The reigning 125-pound king outworked Kyoji Horiguchi for almost five full rounds in the UFC 186 headliner at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday night. Johnson’s sparkling effort wasn’t enough to prevent the boo birds from voicing their disapproval, as the champion gradually sucked the drama out of the main event matchup.
Nonetheless, “Mighty Mouse” removed all doubt by submitting his Japanese foe via armbar with one second remaining in the 25-minute affair, giving himself the latest stoppage in UFC history. Here is a by the numbers look at UFC 186, with statistics courtesy of FightMetric.com.
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8: Consecutive victories for Demetrious Johnson, tying him with Chris Weidman for the second-longest active winning streak in the promotion behind only Jon Jones (12).
6: Consecutive title defenses for Johnson, moving him past Ronda Rousey and into sole possession of third place for the longest active streak behind Jose Aldo (seven) and Jon Jones (eight).
14: Takedowns landed, in 22 attempts, by Johnson, the third most ever in a UFC bout. Khabib Nurmagomedov holds the record with 21 takedowns landed in a single fight.
56: Career takedowns landed by Johnson, tying him with Frankie Edgar for third place among active UFC fighters. Only Clay Guida (60) and Gleison Tibau (82) have landed more. In addition, Johnson’s 39 takedowns at flyweight are the most in the history of the division; Tim Elliott is second with 19.
669: Career significant strikes landed by Johnson, the most in UFC flyweight history. “Mighty Mouse” held a 66-to-31 advantage in significant strikes against Horiguchi.
149: Total strikes landed by Johnson. By comparison, Horiguchi landed 61.
99: Significant strikes landed by Quinton Jackson in his unanimous verdict against Fabio Maldonado in a 215-pound catch-weight affair. That is the most of “Rampage’s” UFC tenure; topping his previous best of 74 significant strikes landed in a five-round triumph over Dan Henderson at UFC 75. Maldonado, by comparison, landed 67 significant strikes. Jackson also held a 114-to-94 edge in total strikes landed.
16: UFC victories for Michael Bisping following his three-round decision over C.B. Dollaway. That moves him past Tito Ortiz, Josh Koscheck, Frank Mir and Jon Jones and into a tie with Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Gleison Tibau for No. 4 on the promotion’s all-time list.
12: Middleweight victories for Bisping, No. 3 in the division’s history behind Yushin Okami and Anderson Silva.
23: Octagon appearances for Bisping, tying him with Chuck Liddell and B.J. Penn for No. 7 all-time in the promotion.
75: Significant strikes landed by Bisping. By comparison, Dollaway landed 47. The British outlanded his opponent 52 to 27 over the course of the bout’s final 10 minutes.
1,170: Significant strikes landed by Bisping in UFC competition, the second most in promotion history behind Georges St. Pierre (1,254).
1,499: Career total strikes landed by Bisping. “The Count” landed 80 total strikes on Saturday to move past Nate Diaz (1,428) and into third place among active fighters in the promotion. Only Nick Diaz (1,616) and Frankie Edgar (1,686) have landed more total strikes.
4:30:04: Total fight time for Michael Bisping after his three-round battle with Dollaway, No. 5 among active fighters behind Clay Guida (4:30:32), Diego Sanchez (4:37:57), Gleison Tibau (4:51:15) and Frankie Edgar (5:10:21).
17: Finishes, in 18 professional appearances for Thomas Almeida, who stopped Yves Jabouin with a barrage of strikes 4:18 into the opening stanza of their bantamweight encounter.
3: Career defeats for Sarah Kaufman, all of which have come via armbar. The ex-Strikeforce titlist tapped to the maneuver 1:52 into the second round of her third meeting against Alexis Davis. Kaufman has also been armbarred by Ronda Rousey and Marloes Coenen.
31: Significant striking advantage for Kaufman prior to her submission defeat.
178: Total significant strikes landed by Chad Laprise and Bryan Barberena in their lightweight encounter. While Barberena held a 94-to-84 advantage overall, it was Laprise who emerged with a unanimous decision victory.
150-64: Combined significant striking advantage for Nordine Taleb in his three UFC appearances. Taleb outlanded Chris Clements 36-17 in his unanimous decision triumph at UFC 186. Taleb also held large striking advantages in previous wins over Jingliang Li (66-43) and Vik Grujic (48-4).
2: Weight classes in which Valerie Letourneau has achieved victory following her unanimous decision triumph over Jessica Rakoczy at strawweight. Letourneau debuted in the Octagon at bantamweight, taking a split verdict over Elizabeth Phillips at UFC 174. Letourneau is the first woman in UFC history to earn victories in two different divisions.