On a historic night for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Alex Pereira ended the festivities in style.
On a night filled with highlights and big names, there are plenty of facts and figures to review. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 300, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.
5: KO/TKO victories for Pereira. “Poatan” has stopped the likes of Hill, Jiri Prochazka, Israel Adesanya, Sean Strickland and Andreas Michailidis in the Octagon.
.800: Significant striking accuracy for Pereira, who landed 24 of 30 attempts in the abbreviated affair while scoring his fourth career knockdown. Hill, meanwhile, landed 12 of 22 significant strikes, a 54% success rate.
3: Victories in UFC title bouts for Pereira, who made his promotional debut in 2021.
5: Victories in strawweight title fights for Weili Zhang, the second most in the history of the division behind only Joanna Jedrzejczyk (six). Zhang defeated Xiaonan Yan via unanimous decision in the UFC 300 co-main event.
256: Total strikes landed by Zhang. By comparison, Yan landed 73. Zhang also held a 106-to-43 edge in significant strikes landed.
6: Takedowns landed in nine attempts for Zhang, who also logged 12:44 of control time and attempted two submissions — one of which nearly ended the fight in Round 1. Yan, meanwhile, landed all three of her takedowns, secured 2:20 of control time and did not attempt a submission.
4:59: Time of Max Holloway’s fifth-round knockout of Justin Gaethje in their BMF title bout. That ties Holloway with Demetrious Johnson (vs. Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186) and Yair Rodriguez (vs. Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night 139) for the latest fifth-round finish in UFC history.
22: Career victories for Holloway, tying him with Demian Maia, Charles Oliveira, Dustin Poirier and Neil Magny for fourth-most in promotion history.
11: KO/TKO victories for Holloway, tying him with Anderson Silva, Dustin Poirier, Anthony Johnson and Thiago Santos for third most in UFC history behind Derrick Lewis (14) and Matt Brown (13).
181: Significant strikes landed by Holloway. By comparison, Gaethje landed 103. Holloway outlanded his opponent 25 to 12 in Round 1, 30 to 18 in Round 2, 29 to 20 in Round 3 and 62 to 18 in Round 5. Both fighters landed 35 significant strikes in Round 4.
4: Consecutive triumphs for Arman Tsarukyan, tying him with Mike Davis for the fourth-longest active winning streak in the UFC’s lightweight division. Tsarukyan outdueled Charles Oliveira to earn a split-decision victory in a title eliminator bout on Saturday night.
49: Significant strikes landed by Tsarukyan. By comparison, Oliveira landed 19. Tsarukyan outlanded his opponent 22 to 5 in Round 2 and 18 to 5 in Round 3.
44: Career submission attempts for Oliveira, No. 2 in UFC history behind only Jim Miller (48). “Do Bronx” attempted four submissions in his loss to Tsarukyan, including a tight guillotine early in Round 1 and a brabo choke in the bout’s waning seconds.
29: Finishes among 30 professional victories for Jiri Prochazka, who defeated the returning Aleksandar Rakic via second-round technical knockout in a preliminary light heavyweight contest. The Czech Republic native has earned 26 of those triumphs by way of KO or TKO.
8: Takedowns landed in 13 attempts by Aljamain Sterling in a three-round verdict over Calvin Kattar in his featherweight debut. Sterling’s previous career best of five takedowns occurred in a victory over T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280. Sterling also logged 10:43 of control time and outlanded his foe by an 89-to-19 count in total strikes.
49: Significant strikes by which Kayla Harrison outlanded Holly Holm in their preliminary bantamweight bout. Harrison notably racked up a 42-to-1 advantage in significant ground strikes en route to a rear-naked choke triumph at the 1:47 mark of Round 2. Holm’s two significant strikes landed are the fewest of her 16-bout UFC tenure.
3: Consecutive first-round finishes for Diego Lopes, who put Sodiq Yusuff away with ground-and-pound 1:29 into the opening stanza of their featherweight showdown. In addition to Yusuff, Lopes has stopped Pat Sabatini and Gavin Tucker in the first round.
5: Consecutive lightweight wins for Renato Carneiro, tying him with Paddy Pimblett for the second longest active winning streak in the division behind only reigning champion Islam Makhachev (12). Carneiro defeated Jalin Turner via technical knockout at the 4:11 mark of Round 2.
0-3: Record for Turner when he is taken down at least three times in UFC competition. Carneiro landed two of six takedowns, logged 5:50 of control time and his foe 24 to 0 in significant ground strikes en route to his second-round stoppage
17: Victories for Jessica Andrade, the most for any woman in UFC history. The former strawweight queen defeated Marina Rodriguez via split decision in a preliminary bout.
40: Significant leg strikes, out of 89 total, landed by Andrade. By comparison, Rodriguez landed three significant leg strikes. Rodriguez did hold a 70-to-35 edge in significant head strikes landed.
186: Significant strikes landed by Bobby Green in a unanimous decision triumph over Jim Miller. That’s the fourth most for a single fight in UFC lightweight history. By comparison, Miller landed 57 significant strikes. The significant strike differential of 129 is the second most in a UFC lightweight fight, behind Nate Diaz’s differential of 142 against Donald Cerrone.
44: UFC appearances for Miller after Saturday night. That ranks as the most in UFC history ahead of No. 2 Andrei Arlovski (41). Miller is the only fighter in promotion history to compete at UFC 100, 200 and 300.
3:43: Total control time for Deiveson Figueiredo, who submitted Cody Garbrandt with a rear-naked choke at the 4:02 mark of the second stanza at bantamweight. The Brazilian, who improved to 2-0 at 135 pounds, also landed one of five takedowns and attempted two submissions. Figueiredo has landed five total takedowns in two bantamweight appearances.