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UFC 226 has been touted as the most important event of the year up to here. The event, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was broadcast in pay-per-view following preliminaries on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, delivered in the form of several historical results.
Daniel Cormier (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) consolidated his status as one of the greatest fighters in the history of MMA when he scored a knockout in the first round of Stipe Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in the main event to add the title of the heavyweights on its chimney along the light and light belt.
Cormier's victory was the decisive moment of the sixth edition of the International UFC Week. Check below 55 post-event facts to come out of UFC 226.
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General
Payment of compliance with the UFC promotional guidelines s 39 raised to $ 209,500.
Cormier, Anthony Pettis, Khalil Rountree and Paulo Costa earned $ 50,000 UFC 226 combat night bonuses.
UFC 226 attracted an announced participation of 17,464 for a live gate of $ 5,677,238.21.
Favorite bets went 4-7 on the map. 10-10 in the UFC poster heads this year
The total fighting time for the 11-bout card was 1:52:07.
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Cormier became the second simultaneous champion of two divisions in the history of the UFC. Conor McGregor also achieved the feat
Cormier became the fifth champion of two divisions in the history of the UFC. McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn and Randy Couture also achieved the feat
Cormier has managed his first heavyweight fight since October 2013. He is 14-0 in the weight category.
The fight of 11 against Cormier is undefeated The UFC heavyweight series / Strikeforce / PRIDE / WEC is the second longest in the divisional history behind Fedor Emelianenko (16).
Cormier went to 9-1 (with a free-competition) in his career against
Miocic suffered both losses of his career stop by knockout.
Derrick Lewis (20-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) won just the second victory of his career.
Francis Ngannou (11-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) suffered his two UFC defeats by decision.
Ngannou and Lewis combined for 31 significant strikes landed, the second-smallest in a three-round UFC fight behind Jens Pulver against Joao Roque (23) at UFC 26 in June 2000
Mike Perry (12-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) won the first victory of his career career
Paul Felder (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) failed in his welterweight debut.
Felder suffered three of his four career losses by decision.
Pettis (21-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) has alternated wins and losses in his last six fights.
Pettis improved to 3-5 in his last eight UFC appearances go back to 2015, when he lost the UFC lightweight title
Pettis improved to 2-1 since returning to the weight division Lightweight UFC in July 2017.
Nine Pettis stop victories at UFC / Donald Cerrone (13 years old), Nate Diaz (12 years old) and Joe Lauzon (12 years old) ranked fourth among WEC light weight competitions.
Pettis seven bid wins from a lower position in the UFC / WEC / PRIDE / Strikeforce competition
Michael Chiesa (14-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time of his career
Chiesa suffered the four losses of his career by stoppage of work.
Chiesa made at least one withdrawal against 10 of his 11 opponents of the UFC.
Rountree (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at four unbeaten fights in the UFC Light Heavyweight competition is the second most long series active in the division behind Jon Jones (14).
Rountree won all his career-stopping victories by knockout.
Gokhan Saki (1-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered both losses of his career by knockout.
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Costa (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has won all 12 career wins by saves.
Costa has won 11 of his 12 career career wins by knockout. Costa is the first middleweight in the history of the UFC to begin his octagonal tenure with four straight knockout victories.
Costa's four-game winning streak in the UFC middleweight competition is tied
Costa's four-stop series in the UFC competition is the third longest among active fighters of the company behind Brian Ortega (six) and Mairbek Taisumov (five).
Uriah Hall (13-9) MMA, 6-7 UFC) fell to 3-5 in his eight appearances at the UFC
Hall suffered the four defeats of his career stop by knockout .
Raphael Assuncao (26-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) has improved to 11-1 since he fell to the UFC roosters division in August 2011.
Assuncao's 11 wins in the bantamweight UFC competition are tied with TJ champion Dentshaw for the most part in history of the division
The series of four UFC fights of Assuncao in the bantamweight competition is tied with Jose Quinonez for the longest active series of the division
Assuncao has won eight of his 11 UFC victories by decision . 19659002] Rob Font (15-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC) suffered three of his four career losses by decision.
Drakkar Klose (9-1-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) won his three UFC wins by decision.
Lando Vannata (9-3-1 MMA, 1-3-1 UFC) has a single win in his last five fights after starting his career on a winning streak of eight.
Curtis Millender (16-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his winning streak to seven fights. He has not suffered a defeat since October 2015.
Millender won 10 of his 16 career wins by decision
Max Griffin (14-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) alternated wins and losses on his five victories.
Griffin suffered four of his five career losses by decision.
Dan Hooker (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has improved to 4-0 since coming to the UFC lightweight division in June 2017. [19659002] Hooker has won 16 of his career wins by stoppage. Hooker has won five of his seven UFC wins by knockout.
The series of four Hooker fights in the UFC competition is the third longest among the active fighters of the company behind Ortega (six) and Taisumov (five).
Gilbert Burns (13-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) suffered the first defeat of his career.
Emily Whitmire (3-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) won all three of her decision by decision.
Jamie Moyle (4-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the three losses of his career by decision.
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Michael Carroll, research analyst and live statistics producer, contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript .
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