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UFC 175 post-fight facts: Rousey scores second fastest title fight stoppage


The top of the UFC 175 pay-per-view was stacked with two championship fights featuring the organization’s lone undefeated titleholders.

When the event from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center came to a conclusion, both of those champions kept their perfect records intact as Chris Weidman (12-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) outpointed Lyoto Machida (21-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) over five rounds to retain his middleweight championship while Ronda Rousey (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) made extremely quick work of Alexis Davis (16-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) to keep a firm grip on her women’s bantamweight championship.

Weidman and Rousey are two of the most compelling champions the UFC has at this time, and their incredible records and achievements inside the octagon. To look behind the numbers on Weidman and Rousey’s resumes, plus the other winners and losers from UFC 175, check out these _ post-fight facts about the event.

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GENERAL

Weidman, Machida, Rousey and Rob Font earned $50,000 UFC 175 fight-night bonuses.

UFC 175 drew an announced attendance of 10,088 for a live gate of $4.4million.

Betting favorites went 4-6 on the card.

Total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:54:45.

MAIN CARD

Weidman became the first male fighter in UFC history to win a championship with an undefeated record and go on to successfully defend the belt more than once.

Weidman eight-fight UFC winning streak is the second longest streak of any active UFC fighter behind light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (11).

Weidman’s eight-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the middleweight division.

Weidman has outstruck all eight opponents he has faced under the UFC banner.

Machida suffered his first defeat since dropping to the UFC middleweight division.

Machida fell to 5-5 in his past 10 UFC fights.

Machida fell to 2-3 in UFC championship fights.

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Rousey’s victory at 0:16 of Round 1 marked the second fastest knockout ever in a UFC championship fight behind Andrei Arlovski’s 15-second stoppage of Paul Buentello at UFC 55.

Rousey became the first UFC champion to make two successful title defenses in 2014.

Rousey’s four consecutive UFC title defenses are tied with Demetrious Johnson for the third most of any current UFC champion behind Jon Jones (seven) and Jose Aldo (six).

Rousey’s four-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division.

Rousey earned the second knockout victory of her career. Both of those finishes have come in her past two fights.

Rousey became the first fighter in UFC history to win fight-night bonuses in her first four appearances with the promotion. She has been awarded four fight-night bonuses during her UFC tenure, the most of any fighter in divisional history.

Davis suffered a knockout loss for the first time since Jan. 23, 2009 – a span of 1,989 days (more than five years) and 14 fights.

Thiago “Marreta” Santos (9-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Marcus Brimage (6-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) failed to earn a victory in his UFC bantamweight debut.

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PRELIMINARY CARD

Urijah Faber (31-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC)is undefeated in non-title fights throughout his MMA career.

Faber earned the 13th finish of his UFC/WEC career, which tied Vitor Belfort, Nate Diaz and Matt Hughes for the second most of any fighter in the combined history of the two organizations behind Anderson Silva (14).

Faber’s 12 submission victories in UFC/WEC/Strikeforce/PRIDE competition are tied with Kazushi Sakuraba for the second most of any fighter in the combined history of the four organizations behind Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (13).

Faber earned his fifth submission victory in UFC bantamweight competition, the most of any fighter in divisional history.

Faber’s six finishes in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied with Renan Barao and Brian Bowles for the most of any fighter in the combined history of the two organizations.

Faber’s five takedowns landed gave him a total of 18 in his UFC bantamweight career, the most in divisional history.

Faber’s 11:09 of cage time gave him a total of 2:12:30 in his UFC bantamweight career, also the most in divisional history.

Alex Caceres (10-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has suffered five of his six career losses by submission.

Kenny Robertson (14-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) earned just the second decision victory of his career and his first since Nov. 22, 2008 – a span of 2,051 days (more than five years) and 10 fights.

Ildemar Alcantara (20-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered five of his seven career losses by decision. That includes both of his UFC defeats.

Bruno Santos (14-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned 12 of his 14 career victories by decision.

Chris Camozzi (19-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC) extended his career-worst losing streak to three consecutive fights.

George Roop (15-11-1 MMA, 5-7 UFC) fell to 3-4 in his past seven UFC fights.

Roop has suffered five of his seven UFC losses by knockout or submission.

Rob Font (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned his third victory of 2014.

Font won his third consecutive fight by knockout or submission, the longest streak of finishes in his career.

Luke Zachrich (14-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned just the third decision victory of his career.

Guilherme Vasconcelos (3-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Kevin Casey (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned his fourth consecutive MMA victory, marking the longest winning streak of his professional career.

Casey has earned his past three career victories by first-round knockout.

For complete coverage of UFC 175, stay tuned to 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.

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