By the Numbers: UFC 289
If it is indeed goodbye for good, Amanda Nunes went out on top.
“Lioness” dominated Irene Aldana for five rounds to defend her bantamweight belt in a lopsided unanimous decision triumph in the UFC 289 main event at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Saturday night. After the victory, the two-division champion laid down her belts and her gloves in the Octagon while announcing her retirement from the sport. Before she called it a career, Nunes beat the best women’s mixed martial arts had to offer, arguably establishing herself as the No. 1 female fighter of all time.
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11: Victories in title fights for Nunes, tying her with Anderson Silva for the fourth most in UFC history. Only Jon Jones (15), Georges St. Pierre (13) and Demetrious Johnson (12) have more victories in championship bouts.
7: Wins by Nunes over opponents who were UFC champions. That list
includes Cristiane
Justino, Valentina
Shevchenko (twice), Ronda
Rousey, Holly Holm,
Julianna
Pena, Miesha Tate
and Germaine
de Randamie.
101: Significant strikes by which Nunes outlanded Aldana (142 to 41) in their five-round fight. That differential is the 11th largest in a title fight in UFC history. Nunes also outlanded Aldada by a 196-to-57 count in total strikes.
.530: Signficant striking accuracy for Nunes, who landed 142 of 267 attempts. Aldana was far less accurate, landing 41 of 143 significant strikes — a 28% clip.
6: Takedowns in 13 attempts for Nunes. The Brazilian champion also secured 7:00 minutes of control time. Aldana did not attempt a takedown and logged just 10 seconds of control time.
20: Finishes in UFC competition for Charles Oliveira following his first-round technical knockout victory over Beneil Dariush in the UFC 289 co-main event. That’s first in promotion history and tied with Wanderlei Silva and Donald Cerrone for No. 2 all-time in UFC/WEC/Pride/Strikeforce combined history behind only Mirko Filopovic (21).
22: Career UFC wins for Oliveira, tying him with Demian Maia for No. 4 all-time in UFC history. Only Jim Miller (25), Andre Arlovski (23) and Cerrone (23) have won more in the Octagon.
26: Significant strikes landed by Oliveira, who connected on 72% of his attempts. By comparison, Dariush landed 12 significant strikes at a 42% success rate. “Do Bronx” also landed the fight’s only knockdown.
19: Post-fight bonuses earned by Oliveira, a UFC record. “Do Bronx” received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” award for his stoppage of Dariush.
6-0: Record for Canadian and Canada-based fighters at UFC 289. Mike Malott, Marc-Andre Barriault, Jasmine Jasudavicius, Aiemann Zahabi, Kyle Nelson and Diana Belbita were all victorious in Vancouver. It was the Las Vegas-based promotion’s first trip to Canada in four years.
6:06: Total Octagon time for Malott against Adam Fugitt before he finished his opponent with a second-round guillotine. That’s the longest amount of time the Team Alpha Male product has needed in victory, as his previous nine professional triumphs all occurred in side of a round.
3: Consecutive finishes in UFC competition for Malott, who has stopped Fugitt, Yohan Lainesse and Mickey Gall to kick off his promotional tenure.
5: Career knockdowns for Dan Ige, tying him with six others including Alexander Volkanovski, Brian Ortega, Edson Barboza and Calvin Kattar, for 10th most in UFC featherweight history. Ige floored Nate Landwehr in the second stanza of their clash before eventually earning a unanimous decision triumph — his ninth victory in UFC competition.
10: Takedowns successfully defended in 11 attempts by Marc-Andre Barriault in a unanimous decision triumph over Eryk Anders in a featured middleweight bout. Barriault also outlanded his opponent 62 to 42 in significant head strikes — and 95 to 83 overall — for his third win in four outings.
3: Takedowns landed in four attempts for Nassourdine Imavov in his middleweight matchup with Chris Curtis. While the bout was ruled a no contest due to an accidental clash of heads, Imavov became the first person to take “Action Man” down in seven UFC appearances. Curtis’ previous six opponents went 0-for-35 on takedowns against him.
.670: Signifcant striking accuracy for Imavov, who landed 57 of 84 attempts. Curtis, meanwhile, landed 26 of 61 significant strikes — a 42% success rate.
115: Total strikes landed by Jasmine Jasudavicius in a unanimous decision triumph over Miranda Maverick at flyweight. Maverick landed 68 total strikes in defeat. Jasudavicius was strongest in the bout’s final 10 minutes, outlanding her foe by a 97-to-43 margin. The Niagara Top Team representative also logged 7:35 of control time compared to just seven seconds for Maverick.
1: KO/TKO defeat in 34 professional appearances for Qileng Aori, who was finished by strikes for the first time in his career by Aiemann Zahabi in their bantamweight showdown. Zahabi needed just 64 seconds to end the contest.
20: Significant body shots landed by Kyle Nelson in a three-round verdict against Blake Bilder at featherweight. Bilber, meanwhile, landed just two significant strikes to the body. Overall, Nelson outlanded his opponent by a 59-to-45 count in significant strikes.
4-5: Record for David Dvorak in bouts that go the distance, including an upset decision loss to newcomer Steve Erceg on Saturday. “The Undertaker” is 16-1 in fights that don’t go to the judges.
106: Significant strikes landed by Diana Belbita in a unanimous decision triumph over Maria Oliveira in their preliminary strawweight clash. By comparison, Oliveira landed 64. Belbita also held a 154-to-85 advantage in total strikes landed.
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