The UFC hosted another event on Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 31, which took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streamed on ESPN+.
Derek Brunson (21-7 MMA, 12-5 UFC) pulled off an upset a 3-1 underdog in the main event when he derailed the hype around Edmen Shahbazyan (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) with a third-round TKO win in the middleweight headliner.
Brunson’s victory concluded a rather unusual eight-fight card that featured a stunning amount of fight scratches in the days and hours leading up. For more on the numbers, check below for 25 post-event facts to come out of UFC on ESPN+ 31.
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General
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $103,500.
Debuting fighters went 1-1-2 at the event.
Jennifer Maia, Vicente Luque, Bobby Green and Lando Vannata earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN+ 31 fight-night bonuses.
UFC on ESPN+ 31 drew an announced attendance of zero for a live gate of $0.
Betting favorites went 4-3 on the card. On fight ended in a raw.
Betting favorites fell to 14-7 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the eight-bout card was 1:35:48.
Main card
Brunson’s 12 victories since 2012 in UFC middleweight competition are the most in the division.
Brunson’s eight stoppage victories in UFC middleweight competition are tied for fourth most in divisional history behind Anderson Silva (11), Nate Marquardt (nine) and Chris Leben (nine).
Brunson’s seven knockout victories in UFC middleweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Silva (eight) and Thiago Santos (eight).
Shahbazyan had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Maia (18-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) earned her first submission victory since May 10, 2014 – a span of 2,275 days (more than six years) and 13 fights.
Joanne Calderwood (14-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) fell to 4-2 in UFC women’s flyweight competition. She’s 4-2 in her career at 125 pounds.
Calderwood has suffered all three of her career stoppage losses by first-round submission.
Calderwood became the ninth fighter in history to suffer multiple armbar submission losses in UFC competition.
Luque (19-7-1 MMA, 12-3 UFC) has earned 17 of his 19 career victories by stoppage. That includes 11 of his 12 UFC wins.
Luque’s 11 stoppage victories since 2015 in UFC welterweight competition are most in the division during that span.
Luque’s 11 stoppage victories in UFC welterweight competition are third most in divisional history behind Matt Brown (13) and Matt Hughes (12).
Luque’s eight knockout victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied with Thiago Alves for second most in divisional history behind Brown (11).
Vannata (11-5-2 MMA, 3-5-2 UFC) fell to 2-4-2 in his past eight UFC appearances dating back to March 2017.
Preliminary card
Frankie Saenz (12-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) fell to 2-5 in his past seven fights dating back to December 2015.
Saenz has suffered all four of his UFC stoppage losses by knockout.
Johnny Munhoz (10-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his 10-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Chris Gutierrez (15-4-2 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC) vs. Cody Durden (11-2-1 MMA, 0-0-1 UFC) marked the first unanimous draw in UFC history without point deductions.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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