6 The Ultimate Fighter seasons: China, Nations: Canada vs. Australia, Brazil 3, Team Edgar vs. Team Penn (TUF 19), Latin America and A Champion Will Be Crowned (TUF 20)
4 Days this year where two UFC events were held in two different places - May 31st in Brazil and London, June 28th in New Zealand and Austin, August 23rd in China and Tulsa, and October 4th in Sweden and Nova Scotia
176 UFC event that was cancelled and whose main event of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II was later repurposed to UFC 179
7 UFC events held in Brazil
16 UFC title fights
50 Percentage of those UFC title fights ended by finish - 5 KO/TKOs and 3 submissions
16 Seconds it took for UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to score a TKO over Alexis Davis at UFC 175, fastest KO/TKO this year and fastest finish this year
24:56 Time when Frankie Edgar submitted Cub Swanson via a neck crank at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson, latest stoppage in UFC history
22:22 Time in minutes it took for T.J. Dillashaw to score a TKO stemming from a headkick over Renan Barao at UFC 173, latest finish in a UFC championship bout this year
22:20 Time in minutes it took for T.J. Dillashaw to score a TKO stemming from a headkick over Joe Soto in Dillashaw’s first UFC bantamweight title defense at UFC 177
3327 Days between Barao’s first and second pro MMA losses, the first being Barao’s pro MMA debut in April 2005 and his second being against Dillashaw this past May
21,000 Largest audience this year at UFC 180 in Mexico
5 Submission wins at UFC 180, most submissions at an event this year
503 Fights
149 KO/TKOs
99 Submissions
47 Of those submissions occurred in the first round
88 Of those KO/TKOs occurred in the first round
21 Finishes this year occurred in under 60 seconds into the bout (19 KO/TKOs, 2 subs)
100 Percentage of the 11 fights at UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping that ended by finish (7 KO/TKOs and 4 subs), most finishes on a single card in UFC history
8 KO/TKOs at UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Miller, ties UFC 92 and UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez with most KO/TKOs in the modern era (post UFC 28)
9 Underdog wins at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson II, most in UFC history
169 UFC event that featured the Knockout of the Night and Submission the Night bonuses and changed to a Performance of the Night bonus system the next event UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi
5 Wins by Neil Magny inside the Octagon in 2014, tying Roger Huerta for most UFC wins in a calendar year
70:12 Time Magny spent inside the Octagon with 3 unanimous decision wins, a second round TKO and a third round TKO
308 Significant strikes landed combined by Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler for the vacant UFC welterweight title at UFC 171, most sig. strikes landed in UFC history
222 Significant strikes landed combined by Junior dos Santos and Stipe Miocic at UFC on FOX: dos Santos vs. Miocic, most sig. strikes landed in UFC heavyweight history
462 Days between Anthony Pettis winning the UFC lightweight title from Benson Henderson via armbar and Pettis besting Gilbert Melendez via guillotine choke in his first title defense, 1st time in Melendez’s 26 fight pro career he was stopped by a submission
4 UFC lightweight title fights have ended by submission - two by Pettis and two by B.J. Penn
33 UFC event where Yves Edwards made his Octagon debut against Matt Serra
49 UFC event where Edwards scored a flying head kick KO of Josh Thomson, one of the most impressive KOs in UFC history
21 Fights Edwards had inside the Octagon before retiring at the end of November following his most recent submission loss at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson
17 UFC/WEC bouts Jamie Varner had before retiring immediately following his most recent submission loss at UFC on FOX: dos Santos vs. Miocic
32 WEC event where Jamie Varner won the WEC lightweight title via KO/TKO in third round against Rob McCullough
2:18 Time into the first round when Ben Saunders secured an omoplata submission on Chris Heatherly at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos, first submission win of its kind in UFC history
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