Sean Strickland joins the exclusive club of three-division members
With Saturday’s start of another busy year, the UFC began its second season. UFC Fight Night 217. It was the first event of 42 planned events in the promotion, and it took place at UFC Apex Las Vegas.
Six of the fights were called off, but the main event continued. Sean Strickland (13-5 UFC, 26-5 MMA), managed to outwork the competition. Nassourdine Imavov For your chance to win (12-4 MMA, UFC 4-2) a unanimous decision On short notice, the headliner for light heavyweight is available.
Fore more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 217.
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The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout The total cost of the event was $137,000.
At the event, debuting fighters were ranked 1-4.
[autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag], [autotag]Roman Kopylov[/autotag], [autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag] [autotag]Allan Nascimento[/autotag] Earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 217 fight-night bonuses.
UFC Fight Night 217 was sold by VIP tickets. However, the promotion didn’t make public the number of tickets or the gate.
Betting favorites won 8-3 on the card.
This year, betting favorites dropped to 0-1 for UFC headliners.
The 11-bout card fought in 1:55.56 total.
Sean Strickland defends. Nassourdine Iavov
Sean Strickland
Strickland was the 16th fighter to win victories in UFC weight classes.
Strickland is now the third UFC fighter to win victories at light heavyweight (midweight), welterweight (welterweight) weights. Trevin Giles, Ildemar Alonsara and Trevin Giles were also successful in this feat.
Strickland won nine of his 13 UFC wins by decision.
Strickland has landed more than 100 significant strikes in his UFC career for the fifth time.
Imavov suffered three of his four career loss by decision. This includes his UFC losses.
Dan Ige def. Damon Jackson
Dan Ige
Ige (16-6 MMA and 8-5 UFC), won his first win since March 2021 after snapping his three-fight losing streak.
[autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag] (5-3-1 UFC, 22-5-1 MMA) dropped to 5-2 after he returned to UFC in September 2020 for a second stint.
Roman Kopylov def. Punahele Soriano
Roman Kopylov
Kopylov (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), has won all nine career stoppage wins by knockout.
Kopylov won both his UFC victories via knockout.
[autotag]Punahele Soriano[/autotag] With a knockout loss, he suffered his first stoppage loss in his career (9-3 MMA, 3-3-2 UFC).
Raquel Pennington def. Ketlen Vieira
Raquel Pennington
[autotag]Raquel Pennington[/autotag] (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) 11 victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Amanda Nunes (12).
Pennington’s total fight time of 3:52:33 in UFC women’s bantamweight competition is most in divisional history.
Pennington’s four-fight UFC winning streak at women’s bantamweight is the longest active streak in the division.
Pennington’s nine decision victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are most in divisional history.
[autotag]Ketlen Vieira[/autotag] (3-3 MMA, UFC) She fell to 3-3 after her last six fights. This was after she started her career with a streak of 10 wins.
Umar Nurmagomedov def. Raoni Barcelos
Umar Nurmagomedov
Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) earned his first knockout victory since March 31, 2017 – a span of 2,115 days and 13 fights.
Raoni Barcelos, 17-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC), suffered his first knockout loss in his professional career.
Javid Basharat def. Mateus Mendonca
Javid Basharat
[autotag]Javid Basharat[/autotag] (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), has won all three of his UFC wins by decision.
[autotag]Mateus Mendonca[/autotag] (10-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), his streak of 10 wins was ended for the first time in his career.
Abdul Razak Alhassan def. Claudio Ribeiro
Abdul Razak Alhassan
[autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag] (12-5 MMA and 6-5 UFC) He has now improved to 2-2 since he joined the UFC’s middleweight division in April 2021.
Alhassan won all 12 of the career victories through knockout.
[autotag]Claudio Ribeiro[/autotag] Two of his three career defeats were by stoppage (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
Ribeiro lost his first knockout of his career.
Mateusz Rebecki def. Nick Fiore
Nick Fiore
[autotag]Nick Fiore[/autotag] (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), his winning streak of six fights was ended by his first loss in his professional career.
Allan Nascimento def. Carlos Hernandez
Allan Nascimento
Nascimento (20-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC ) has lost 16 of his 20 career championships via stoppage.
[autotag]Carlos Hernandez[/autotag] With a submission loss, (8-2 MMA, UFC), he suffered his first stoppage in his career.
Dan Argueta def. Nick Aguirre
Nick Aguirre
[autotag]Nick Aguirre[/autotag] (7-1 MMA and 0-1 UFC) saw his seven-fight winning streak ended for his first defeat in his career.
Charles Johnson def. Jimmy Flick
Jimmy Flick
[autotag]Jimmy Flick[/autotag] 16-6 MMA, UFC 1-1) He has had five career defeats by stoppage.
Flick has been knocked out in all five of the career stoppages.
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UFC This story was contributed by Michael Carroll, a live statistics producer and research analyst. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.