By the Numbers: UFC on ESPN 40

Jamahal Hill just entered a new tier in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light heavyweight division.

The Dana White’s Contender Series alum weathered some adversity before rallying to defeat former 205-pound title challenger Thiago Santos via technical knockout 2:10 into the fourth round of the UFC on ESPN 40 headliner at the UFC Apex on Saturday night. “Sweet Dreams” has won three straight and four of his last five at 205 pounds — with all of those victories coming inside the distance. It was just one finish of many on a memorable night in Las Vegas.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC on ESPN 40, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

10: Finishes among 10 bouts at UFC on ESPN 40. That makes it the second event in modern UFC history with at least 10 fights and a 100% finishing rate on the card. The other: UFC Fight Night 55 “Rockhold vs. Bisping,” which went 11-for-11 on finishes on Nov. 7, 2014.

4: KO/TKO victories for Hill since 2020. That ties him for most in the light heavyweight division during that time. Hill’s victims include Santos, Johnny Walker, Jimmy Crute and Ovince St. Preux.

89: Significant strikes landed by Hill. Santos, meanwhile, landed 53. Hill outlanded his opponent by a 40-to-19 count in the decisive fourth stanza.

20: Takedowns attempted by Santos in the fight. The Brazilian landed six of those tries, notably going five for 11 during a wrestling-heavy approach in Round 3. Santos’ previous career high of three takedowns landed occurred in a win over Kevin Holland at UFC 227. “Marreta” did not land a single takedown in his previous five promotional appearances.

1-5: Record for Santos in his last six UFC outings, dating back to a title loss to Jon Jones at UFC 239 in which he blew out both of his knees.

5: Finishes since 2018 for Geoff Neal, who defeated Vicente Luque via knockout at the 2:01 mark of Round 3 in their welterweight co-main event. That total ranks second in the UFC’s welterweight division during that period behind only Luque (eight).

29: Professional fights without a KO/TKO defeat for Luque, who has faced the likes of Tyron Woodley, Stephen Thompson, Mike Perry, Jalin Turner, Leon Edwards, Belal Muhammad and Thiago Santos over the course of his career. Neal become the first person to knock him out in Luque’s 30th professional outing.

121: Significant strikes landed by Neal, a career high in nine Octagon appearances. By comparison, Luque landed 97 significant strikes. Neal outlanded his opponent 52 to 30 in Round 1 and 29 to 16 in Round 3, while Luque held a 51-to-40 advantage in the second frame.

113: Significant head strikes for Neal. By comparison, Luque landed 56 significant strikes to the head. Luque had the edge in significant body strikes (26 to 5) and significant leg strikes (15 to 3).

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20: Significant strike deficit for Mohammed Usman in a knockout victory over Zac Pauga at heavyweight. Usman landed just 30 percent of his significant strikes (12 of 40), but he scored the fight’s only knockdown to get the finish 36 seconds into Round 2. Pagua landed 32 of 50 significant strikes — a 64 percent success rate — in defeat.

110: Total strikes landed by Juliana Miller in a third-round TKO triumph against Brogan Walker at flyweight. Miller was successful on all four of her takedown attempts and enjoyed 9:40 of control time in the fight. Walker, meanwhile, landed 52 total strikes, did not attempt a takedown and logged just 1:16 of control time in defeat.

6: Takedowns landed in eight attempts by Sergey Spivak in a second-round technical knockout victory over Augusto Sakai in a featured heavyweight bout. That figure ties a career high for “Polar Bear,” which he matched by landing six takedowns in a win over Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243.

86: Total strikes landed by Spivak. By comparison, Sakai landed 14. Spivak also held a 33-to-8 advantage in significant strikes landed. That included a 24-to-0 edge in significant ground strikes.

4: Consecutive KO/TKO losses in UFC competition for Sakai, who has also fallen to Tai Tuivasa, Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Alistair Overeem during his current skid.

3: First-round finishes among three UFC triumphs for Terrance McKinney, who vanquished Erick Gonzalez with a rear-naked choke 2:17 into the opening frame of their lightweight scrap. All told, McKinney has 11 first-round finishes to his credit as a professional.

9: Current winless streak for Sam Alvey following a first-round technical knockout loss to Michal Oleksiejczuk in their middleweight bout. That moves him out of a tie with B.J. Penn and into sole possession of first-place for the longest winless streak in promotion history. Alvey hasn’t won a fight in UFC competition since June 1, 2018.

37: Total strikes by which Oleksiejczuk outlanded Alvey in the abbreviated bout. “Hussar” scored a pair of knockdowns and also held a 22-to-3 edge in significant strikes landed.

2,554: Days since Takashi Sato’s last KO/TKO defeat, a first-round stoppage at the hands of Kenta Takagi at Pancrase 269 on Aug. 9, 2015. Sato fell victim to a Bryan Battle head kick 44 seconds into Round 1 of their welterweight encounter on Saturday night.

1: Von Flue choke in UFC women’s history after Cory McKenna used the maneuver to dispatch Miranda Granger 1:03 into Round 2 of their prelimnary strawweight encounter. McKenna is the fifth fighter in UFC history overall to win a fight using the Von Flue choke.

1:17: Time of Mayra Bueno Silva’s first-round armbar of Stephanie Eggar. That’s the fourth-fastest submission victory in UFC women’s bantamweight history. Ronda Rousey’s 14-second submission of Cat Zingano at UFC 184.