Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey continues to break down barriers. At UFC 190, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion becomes the first American titleholder to travel to Brazil to put her title on the line.
“Rowdy” (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) ventures to the Southern Hemisphere for a 135-pound championship grudge matchup against Bethe Correia (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in what will be just the fourth title-fight meeting in UFC history between two undefeated combatants. The event takes place at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena, and the main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
For more on the numbers behind Rousey vs. Correia and the other 12 bouts scheduled for the organization’s ninth PPV of the year, check out 77 pre-fight facts about UFC 190.
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Main event
Ronda Rousey and Bethe Correia
Rousey owns or is on the verge of owning several women’s bantamweight and overall UFC records, all of which can be viewed on her complete UFC career stat sheet.
Rousey is the first American-born UFC champion to put her title on the line outside of North America since Frankie Edgar vs. Benson Henderson at UFC 144 in February 2012.
Rousey vs. Correia marks just the fourth title fight in UFC history between undefeated fighters. Rousey vs. Cat Zingano at UFC 184, Rousey vs. Sara McMann at UFC 170 and Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans at UFC 98 are the others.
Correia’s three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s bantamweight competition is the third longest active streak in the division behind Rousey (five) and Miesha Tate (four).
Correia’s three victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied for the fifth most in divisional history behind Rousey (five), Tate (four), Alexis Davis (four) and Jessica Andrade (four).
Correia has earned seven of her nine career victories by decision. Two of her three wins under the UFC banner are by decision.
Co-main event
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Mauricio Rua (22-10 MMA, 6-8 UFC) is 4-2 when fighting in Brazil. His two losses came by knockout to Ovince Saint Preux and Dan Henderson.
Rua enters the event with just one victory in his past five fights. He was stopped inside the distance in three of those losses.
Rua has suffered nine of his 10 defeats to fighters who once held or challenged for a UFC title.
Rua’s 18 light-heavyweight victories under the UFC/PRIDE banner are tied with Quinton Jackson for the most in the combined history of the two organizations.
Rua is the only light heavyweight in UFC history to earn his first six victories with the organization by knockout.
Rua’s six knockout victories in UFC light heavyweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Chuck Liddell (nine).
Rua’s 15 knockout victories in UFC/PRIDE competition are the most by any fighter in the weight class. Wanderlei Silva trails Rua with 12 knockouts.
Rua’s six finishes in UFC light-heavyweight competition are tied for the third most in divisional history behind Liddell (nine) and Jon Jones (nine).
Rua’s nine knockdowns landed in UFC light heavyweight competition are the third most in divisional history behind Liddell (14) and Lyoto Machida (11).
Rua’s has been awarded six fight-night bonuses in his UFC career and is tied with Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin for the second most of any light heavyweight in company history behind Jones (seven).
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC), 39, is the oldest of the 26 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.
Nogueira competes for just the third time since December 2011.
Nogueira suffered just the second knockout loss of his career in his last bout. Anthony Johnson stopped him with strikes in just 44 seconds.
Nogueira defends 64.6 of all opponent significant strikes attempts in UFC light-heavyweight competition, the second highest defense rate among active fighters in the weight class behind Ryan Bader (71.9 percent).
Nogueira has defend 71.7 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC light-heavyweight competition, the fourth highest defense rate among active fighters in the weight class.
Remaining main card
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve (25-7 MMA, 9-5 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since September 2012.
Struve holds just one UFC victory over a fighter who’s still with the organization. The nine competitors he’s defeated have a 20-27 record with the UFC.
Struve competes in his 15th UFC heavyweight bout, tied for fifth most of any fighter in divisional history behind Frank Mir (25), Gabriel Gonzaga (20), Cheick Kongo (18) and Andrei Arlovski (17).
Struve’s eight stoppage victories in UFC heavyweight competition are tied for the fifth most in divisional history behind Mir (13), Gonzaga (11), Arlovski (11) and Cain Velasquez (nine).
Struve’s four submission victories in heavyweight competition are tied with Gonzaga for the second most in divisional history behind Mir (eight).
Struve has attempted 19 submissions in UFC heavyweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Mir (21). His 3.4 submission attempts per 15 minutes of fighting are the most in divisional history.
Struve has been awarded five fight-night bonuses in his UFC career, the second most of any heavyweight in company history behind Roy Nelson (six).
Struve has suffered all five of his UFC losses by knockout.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-9-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC), 39, is tied for the oldest of the 26 fighters scheduled to compete on the card.
Nogueira competes at the same event as his twin brother for the first time since UFC 140 in December 2011.
Nogueira enters the event on the first two-fight losing skid of his career. He previously hadn’t lost consecutive fights since he made his debut in June 1999.
Nogueira’s 22 victories in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC competition are the fourth most in the combined history of the four organizations behind Wanderlei Silva (27), Dan Henderson (24) and Mirko Filipovic (23).
Nogueira has earned 13 submission victories in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC competition, the most of any fighter in the combined history of the four organizations. Overall, he has earned 21 of his 34 pro victories by submission.
Nogueira’s seven armbar submission victories in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC competition are tied with Rousey for the most in the combined history of the four organizations.
Nogueira has committed to 56 submission attempts in UFC/PRIDE/Strikeforce/WEC competition, the most of any fighter in the combined history of the four organizations. Chris Lytle ranks second with 37.
Nogueira has suffered all five of his UFC losses by stoppage. He had never been stopped in MMA competition prior to joining the organization.
Nogueira has been knocked down eight times during his 10-fight UFC career, the most of any heavyweight in company history and tied for the third most of any competitor in UFC history behind Keith Jardine (10) and Dan Henderson (9). Nogueira was knocked down just three times in 21 PRIDE bouts.
Antonio Silva
Antonio Silva (18-7-1 MMA, 2-4-1 UFC) enters the event with just two victories in his past eight bouts. He’s winless in his past four octagon appearances and hasn’t registered a victory since February 2013.
Silva and Mark Hunt combined for 200 significant strikes at UFC Fight Night 33, the second most in UFC heavyweight history behind Junior Dos Santos and Stipe Miocic’s 213 strikes at UFC on FOX 13.
Silva knocked out Alistair Overeem at UFC 156 despite a -30 significant-strike differential. His victory represents the third greatest statistical comeback finish in UFC heavyweight history.
Silva has suffered six of his seven career losses by knockout. All six of those stoppages have come in the first round.
Soa Palelei (22-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned all 22 of his career victories by stoppage. “The Hulk” has recorded his past 12 victories by knockout.
Palelei has recorded three UFC finishes via strikes from mount position, tied with Evan Tanner, Matt Lindland and Diego Sanchez for the most such finishes from the position in company history.
Demian Maia (20-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) is 5-2 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in July 2013.
Maia’s six submission victories in UFC competition are tied for sixth most of any fighter in the modern era. He’s the only fighter in the modern era to win five consecutive UFC fights by submission.
Maia’s 48 takedowns landed in UFC competition are the 12th most in modern company history. His 156 takedown attempts at third most in UFC history.
Maia is 14-2 in UFC bouts in which he lands at least one takedown.
Maia completed just two of 22 takedown attempts in his unanimous-decision loss to Rory MacDonald at UFC 170. Those 22 takedown attempts were the most ever in a single UFC welterweight bout.
Neil Magny
Neil Magny’s (15-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) seven-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the welterweight division.
Magny’s seven-fight UFC winning streak is the third longest among active UFC fighters behind Chris Weidman (nine) and Demetrious Johnson (eight).
Magny’s five UFC victories in 2014 tied Roger Huerta’s record for most octagon wins in a calendar year. Huerta accomplished the feat in 2007.
Magny’s strike differential rate of +2.36 in UFC welterweight competition is the best among active fighters in the weight class and second highest overall in divisional history behind Georges St-Pierre (+2.39).
Magny absorbs just 1.56 strikes per minute in UFC welterweight competition, the least among active fighters in the weight class.
Preliminary card
Claudia Gadelha
Claudia Gadelha (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned the first victory in UFC strawweight history when she defeated Tina Lahdemaki at UFC Fight Night 45.
Gadelha competes in her third UFC strawweight bout, tied for the second most appearances in divisional history behind champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (four).
Jessica Aguilar (19-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes her UFC debut on a career-high 10-fight winning streak. She hasn’t suffered a defeat since September 2010.
Aguilar is a former WSOF strawweight champion. She holds career victories over notable fighters such as Kalindra Faria, Megumi Fujii, Carla Esparza and Lisa Ellis.
Rafael Cavalcante (12-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has earned all 12 of his career victories by stoppage. He’s earned seven of those finishes in the first round.
Cavalcante’s four knockout victories under the now-defunct Strikeforce banner are tied for the second most in history behind Cung Le (seven).
Cavalcante earned the quickest submission victory due to strikes in UFC history when a knee to the body forced Igor Pokrajac to tap out at the 1:18 mark of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night 32.
Cavalcante owns a 9:2 knockdown ratio in his past 12 UFC/Strikeforce/EliteXC contests.
Patrick Cummins
Patrick Cummins (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has completed 50 percent of his takedowns in UFC light-heavyweight competition, the highest rate among active fighters in the weight class and third overall in UFC history.
Cummins completed 10 takedowns against Kyle Kingsbury at UFC on FOX 12, the second most in a light-heavyweight bout. Rodney Wallace holds the record with 11 takedowns against Jared Hamman at UFC 111.
Cummins has suffered both of his career losses by first-round knockout.
Cummins completes 6.18 takedowns per 15 minutes of fighting in UFC light-heavyweight competition, the highest rate in divisional history.
Nordine Taleb (11-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC victories by decision.
Iuri Alcantara (31-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) competes in his ninth UFC bout in Brazil, the most appearances in the country by any fighter in company history.
Alcantara is 4-2 with one no-contest since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in January 2013.
Alcantara has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.
Leandro Issa (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by submission.
Vitor Miranda (10-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned nine of his 10 career victories by stoppage, with eight of those finishes coming in the first round.
Clint Hester
Clint Hester (11-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned all four of his UFC victories by a different method (knockout, doctor’s stoppage, unanimous decision and split decision).
Hester is one of 14 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout stemming from a standing elbow strike. He accomplished the feat against Bristol Marunde at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale.
Hugo Viana (8-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) returns to competition for the first time since July 16, 2014. His 381-day layoff is the longest of his career dating back to his May 2010 debut.
Viana landed three knockdowns of Reuben Duran at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale, the most in a single UFC/WEC bantamweight fight.
Guido Cannetti (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by stoppage. He has finished all of those opponents inside the first round.
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FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
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