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Formerly writing for Vice Sports with the series titled Cage Captions, this new project, Fight Facts, is currently a collaboration with the great team at Combat Docket!
The name may have changed, and some of the stylistic features from Cage Captions have been altered, but it's the same great information presented in a slightly different format. Fightland forever!
Fight Facts MEGA-edition: TUF 26 Finale and UFC 218
12/3/2017
Total number of UFC Fights: 4445
Total number of UFC Events: 421
TUF 26 Finale
Ladies Night
With SEVEN fights taking place between women, the TUF 26 Finale was one WMMA fight short of tying the record set at the TUF 20 Finale, which held eight women’s bouts.
Passed “Go”, Collected 200
The “Fight of the Night” title bout between Nicco Montano and Roxanne Modafferi was the 200th fight between women in UFC history. Women’s bouts have accounted for 9.1% of all bouts contested in the UFC since the first WMMA fight took place in 2013.
Take Me Down to Armbaradise City
With an impressive THREE armbar finishes throughout the night, the TUF 26 Finale tied the record for the most arms barred at an event in modern UFC history with UFC on Fuel 10 in 2013 (which featured two armbars and a reverse triangle armbar).
UFC 15.5, also known as UFC Japan, featured FOUR armbars back in 1997.
Gotta Start Somewhere
In only her SIXTH professional fight, Nicco Montano is the least experienced fighter to win a UFC championship since Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to earn the interim heavyweight championship at UFC 91 in 2008 in just his FOURTH professional fight.
Bas Rutten Special
Gerald Meerschaert’s crushing body kick KO of Eric Spicely is the SEVENTH one-shot body kick KO/TKO in UFC history.
Slicer No Slicing
Brett John’s 30-second calf slicer submission of Joe Soto is just the SECOND calf slicer submission in UFC history, a maneuver first performed by Charles Oliveira against Eric Wisely at UFC on Fox 2 in 2012.
Pikey Power
Brett John’s submission was the SEVENTH fastest finish in men’s bantamweight history, and the SECOND fastest submission victory in divisional history (Patrick Williams put Alejandro Perez to sleep in 23 seconds with a guillotine in 2015).
With the win, Johns extended his undefeated record to 15-0.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, the UFC had never had a women’s flyweight champion (192 events since the UFC brought WMMA into the fold), no TUF main season finale had ever featured a draw (25 events), and no fighter seeded in TUF below #3 had ever won their season of TUF (2 seasons, Montano was #14 seed).
Her Time
Walking out to Fabolous’s “My Time” featuring Jeremih, Montana De La Rosa prevailed over Christina Marks with a first-round armbar. Now with the THIRD most recorded wins in UFC history, fighters that walk out to “My Time” celebrate a recorded 20 wins, with just 9 defeats (69%).
UFC 218
A Top of the Morning to Both of You!
UFC 218 was the first card since UFC 162 in 2013 to award TWO “Fight of the Night” bonuses, as the UFC chose to award both the Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje AND Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira fights those bonuses, opting not to award any “Performance of the Night” bonuses.
Gotta Get Warmed Up
Max Holloway became the first fighter in UFC history to win THREE straight title fights all by third-round stoppage.
A New Generation
Max Holloway’s drubbing of Jose Aldo marked the 12th straight fight Holloway has won, moving him into third place for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Anderson Silva stands far and above with 16 straight wins, and Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, and Jon Jones are each tied for second with win streaks of 13 in their respective careers.
Of the seven fighters to ever win at least TEN straight fights in the UFC, FOUR of those streaks are still active, with Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, Max Holloway, and Tony Ferguson all still riding 10+ fight winning streaks.
Doubled Up
Landing an impressive 174 significant strikes on Jose Aldo in his third round TKO performance, Max Holloway landed exactly twice as many significant strikes as his competitor, who landed 87 of his own.
Five Round Man
Jose Aldo competed in his FOURTEENTH consecutive title fight throughout his UFC/WEC career in his rematch against Max Holloway, the most in combined UFC/WEC history. Aldo’s record in those title fights dropped to a still-impressive 11-3, although all three of those losses have come by KO/TKO.
Six of One
Francis Ngannou has now finished all six of his opponents in the UFC, joining Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva, and Ronda Rousey as the only fighters in UFC history to ever stop their first six opponents inside the Octagon.
Toasty!
Francis Ngannou’s brutal knockout of Alistair Overeem was the 11th knockout loss in Overeem’s MMA career, the most for any fighter currently on the UFC roster. Scoring the knockout in just 102 seconds, it was the fastest stoppage loss in Overeem’s 60-fight MMA career.
King of the Underground
By defeating Justin Gaethje by third-round KO, Eddie Alvarez defeated a former WSOF champion. Throughout his MMA career, Alvarez has beaten former champions from practically every major organization, including the UFC, WEC, Bellator, Strikeforce, DREAM, ONE Championship, and WSOF, among others.
The only major promotion in which Alvarez has not defeated a former champion is Pride FC, but the only lightweight champion in Pride FC history was Takanori Gomi.
Beats Carrying Water Bottles Up Stairs
In 23 bouts between coaches of The Ultimate Fighter over the years, there have been 11 KO/TKOs, 5 submissions, and only 7 decisions. With a finish rate of just under 70%, well above the historical finish rate of 55.4%, fights between coaches have now earned 11 post-fight bonuses after Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje’s “Fight of the Night” battle for the ages.
Nothing If Not Consistent
Tecia Torres’s decision win against Michelle Waterson earned her the tenth win of her professional career, with nine of those ten wins going the distance.
Dropping Felbows
With his TKO win due to elbows against Charles Oliveira, Paul Felder became the FIRST fighter in UFC history to get three straight finishes from elbow strikes. Felder joins Jon Jones to become only the SECOND fighter in company history to have three elbow-based stoppage victories.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, Justin Gaethje had never been defeated (18 fights), Drakkar Klose had never lost a fight (9 fights), Eddie Alvarez had never knocked out an opponent in the third round (15 knockouts), and Angela Magana had never been knocked out (19 fights).
He Mana, Ka Makao
For the 12th consecutive time, Max Holloway has walked out to “Hawaiian Kickboxer” by Moke Boy. Holloway has won ALL TWELVE of those fights while using the song, stopping nine of those twelve opponents along the way.
Till the Roof Comes Off
In a rare occurrence, two fighters decided to use the same song in their walkouts, as both Yancy Medeiros and Justin Willis walked out in part to “Till I Collapse” by Eminem. Surprisingly, both fighters won their fights, with each winning by knockout.
Hottest Band in the World
For the FIRST recorded time in UFC history, Amanda Cooper walked out to legendary rock band Kiss, with an appropriate use of “Detroit Rock City,” and won by TKO in the second round.
To the UFC - well done, two great nights of fights. The results speak for themselves - 218 had two FOTY candidates, a KOTY candidate, and the rise of some serious contenders. The TUF 26 Finale gave us a new division to enjoy, a super rare submission, and everybody went home with an arm of their own. I'll take it.
Like usual, if you have any questions, comments, queries or concerns, please let me know. I'm developing this with the fans in mind first and foremost, and I'm always looking for ways to improve my information and presentation. If you want to know some other stats from these cards or are wondering about something else related to fight results or walkout music, feel free to shoot questions my way, I'm happy to answer them.
Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out my buddies at Combat Docket!
The name may have changed, and some of the stylistic features from Cage Captions have been altered, but it's the same great information presented in a slightly different format. Fightland forever!
Fight Facts MEGA-edition: TUF 26 Finale and UFC 218
12/3/2017
Total number of UFC Fights: 4445
Total number of UFC Events: 421
TUF 26 Finale
Ladies Night
With SEVEN fights taking place between women, the TUF 26 Finale was one WMMA fight short of tying the record set at the TUF 20 Finale, which held eight women’s bouts.
Passed “Go”, Collected 200
The “Fight of the Night” title bout between Nicco Montano and Roxanne Modafferi was the 200th fight between women in UFC history. Women’s bouts have accounted for 9.1% of all bouts contested in the UFC since the first WMMA fight took place in 2013.
Take Me Down to Armbaradise City
With an impressive THREE armbar finishes throughout the night, the TUF 26 Finale tied the record for the most arms barred at an event in modern UFC history with UFC on Fuel 10 in 2013 (which featured two armbars and a reverse triangle armbar).
UFC 15.5, also known as UFC Japan, featured FOUR armbars back in 1997.
Gotta Start Somewhere
In only her SIXTH professional fight, Nicco Montano is the least experienced fighter to win a UFC championship since Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to earn the interim heavyweight championship at UFC 91 in 2008 in just his FOURTH professional fight.
Bas Rutten Special
Gerald Meerschaert’s crushing body kick KO of Eric Spicely is the SEVENTH one-shot body kick KO/TKO in UFC history.
Slicer No Slicing
Brett John’s 30-second calf slicer submission of Joe Soto is just the SECOND calf slicer submission in UFC history, a maneuver first performed by Charles Oliveira against Eric Wisely at UFC on Fox 2 in 2012.
Pikey Power
Brett John’s submission was the SEVENTH fastest finish in men’s bantamweight history, and the SECOND fastest submission victory in divisional history (Patrick Williams put Alejandro Perez to sleep in 23 seconds with a guillotine in 2015).
With the win, Johns extended his undefeated record to 15-0.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, the UFC had never had a women’s flyweight champion (192 events since the UFC brought WMMA into the fold), no TUF main season finale had ever featured a draw (25 events), and no fighter seeded in TUF below #3 had ever won their season of TUF (2 seasons, Montano was #14 seed).
Her Time
Walking out to Fabolous’s “My Time” featuring Jeremih, Montana De La Rosa prevailed over Christina Marks with a first-round armbar. Now with the THIRD most recorded wins in UFC history, fighters that walk out to “My Time” celebrate a recorded 20 wins, with just 9 defeats (69%).
UFC 218
A Top of the Morning to Both of You!
UFC 218 was the first card since UFC 162 in 2013 to award TWO “Fight of the Night” bonuses, as the UFC chose to award both the Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje AND Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira fights those bonuses, opting not to award any “Performance of the Night” bonuses.
Gotta Get Warmed Up
Max Holloway became the first fighter in UFC history to win THREE straight title fights all by third-round stoppage.
A New Generation
Max Holloway’s drubbing of Jose Aldo marked the 12th straight fight Holloway has won, moving him into third place for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Anderson Silva stands far and above with 16 straight wins, and Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, and Jon Jones are each tied for second with win streaks of 13 in their respective careers.
Of the seven fighters to ever win at least TEN straight fights in the UFC, FOUR of those streaks are still active, with Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, Max Holloway, and Tony Ferguson all still riding 10+ fight winning streaks.
Doubled Up
Landing an impressive 174 significant strikes on Jose Aldo in his third round TKO performance, Max Holloway landed exactly twice as many significant strikes as his competitor, who landed 87 of his own.
Five Round Man
Jose Aldo competed in his FOURTEENTH consecutive title fight throughout his UFC/WEC career in his rematch against Max Holloway, the most in combined UFC/WEC history. Aldo’s record in those title fights dropped to a still-impressive 11-3, although all three of those losses have come by KO/TKO.
Six of One
Francis Ngannou has now finished all six of his opponents in the UFC, joining Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva, and Ronda Rousey as the only fighters in UFC history to ever stop their first six opponents inside the Octagon.
Toasty!
Francis Ngannou’s brutal knockout of Alistair Overeem was the 11th knockout loss in Overeem’s MMA career, the most for any fighter currently on the UFC roster. Scoring the knockout in just 102 seconds, it was the fastest stoppage loss in Overeem’s 60-fight MMA career.
King of the Underground
By defeating Justin Gaethje by third-round KO, Eddie Alvarez defeated a former WSOF champion. Throughout his MMA career, Alvarez has beaten former champions from practically every major organization, including the UFC, WEC, Bellator, Strikeforce, DREAM, ONE Championship, and WSOF, among others.
The only major promotion in which Alvarez has not defeated a former champion is Pride FC, but the only lightweight champion in Pride FC history was Takanori Gomi.
Beats Carrying Water Bottles Up Stairs
In 23 bouts between coaches of The Ultimate Fighter over the years, there have been 11 KO/TKOs, 5 submissions, and only 7 decisions. With a finish rate of just under 70%, well above the historical finish rate of 55.4%, fights between coaches have now earned 11 post-fight bonuses after Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje’s “Fight of the Night” battle for the ages.
Nothing If Not Consistent
Tecia Torres’s decision win against Michelle Waterson earned her the tenth win of her professional career, with nine of those ten wins going the distance.
Dropping Felbows
With his TKO win due to elbows against Charles Oliveira, Paul Felder became the FIRST fighter in UFC history to get three straight finishes from elbow strikes. Felder joins Jon Jones to become only the SECOND fighter in company history to have three elbow-based stoppage victories.
Never Say Never Again
Coming into this event, Justin Gaethje had never been defeated (18 fights), Drakkar Klose had never lost a fight (9 fights), Eddie Alvarez had never knocked out an opponent in the third round (15 knockouts), and Angela Magana had never been knocked out (19 fights).
He Mana, Ka Makao
For the 12th consecutive time, Max Holloway has walked out to “Hawaiian Kickboxer” by Moke Boy. Holloway has won ALL TWELVE of those fights while using the song, stopping nine of those twelve opponents along the way.
Till the Roof Comes Off
In a rare occurrence, two fighters decided to use the same song in their walkouts, as both Yancy Medeiros and Justin Willis walked out in part to “Till I Collapse” by Eminem. Surprisingly, both fighters won their fights, with each winning by knockout.
Hottest Band in the World
For the FIRST recorded time in UFC history, Amanda Cooper walked out to legendary rock band Kiss, with an appropriate use of “Detroit Rock City,” and won by TKO in the second round.
To the UFC - well done, two great nights of fights. The results speak for themselves - 218 had two FOTY candidates, a KOTY candidate, and the rise of some serious contenders. The TUF 26 Finale gave us a new division to enjoy, a super rare submission, and everybody went home with an arm of their own. I'll take it.
Like usual, if you have any questions, comments, queries or concerns, please let me know. I'm developing this with the fans in mind first and foremost, and I'm always looking for ways to improve my information and presentation. If you want to know some other stats from these cards or are wondering about something else related to fight results or walkout music, feel free to shoot questions my way, I'm happy to answer them.
Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out my buddies at Combat Docket!
