By the Numbers: UFC Fight Night 241

Tristen CritchfieldMay 18, 2024

Lerone Murphy passed his most significant test to date in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and kept his unbeaten record intact in the process.

The Manchester, England, native authored a dominant performance against Edson Barboza in the UFC Fight Night 241 headliner, taking a unanimous decision triumph at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. While Barboza had momentary flashes — most notably a damaging upkick at the end of Round 1 — it was largely Murphy imposing his will through boxing, close quarters elbows and occasional takedowns. With that, “The Iceman” has officially announced his presence as a contender in the featherweight division.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC Fight Night 241, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

6: Consecutive victories for Murphy, tying him with reigning champion Ilia Topuria for the second-longest active winning streak in the UFC’s featherweight division behind Movsar Evloev (seven).

220: Significant strikes landed by Murphy, the fourth most for a single fight in UFC featherweight history. Ex-champ Max Holloway has the top three totals: 445, 290 and 230.

141: Significant strikes by which Murphy outlanded Barboza. That’s the third-largest differential in UFC featherweight history.

172: Significant head strikes for Murphy. Barboza landed 38 significant strikes to the head.

.600: Significant striking accuracy for Murphy, who landed 220 of 364 attempts. Barboza, meanwhile, landed just 79 of 242 significant strikes — a 32% success rate.

4: Takedowns landed in six attempts for Murphy, a career best in seven UFC bouts for the Englishman.

110: Total strikes landed by Themba Gorimbo in a three-round verdict over Ramiz Brahimaj at welterweight. By comparison, Brahimaj landed 15. Gorimbo landed five of six takedowns and enjoyed 10:13 of control time in victory. Brahimaj, meanwhile, landed just one of eight takedowns and logged 3:44 of control time.

5: KO/TKO victories in UFC competition for Adrian Yanez. That ties him for the fifth most in the history of the bantamweight division. Yanez defeated Vinicius Salvador via technical knockout at the 2:47 mark of Round 1 in their featured matchup.

6: Career knockdowns for Yanez, tying him four others for 10th most in UFC bantamweight history.

.640: Significant striking accuracy for Yanez, who landed 36 of 56 attempts in the abbreviated bout. Salvadar, meanwhile, landed 17 of 34 attempts for a 50% success rate.

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24: Strawweight fights for Angela Hill, the most in the history of the division. Randa Markos is a distant second with 18 bouts at 115 pounds. Hill defeated Luana Pinheiro via second-round submission in their main card meeting. Hill has 25 UFC bouts overall.

11: Strawweight victories for Hill, also most in UFC history. With her win over Pinheiro, Hill moved ahead of Jessica Andrade, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Carla Esparza, all of whom have 10 triumphs at 115 pounds.

1: Submission victory in 30 career professional bouts for Hill. Prior to Saturday night, Hill had attempted just two submissions over the course of her UFC tenure.

0: Significant strikes landed by Oumar Sy in a successful UFC debut. The Frenchman submitted short-notice foe George Tokkos with a rear-naked choke 3:43 into the opening stanza of their light heavyweight bout.

6: Takedowns landed in seven attempts for Abusupiyan Magomedov in a lopsided unanimous decision triumph against Warlley Alves at middleweight. Magomedov also outlanded his foe 98 to 17 in total strikes while racking up 11:56 total control time. Magomedov landed one takedown total in his first three Octagon appearances.

2-5: Record for Alves in UFC bouts since 2019. The “TUF: Brazil 3” winner has been finished in three of those defeats.

2: Disqualifications in UFC women’s history after Piera Rodriguez was DQ’ed for landing illegal headbutts on the canvas against Ariane Carnelossi in their strawweight bout. The first: Randa Markos was disqualified for an illegal upkick against Luana Pinheiro at UFC on ESPN 23 on May 1, 2021.

8:16: Total control time for Heili Alateng in a unanimous decision triumph over Kleydson Rodrigues at bantamweight. Alateng landed one takedown in each round and outlanded his foe by a 107-to-70 count in total strikes. That helped offset a 37-to-18 deficit in significant strikes.

13: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 15 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that scored that strawweight bout between Emily Ducote and Vanessa Demopoulos for Ducote. Judges Sal D’Amato and Ron McCarthy saw things differently, submitting 29-28 tallies for Demopoulos to give the former LFA champion a split-decision triumph.

143: Significant strikes landed by Ducote, the fourth time in five Octagon appearances that she has exceed 100 significant strikes. By comparison, Demopoulos landed 109. Ducote outlanded her opponent 60 to 36 in Round 2 and 53 to 30 in Round 3, while Demopoulos held a 43-to-30 edge in Round 1.