Adesanya sets a title reversal record



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The UFC returned to Atlanta after nearly two years on Saturday with a pay-per-view event hosted by the State Farm Arena that saw two new acting champions crowned.

In the main event, Dustin Poirier (25-5 MMA, 17-4 UFC) has finally achieved his dream: to win the lightweight title by a unanimous decision victory over the featherweight champion, Max Holloway (20- 4 MMA, 16-4 UFC) in the fight of February 2012, won by "The Diamond".

The co-star saw Israel Adesanya (17-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) join the undefeated UFC champions shortlist when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum (15-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) unanimously in a classic round affair to win the middleweight middleweight title.

Numerous historical numbers came out of both fights for the title, but the map also provided other notable feats. For more information, check out below 45 facts after the event from UFC 236.

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General

The payment for compliance with the UFC promotional guidelines for the event is $ 253,500.

Poirier, Holloway, Adesanya and Gastelum earned $ 50,000 in UFC Night 236 bonus.

Beginning fighters went 0-3 on the map.

UFC 236 attracted 14,297 people for a live portal of $ 1,908,721.

The favorites of the bets were 8-5 on the card.

Betting favorites have dropped to 5-6 among UFC headliners this year.

The total fighting time for the 13 fight card was 2:52:05.

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Poirier won a title at the UFC when he appeared on the 22nd Octagon, making him the second-tallest champion in the history of the company behind Michael Bisping (26).

The 17 wins won by Poirier since 2011 in the UFC competition are tied with Holloway for second place behind Donald Cerrone (22).

Pear Tree has improved to 9-1 (with a no-contest) since returning to the UFC Lightweight division in April 2015.

Poirier's six straight losses against the UFC's lightweights are tied for the third-longest active fighter in the weight category behind Tony Ferguson (11) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (10).

Pear tree has only won the sixth decision of his career. The six of these victories went under the banner of the UFC.

Poirier has received a combat night bonus in each of his last five UFC successes.

Poirier became the eighth fighter in the history of the UFC to win 10 combat night bonuses.

Poirier and Holloway combined for 359 significant hits, the second for a single fight in UFC history behind Holloway against Brian Ortega at UFC 231 in December (400).

Holloway lost a fight for the UFC title for the first time in his career.

Holloway had his steak winner of 13 fights broken for his first loss since August 2013.

Holloway suffered three of his four career losses by decision.

Holloway recorded 1,808 important strikes in the UFC competition, the largest in its history.

Holloway is the only fighter in history to have achieved 100 or more important strikes in eight separate UFC fights.

Adesanya became the 10th fighter in the history of the UFC to win a title with an undefeated record.

Adesanya's winning streak in 17-fight MMA is the longest among the UFC's middleweights.

Adesanya's winning streak in his six UFC middleweight bouts is the second-longest run in the division behind Robert Whittaker (eight).

Adesanya has won four of his six UFC wins by decision.

The four reversals of Adesanya set a new record for individual fights for a fight for the UFC title.

Gastelum fell to 4-2 (with a no-contest) since his rise in the UFC middleweight division in December 2016. He has a 5-2 record (with a no-contest) in the Organization at 185 books.

Gastelum suffered three of his four career losses by decision.

Gastelum had a reversal for the first time in the middleweight competition of the UFC.

The four reversals of Khalil Rountree (8-4 MMA, 5-3 CFU) set a new record in uniform fights for a lightweight UFC light heavyweight bout.

Eryk Anders (11-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) is the longest of his career. He has not won since August.

Anders fell to 1-4 in his last five fights after starting his career on a 10-game winning streak.

Anders fell to 0-2 in the UFC light heavyweight competition.

Anders suffered three of his four career losses by decision.

Alan Jouban (16-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) fell to 1-3 in his last four bouts dating back to March 2017.

Nikita Krylov (25-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has improved to 1-1 after returning to the UFC for a second stint in September 2018.

Krylov improved to 11-2 in his 13 fights dating back to March 2014.

Krylov has improved to 10-3 since moving to the light heavyweight division in March 2014.

Krylov has won all 25 career victories by stoppage.

Krylov's four wins in the UFC light heavyweight competition are tied for second in division history behind Jon Jones (five).

Ovince Saint Preux (23-13 MMA, 11-8 CFU) fell to 1-3 in his last four bouts dating back to February 2018.

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Alexandre Pantoja (21-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) won his third straight streak against the UFC, making it the third longest running series in the division, behind Henry Cejudo (four) and Jussier Formiga (four).

Pantoja earned their first victory in the round of 16 since December 9, 2011 – a duration of 2,683 days (over seven years) and 12 fights.

Wilson Reis (23-10 MMA, 7-6 CFU) has dropped to 1-4 in his last five bouts dating back to April 2016.

Reis has dropped to 6-5 since he switched to the UFC flyweight division in August 2014.

Zelim Imadaev (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) saw his winning streak on eight wins break for the first defeat of his career.

Khalid Taha (13-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has alternated wins and losses in his last five bouts.

Taha has won 11 of his 13 career wins by stop.

Boston Salmon (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first loss in the round of 16 of his career.

Belal Muhammad (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has won 11 of his 15 career wins by decision. This includes five of his six UFC wins.

Curtis Millender (17-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career.

Andre Soukhamthath (13-7 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered his seven career losses by decision.

Poliana Botelho (8-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) was successful in her debut as a flyweight at UFC.

Lauren Mueller (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered consecutive losses after starting her career on a five-game winning streak.

Mueller suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Brandon Davis (10-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was very successful in his debut as a bantamweight.

Randy Costa (4-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) saw his winning streak of four fights break for the first defeat of his career.

For full coverage of UFC 236, see the UFC Events section of the site.

FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.

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