TUF Brazil 3 Finale post-fight facts: Maia records first knockdown of UFC career

Heavyweight contender Stipe Miocic (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) traveled to another continent to fight in the TUF Brazil 3 Finale main event, and the result was a knockout of Fabio Maldonado (21-7 MMA, 4-4 UFC) in the shortest fight of his UFC career.

While the headlining contest ended in an expected and somewhat anticlimactic fashion, the rest of the FOX Sports 1-televised card had plenty of thrilling finishes. Seven of the 12 bouts at Sao Paulo’s Ibirapuera Gymnasium featured a knockout or submission while the latest winners of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series were also crowned.

For more on the numbers behind the UFC’s 16th event in Brazil, here are 35 post-fight facts about the TUF Brazil 3 Finale.

GENERAL

The UFC crowned its 35rd and 36th winners of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

Miocic, Warlley Alves, Kevin Souza and Mark Eddiva earned $50,000 TUF Brazil 3 Finale fight-night bonuses.

TUF Brazil 3 Finale drew an announced attendance of 8,986. A gate figure wasn’t announced.

Total fight time of the 12-bout card was 1:59:12.

Betting favorites went 10-2 at the event.

In the 16 events the UFC has held in Brazil, fighters from the country are 79-36 against foreign opposition. Brazilian fighters went 4-4 against outsiders at the TUF Brazil 3 Finale.

MAIN CARD

Miocic’s three-fight UFC winning streak is tied with Soa Palelei for the third longest streak in the heavyweight division behind champion Cain Velasquez (four) and Fabricio Werdum (four).

Miocic became the second fighter in modern UFC heavyweight history to record two knockout victories in less than one minute each. He also owns a 43-second finish of Philip De Fries at UFC on FUEL TV 1. The other fighter to accomplish the feat is Roy Nelson.

Maldonado had never suffered a knockout loss in his career until his past two defeats, both of which have came by stoppage due to strikes.

Antonio Carlos Jr. (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became just the third heavyweight winner in the history of the “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series. He joins Rashad Evans and Roy Nelson as the only fighters in UFC history to accomplish the feat.

Vitor Miranda (9-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by decision.

Alves (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned five of his seven career victories by submission or knockout.

Marcio Alexandre Jr. (12-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

Demian Maia (19-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) snapped the first two-fight losing streak of his career.

Maia improved to 4-2 since dropping to the UFC welterweight division.

Maia scored the first knockdown of his 19-fight UFC career when he dropped his opponent with a punch in the first round.

Alexander Yakovlev (21-5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered just the second decision loss of his 27-fight career.

Rony Jason (14-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) suffered a decision loss for the first time since Nov. 9, 2006 – a span of 2,760 days (more than seven years) and 16 fights.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Rashid Magomedov (17-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his career-high MMA winning streak to 10 consecutive fights.

Magomedov has earned his past five MMA victories by decision. That, of course, includes both of his wins under the UFC banner.

Rodrigo Damm (12-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) fell to 1-1 since moving to the UFC lightweight division after spending his first three UFC appearances at featherweight.

Damm has suffered both of his UFC defeats by decision.

Elias Silverio (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) earned the first submission victory of his 11-fight career.

Ernest Chavez (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

Paulo Thiago (15-7 MMA, 5-7 UFC) fell to 1-4 in his past five UFC fights and has just two victories in his past eight octagon appearances.

Edimilson Souza (15-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has finished his opponent by knockout or submission in 14 of his 15 professional victories.

Eddiva (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has his six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

Ricardo Abreu (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all five of his career victories by knockout or submission. His victory at the 1:06 mark of Round 2 marked the longest bout of his professional career.

Wagner Silva (3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his three-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima (12-2-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned nine of his 12 career victories by knockout. Eight of those stoppages have come in the first round.

De Lima recorded the second fastest knockout by a debuting UFC heavyweight with his 20-second victory. It marked the sixth fastest knockout in UFC heavyweight history. Todd Duffee holds the record in both categories with his seven-second knockout of Tim Hague at UFC 102.

Richardson Moreira (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

Pedro Munhoz (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned his first knockout victory since Sept. 26, 2009 – a span of 1,708 days (nearly five years) and 10 fights.

Matt Hobar (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.

For complete coverage of the TUF Brazil 3 Finale, 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.