The UFC made its return to Canada on Saturday with UFC 231, which took place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway (20-3 MMA, 16-3 UFC) stole the show in the main event when he put a historic beating on Brian Ortega (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) to defend his title for the second consecutive time.
Prior to “Blessed,” Valentina Shevchenko (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) beat Joanna Jedrzejczyk (15-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) by unanimous decision to claim the vacant UFC women’s flyweight title and solidify herself as one of the best female fighters in the game.
It was a memorable night in Toronto, and with that came a bevy of notable accomplishments. For more on the numbers behind the card, check below for 55 post-event facts from UFC 231.
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General
Scotiabank Arena
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $264,000.
Ortega and Thiago “Marreta” Santos earned $50,000 UFC 231 fight-night bonuses. Holloway earned two bonuses for $100,000.
Debuting fighters went 0-1 on the card.
UFC 231 drew an announced attendance of 19,039 for a live gate of $2,481,552.
Betting favorites went 9-4 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 22-15 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:42:03.
Main card
Holloway extended his career-high winning streak to 13 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since August 2013.
Holloway’s 13-fight winning streak in UFC competition is tied with Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre and Demetrious Johnson for the second longest in company history behind Anderson Silva (16).
Holloway’s 13-fight winning streak in UFC competition is the longest among active fighters in the company.
Holloway’s 12-fight UFC winning streak in featherweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.
Holloway’s 15 victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Holloway’s 10 stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Holloway’s eight knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition are most in divisional history.
Holloway landed 290 significant strikes, a new single-fight UFC record.
Holloway landed 134 significant strikes in Round 4, a new single-round UFC record.
Holloway and Ortega combined for 400 significant strikes landed, a new single-fight UFC record.
Holloway has landed 1,627 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in company history.
Holloway’s seven fight-bonuses bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are tied with Cub Swanson for most in divisional history.
Ortega had his 15-fight undefeated streak snapped for the first loss of his career.
Shevchenko became the second UFC women’s flyweight champion.
Shevchenko improved to 2-0 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in February.
Shevchenko has completed at least one takedown against six of her seven UFC opponents.
Jedrzejczyk fell to 1-3 in her past four fights after starting her career on a 14-fight winning streak.
Jedrzejczyk was unsuccessful in her UFC flyweight debut. She fell to 5-1 in the weight class overall.
Jedrzejczyk has suffered two of her three career losses by decision.
Gunnar Nelson (17-3-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has earned 16 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.
Nelson has earned seven of his eight UFC victories by submission.
Nelson’s six submission victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied with Chris Lytle for most in divisional history.
Nelson has completed at least one takedown in nine of his 11 UFC appearances.
Alex Oliveira (19-6-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC) fell to 7-3 (with one no-contest) in UFC welterweight competition.
Oliveira has suffered all four of his UFC losses by stoppage.
Hakeem Dawodu (9-1-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned his past three victories by decision after opening his career with six stoppages.
Kyle Bochniak (8-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.
Santos (20-6 MMA, 12-5 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he moved up to the light heavyweight division in September.
Santos’ 10 knockouts since 2014 in UFC competition are tied wit Derrick Lewis for most in the company.
Jimi Manuwa’s (17-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2017.
Manuwa has suffered four of his five career losses by knockout.
Preliminary card
Nina Ansaroff’s (10-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is tied with Tatiana Suarez for the longest active streak in the division.
Ansaroff has earned three of her four UFC victories by decision.
Claudia Gadelha (16-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has suffered all four of her career losses by decision.
Gadelha’s 33 takedowns landed in UFC strawweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (12-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.
Jessica Eye (14-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) improved to 3-0 since she dropped to the UFC women’s flyweight division in January.
Eye’s three victories in UFC women’s flyweight competition are most in divisional history.
Eye’s three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s flyweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.
Eye has earned all three of her UFC flyweight victories by decision.
Katlyn Chookagian (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) fell to 2-1 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in January 2018.
Chookagian has suffered both of her career losses by split decision.
Elias Theodorou (16-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has earned six of his eight UFC victories by decision.
Eryk Anders (11-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has suffered two of his three career losses by split decision.
Brad Katona (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
Matthew Lopez (10-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Dhiego Lima (13-7 MMA, 2-5 UFC) earned his first UFC victory since November 2014.
Lima improved to 1-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in July 2017.
Chad Laprise (13-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) fell to 8-2 in welterweight fights during his career, including 3-2 in the UFC at the weight.
Laprise has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Diego Ferreira (14-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned four of his five UFC victories by stoppage.
Ferreira earned the third knockout victory of his career. All of those wins have come under the UFC banner.
Kyle Nelson (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Aleksandar Rakic (11-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) extended his winning streak to 11 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since his MMA debut in October 2011.
Rakic’s three-fight UFC winning streak in light heavyweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Jan Blachowicz (four) and Dominick Reyes (four).
Devin Clark (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.
For complete coverage of UFC 231, check out 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.