By The Numbers: UFC 273

Alexander Volkanovski stands alone atop the featherweight division.

The reigning 145-pound king was virtually flawless at UFC 273, dominating Chan Sung Jung in all aspects of their fight en route to a fourth-round technical knockout victory in Saturday’s headliner at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Volkanovski is now the proud owner of a 21-fight professional winning streak, a run that includes four victories in UFC title fights.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 273, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

11: Consecutive victories in UFC competition for Volkanovski, the second-longest active winning streak in the promotion behind only reigning welterweight champ Kamaru Usman (15). Coincidentally, Usman also ranks one spot ahead of Volkanovski in Sherdog.com's pound-for-pound rankings.

5: Fighters in promotion history to begin their UFC careers with a record of 11-0 or better. On Saturday, Volkanovski joined Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Royce Gracie and Usman in this select group.

138: Significant strikes landed by Volkanovski. By comparison, Jung landed just 48. The featherweight champion landed at a whopping rate of 8.76 significant strikes per minute in the fight, while notably outlanding his opponent 37 to 15 in Round 1, 35 to 10 in Round 2 and 57 to 21 in Round 3.

.640: Significant striking accuracy for Volkanovski, who landed 138 of 213 attempts. Jung landed 48 of 125 significant strikes — a 38 percent success rate.

3,172: Days since Jung’s last title bout appearance, a fourth-round TKO loss to Jose Aldo at UFC 163 on Aug. 3, 2013.

12: Victories for Aljamain Sterling, the second-most in UFC history at 135 pounds behind only T.J. Dillashaw (13). Sterling outpointed Petr Yan in a title unification bout in the UFC 273 co-headliner.

22: Takedowns attempted by Sterling. Although “The Funkmaster” landed just two of those tries, both instances proved to be pivotal in Sterling’s championship victory. Sterlling grounded Yan once each in the second and third rounds.

7:33: Total control time in Rounds 2 and 3 for Sterling. The Serra-Longo Fight Team member had just 58 seconds of control in the other three rounds combined.

10: Failed takedown attempts for Sterling in the fifth round.

139: Total strikes landed by Yan. By comparison, Sterling landed 91. Yan had just a 63-to-62 edge in significant strikes landed.

119: Significant strikes landed by Gilbert Burns in a unanimous decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev in a welterweight bout that will likely go down as one of 2022’s best fights. Chimaev’s previous four UFC foes managed to land just one significant strike combined. Chimaev, meanwhile, landed 108 significant strikes in victory.

11: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 18 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that awarded the strawweight clash between Tecia Torres and Mackenzie Dern to Torres. Cageside judges Chris Lee and Barry Luxenberg both submitted 29-28 scorecards for Dern, giving the Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout a split-decision triumph.

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76: Significant strikes landed by Torres. By comparison, Dern landed 50. Torres landed 76 of 124 attempts, a 61 percent success rate. Dern was far less accurate, landing 50 of 156 attempts — a 32 percent clip.

3: Submissions attempted by Dern in Round 2. The grappling champion had Torres in serious danger on a couple occasions in the period, but “The Tiny Tornado” was somehow able to escape each predicament.

68: Significant strikes landed by Vinc Pichel in a unanimous decision loss to Mark O. Madsen at lightweight. By comparison, Madsen landed 39 significant strikes.

3: Takedowns landed in three attempts for Madsen. The most significant of those came in Round 3, which allowed the Olympic silver medalist to secure 3:57 of control time in the period. On another note, Pichel became the first person to ground Madsen when he took the Denmark native down in the second round.

34: Significant strikes by which Irish prospect Ian Garry outlanded Darian Weeks in their welterweight clash. Garry landed 47 significant strikes to the head, 12 to the body and 15 to the legs of his opponent.

8: Takedowns landed in 11 attempts by Anthony Hernandez in a unanimous decision triumph over Josh Fremd at middleweight, the most of anyone on the UFC 273 card. “Fluffy” also attempted three submissions and enjoyed 10:45 of control time against his short-notice opponent.

10: Bantamweight triumphs in UFC competition for Raquel Pennington, second most in the history of the division behind ex-champ Amanda Nunes (11). Pennington defeated Aspen Ladd via unanimous decision in a preliminary matchup on Saturday.

3: Consecutive wins at 135 pounds for Pennington, currently the longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division. “Rocky” has won four fights in a row overall, but one of those victories came at 145 pounds.

114: Significant strikes landed by Pennington, the most of her 16-bout UFC tenure. By comparison, Ladd landed 65 significant strikes in defeat.

4: Consecutive first-round finishes for Mike Malott, who enjoyed a successful UFC debut with a Round 1 TKO of Mickey Gall in a welterweight affair. The Team Alpha Male product dropped his foe with a left hook and sealed his triumph with follow-up ground-and-pound at the 3:41 mark of Round 1.

2: Scarf-hold submissions in UFC competition for Alexey Oleynik. “The Boa Constrictor” earned his second such triumph by tapping out Jared Vanderaa 3:39 into the opening round of their heavyewight bout. Their have been only seven scarf-hold submissions in the history of the Las Vegas-based promotion.

7: Submission wins in UFC competition for Oleynik. That ranks second in heavyweight history behind only former heavyweight champion Frank Mir (eight).

47: Wins via tapout in professional MMA bouts for Oleynik. The 44-year-old Russian earned his first submission triumph on Nov. 10, 1996, when he used a rear-naked choke to defeat Alexandr Kruglenko at an event in Ukraine.

127: Significant strikes landed by Julio Arce in a unanimous decision triumph over Daniel Gustavo Santos in a preliminary bantamweight clash. That’s a career high in eight Octagon appearances for Arce, whose previous best of 74 significant strikes came in a third-round knockout of Julian Erosa at UFC Fight Night 152. Santos, meanwhile, landed 49 signifcant strikes in defeat.