By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 231

Jailton Almeida took a different route for his latest Ultimate Fighting Championship triumph.

After finishing his first five Octagon foes inside two rounds, “Maladinho” dominated Derrick Lewis for the better part of 25 minutes en route to a unanimous decision triumph in the UFC Fight Night 231 headliner at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo on Saturday night. After the victory, Almeida called out former interim title holder Ciryl Gane, a fight that if it comes to fruition, could significantly further his progress toward the top of the division.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 231, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

21:10: Total control time for Almeida in the 25-minute affair. That’s the most in UFC history, surpassing the 19:50 logged by Curtis Blaydes in a win over Alexander Volkov in 2020. Lewis, meanwhile, secured just 57 seconds of control time in defeat.

6: Takedowns landed in 15 attempts by Almeida. That’s a UFC career best for the Brazilian and tied for the second most surrendered by Lewis in 28 Octagon appearances.

4: Submissions attempted by Almeida. All of these occurred over the course of the first two rounds.

20: Significant strikes landed by Lewis. In his first five UFC outings, Almeida had absorbed a grand total of two significant strikes. Almeida, meanwhile, landed 38 significant strikes of his own in victory.

120: Total strikes for Almeida. By comparison, Lewis landed 28. The Brazilian outlanded his foe 16 to 7 in Round 1, 16 to 3 in Round 2, 33 to 6 in Round 3, 28 to 6 in Round 4 and 27 to 6 in Round 5.

28: Significant strike advantage for Nicolas Dalby in the second round of his welterweight bout against Gabriel Bonfim, when he rallied for a technical knockout victory at the 4:33 mark of the period. Dalby was outlanded by 14 significant strikes in the opening stanza. Bonfim had been victorious in his first 15 professional fights before falling to Dalby.

25: Significant clinch strikes for Dalby. Bonfim, meanwhile, landed just three significant strikes in the clinch.

2:02: Combined time of Bonfim’s first two Octagon appearances, first-round submission wins against Mounir Lazzez and Trevin Giles. The Brazilian spent a total of 9:33 in the cage against Dalby before wilting against his Danish adversary.

79: Significant strikes landed by Don'Tale Mayes in a heavyweight tilt against Rodrigo Nascimento. By comparison, Nascimento landed 70. Nascimento nonetheless won a unanimous decision to improve to 2-0 against Mayes under the UFC banner. Nascimento outlanded his foe 33 to 28 in Round 1, while Mayes outlanded the Brazilian 23 to 20 in Round 2 and 28 to 17 in Round 3.

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5: Consecutive victories for Caio Borralho, the second longest active winning streak in the UFC’s middleweight division behind only Dricus Du Plessis (six). Borralho defeated Abus Magomedov via unanimous decision in a featured bout at UFC Sao Paulo.

9: Career first-round finishes for Elves Brener, including his knockout of Kaynan Kruschewsky in their 165-pound catchweight clash. Brener has won three straight in UFC competition and five in a row overall.

162: Combined significant strikes landed by Rinat Fakhretdinov (87) and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (75) in their welterweight bout that ended in a majority draw. Fakhretdinov had the fight’s only knockdown in Round 1, while dos Santos defended eight of his opponent’s nine takedown attempts.

21: Current unbeaten streak for Fakhretdinov. Prior to his majority draw against dos Santos, “Gladiator” had been victorious in his previous 20 outings as a professional.

10: UFC strawweight victories for Angela Hill, tying her with Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Carla Esparza for the most in the history of the division. Hill outpointed Denise Gomes in a preliminary 115-pound contest on Saturday.

.630: Significant striking accuracy for Hill, who landed 76 of 120 attempts in victory. Gomes was less efficient, landing 62 of 133 attempts — a 46% clip.

5: Takedowns landed in nine attempts for Hill, a UFC career best in 24 Octagon appearances. It was only the second time in her promotional tenure that the former Invicta FC champ landed more than one takedown in a fight.

51: Significant ground strikes — out of 57 total — landed by Eduarda Moura in a second-round technical knockout victory against Montserrat Ruiz in a strawweight bout. By comparison, Ruiz landed no significant ground strikes and just five overall.

132: Combined significant striking deficit for Ruiz in her last two UFC appearances, stoppage losses to Moura (57 to 5) and Jaqueline Amorim (86 to 6). Ruiz has lost three straight UFC appearances overall — all inside the distance.

Marc Diakiese, good for sole possession of eighth place in UFC lightweight history. “Bonecrusher” landed three of eight attempts and logged 8:38 of control time in a split-decision triumph against Kaue Fernandes.