Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey’s statistical greatness has already ventured into uncharted territory – in just six UFC fights.
Her past three fights have clocked in at 64 combined, with the latest in Saturday’s UFC 190 pay-per-view headliner at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Rousey (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) stopped Bethe Correia (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) via 34-second knockout to retain her women’s bantamweight title.
Rousey has dominated the competition since her 2013 UFC debut, and in that short period, she’s managed to shatter a number of longstanding records. For more on the numbers behind Rousey’s knockout of Correia plus the other 12 bouts on the card, check out 55 post-fight facts about UFC 190.
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General
HSBC Arena
In the UFC’s 23 Brazilian events to date, fighters from the country are 126-68 against foreign opposition. Brazilians went 5-4 against outsiders at UFC 190.
Rousey, Mauricio Rua, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Demian Maia earned $50,000 UFC 190 fight-night bonuses.
UFC 190 drew an announced attendance of 14,723. No live gate was announced for the event.
Betting favorites went 9-4 on the card.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 2:26:27.
Main card
Ronda Rousey
Rousey became the first UFC champion to secure two successful title defenses in 2015.
Rousey’s six-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division.
Rousey’s six victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Rousey’s six consecutive UFC title defenses are tied with Demetrious Johnson for the most of any current UFC champion behind Jose Aldo (seven).
Rousey’s six-fight UFC finishing streak is the longest among active fighters.
Rousey’s seven first-round finishes in UFC/Strikeforce women’s bantamweight competition are the most in history. The only fighter to come close to Rousey in the category is Amanda Nunes, who has three.
Rousey’s three knockout victories took place in her past four fights.
Rousey’s streak of six consecutive stoppages in UFC championship bouts is the longest title-fight finishing streak in history.
Rousey’s six stoppage victories in UFC title fights are tied for the third most in history behind Anderson Silva (nine) and Matt Hughes (eight).
Rousey’s five first-round finishes in UFC championship bouts are the most in modern history.
Rousey’s the only fighter in UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC history to win four title fights in less than one minute each.
Rousey’s total cage time after 12 pro fights is 25 minutes and 36 seconds. She’s ended eight of her pro victories in less than one minute each.
Rousey has been awarded six fight-night bonuses during her UFC tenure, the most of any women’s bantamweight fighter in company history.
Bethe Correia
Correia had her nine-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her pro career.
Rua (23-10 MMA, 7-8 UFC) earned just his second victory in his past six UFC appearances.
Rua improved to 5-1 in rematches during his career.
Rua earned the first decision victory of his UFC career and his first in pro competition since Dec. 31, 2006 – a span of 3,135 days (more than eight years) and 16 fights.
Rua was awarded the seventh fight-night bonus of his UFC career, tied with Jon Jones for the most of any light heavyweight in company history.
Nogueira (21-7 MMA, 4-4 UFC) has suffered five of his seven career losses by decision.
Glaico Franca (13-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage.
Fernando Bruno(15-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Reginaldo Vieira (13-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned his first decision victory since Apr. 16, 2011 – a span of 1,568 days (more than four years) and 10 fights.
Delino Lopes (18-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve (26-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) snapped his two-fight losing skid for his first victory since September 2012.
Struve fought to a decision for just the second time in his career.
Struve became the seventh fighter in UFC history to earn 10 heavyweight victories.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-10-1 MMA, 5-6 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since October 2012.
Nogueira suffered his first decision loss since Sept. 10, 2006 – a span of 3,247 days (nearly nine years) and 12 fights.
Antonio Silva (19-7-1 MMA, 3-4-1 UFC) snapped his four-fight winless drought for his first victory since February 2013.
Silva has earned all three of his UFC victories by knockout.
Soa Palelei (22-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by stoppage.
Palelei suffered his first knockout loss since Dec. 29, 2007 – a span of 2,772 days (more than seven years) and 17 fights.
Claudia Gadelha (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of her UFC victories by decision.
Jessica Aguilar (19-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her 10-fight winning streak snapped for her first defeat since September 2010.
Aguilar suffered her first decision loss since Sept. 10, 2010 – a span of 1,786 days (nearly five years) and 11 fights.
Preliminary card
Demian Maia
Maia (21-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) improved to 6-2 since he dropped to the UFC welterweight division in July 2012.
Maia’s seven submission victories in UFC competition are the fourth most in company history.
Maia improved to 15-2 in UFC competition when he completes at least one takedown.
Neil Magny (15-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since November 2013.
Magny has suffered three of his four career losses by submission.
Patrick Cummins (8-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned six of his eight career victories by stoppage.
Cummins has landed 25 takedowns in his four UFC victories.
Rafael Cavalcante (12-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) fell to 1-3 with one no-contest in his past five fights.
Cavalcante has suffered four of his six career losses by knockout.
Warlley Alves
Warlley Alves (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned seven of his nine career victories by stoppage. He’s won two UFC fights by submission.
Nordine Taleb (11-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Iuri Alcantara (32-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) improved to 5-2 with one no-contest since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in January 2013.
Alcantara has earned five of his seven UFC victories by decision.
Leandro Issa (13-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Vitor Miranda (11-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned 10 of his 11 career victories by stoppage.
Miranda has earned eight of his 11 career victories by knockout.
Clint Hester (11-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by knockout.
Guido Cannetti (7-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.
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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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