on the all-time wins list.
18: Career finishes for Oliveira in the Octagon, most in UFC history. The Brazilian’s 15 submissions in UFC competition are also a promotional record.
102: Combined significant strikes landed by Oliveira (48) and Poirier (54) in a frenetic Round 1. Poirier also landed the bout’s only knockdown in the frame, but “Do Bronx” was able to recover and make it to the final horn.
35: Total strikes by which Oliveira outlanded Poirier in Round 2, when he logged 4:27 of control time and permanently seized momentum in the fight.
3: Submissions attempted by Oliveira. His 38 career attempts rank No. 2 all-time behind Jim Miller (45).
5: Undisputed women’s bantamweight champions in promotion history after Julianna Pena upset Amanda Nunes in the UFC 269 co-main event. Pena joins Nunes, Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate as the only women to hold the 135-pound belt.
33: Significant strikes by which Pena outlanded Nunes, the first time “Lioness” has faced a striking deficit in the Octagon since a loss to Cat Zingano at UFC 178 in September 2014.
74: Significant strikes landed by Pena in a wild Round 2, when she outbrawled Nunes before securing the fight-ending submission. Nunes landed 36 significant strikes before succumbing to a rear-naked choke 3:26 into the period.
2: Knockdowns landed by Kai Kara France against Cody Garbrandt in a TKO victory that ended at the 4:42 mark of Round 1. The City Kickboxing flyweight has six knockdowns in eight UFC appearances.
7: Knockdowns suffered by Garbrandt in his last six promotional outings. That includes four knockdowns in two losses against T.J. Dillashaw, one in a defeat to Pedro Munhoz and two against Kara France. “No Love” is 1-5 in his last six UFC bouts.
28: Significant strikes by which Sean O’Malley outlanded Raulian Paiva en route to a technical knockout victory 4:42 into Round 1 of their bantamweight bout. O’Malley landed 39 of 62 attempts — a 62 percent success rate. Paiva was far less accurate, landing 11 of 47 attempts — a 23 percent clip.
5: KO/TKO victories in UFC competition for O’Malley, tying him with Rob Font, Marlon Vera and Eddie Wineland for the second most in the history of the bantamweight division. Only former title holder T.J. Dillashaw (seven) has more.
11: Knockdowns for Josh Emmett, tying him with Jeremy Stephens for most in UFC featherweight history. The Team Alpha Male product floored Dan Ige in the opening round of their 145-pound clash en route to a unanimous decision triumph in the evening’s featured prelim.
14: UFC/WEC bantamweight triumphs for Dominick Cruz, most in the combined history of the two promotions. With his decision win over Pedro Munhoz, “The Dominator” passed T.J. Dillashaw for sole possession of first place.
103: Significant strikes landed by Cruz — the third most of his UFC/WEC tenure. By comparison, Munhoz landed 74. The former bantamweight champ outlanded his opponent 25 to 21 in Round 1, 35 to 27 in Round 2 and 43 to 26 in Round 3.
4: Consecutive finishes for Tai Tuivasa, tying him with five others for the second-longest finishing streak in the UFC behind only heavyweight king Francis Ngannou (five). Tuivasa’s four-bout winning streak ties him with Tom Aspinall, Chris Daukaus and Alexandr Romanov for the third longest in the heavyweight division behind Ciryl Gane (seven) and Ngannou (five).
0:26: Time of Tuivasa’s Round 2 knockout of Augusto Sakai. That notably marks the first time “Bam Bam” has finished an adversary outside of the first round. His previous 11 KO/TKO wins all had come inside the first five minutes.
19: KO/TKO wins among 22 professional victories for Bruno Silva, who added Jordan Wright to his list with a stoppage 1:28 into the opening frame of their middleweight tilt. “Blindado” has won all three of his Octagon appearances by knockout or technical knockout.
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3: Consecutive submission victories for Andre Muniz, tying him with lightweight contender Islam Makhachev for the longest active submission streak in the UFC. Muniz tapped Eryk Anders with an armbar 3:13 into the opening round of their middleweight scrap. In addition to Anders, Muniz has submitted Ronaldo Souza and Bartosz Fabinski with armbars.
1: Submission defeat in 21 professional outings for Anders.
7: Takedowns landed in eight attempts by Erin Blanchfield against Miranda Maverick. That ties the single-bout record in UFC women’s flyweight competition also held by Valentina Shevchenko, Lara Procopio and Gina Mazany.
12:00: Total control time for Blanchfield out of a possible 15 minutes. Maverick, meanwhile, logged just six seconds of control time in defeat. Blanchfield also outlanded her opponent 46 to 21 in significant strikes and 96 to 42 in total strikes for her
7: Submissions attempted by Ryan Hall against Darrick Minner. That ties the UFC featherweight record held previously by Chas Skelly (UFC Fight Night 50) and Damon Jackson (UFC Fight Night 178). The fighter known as “The Wizard attempted two apiece in Rounds 1 and 2 and three in Round 3. Hall was unable to secure any of his tries but did defeat Minner via unanimous decision.
129: Total strikes landed by Tony Kelley in a second-round TKO win over Randy Costa at bantamweight. By comparison, Costa landed 32. Kelley outlanded his foe 79 to 15 in the decisive second stanza and also held an 82-to-31 edge in significant strikes.
7: Victories for Gillian Robertson, tying her with Katlyn Chookagian for the second most in UFC women’s flyweight history. Only reigning champ Valentina Shevchenko (eight) has more. Robertson submitted Priscila Cachoeira with a rear-naked choke 4:59 into Round 1 of Saturday’s opening preliminary bout.
6: Finishes for Robertson, the most in UFC women’s flyweight history. “The Savage” owns five triumphs via submission and one by KO/TKO during her promotional tenure.