UFC 196 post-fight facts: Nate Diaz new leader in UFC fight-night bonuses

UFC 196 will go down in the history books. The fighters on Saturday’s pay-per-view card at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena delivered some unforgettable outcomes, especially those on the top of the card.

Nate Diaz (19-10 MMA, 14-8 UFC) stole the show in the main event when he submitted UFC festherweight champ Conor McGregor (19-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in the second round of their non-title welterweight bout. Prior to that, Miesha Tate (18-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) captured UFC women’s bantamweight gold when she upset Holly Holm (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in shocking fashion with a fifth-round submission.

Diaz and Tate put their names in the UFC record books with their wins, but they weren’t the only ones to do so. Check below for 55 post-fight facts to come out of UFC 196.

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General

MGM Grand Garden Arena

The UFC Athlete Outfitting-Reebok payout for the event totaled $220,000.

McGregor and Tate earned $50,000 UFC 196 fight-night bonuses. Diaz earned two bonuses for $100,000 total.

UFC 196 drew an announced attendance of 14,898 for a live gate of $8.1 million. The gate was third highest in company history behind UFC 129 in April 2011 and UFC 194 in December.

Betting favorites went 4-8 on the card.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:24:41.

Main card

Diaz earned back-to-back victories for the first time since 2012.

Diaz improved to 3-2 when fighting in the UFC welterweight division.

Diaz’s nine submission victories in modern-era UFC competition are the most in company history. Royce Gracie holds the all-time submission record at 11.

Diaz earned his first submission victory since May 5, 2012 – a span of 1,400 days (nearly four years) and six fights.

Diaz earned two fight-night bonuses to give him 14 total in his UFC career, the most of any fighter in company history.

McGregor had his 15-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since Nov. 27, 2010 – a span of 1,925 days (more than five years).

McGregor fell to 5-1 when fighting in the U.S. He was previously unbeaten on American soil.

McGregor has suffered all three of his career losses by submission.

Miesha Tate

Tate’s five-fight UFC winning streak in women’s bantamweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.

Tate’s five victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Ronda Rousey (six).

Tate earned the first stoppage victory of her UFC career. She’d earned her previous four octagon wins by decision.

Tate’s victory at the 3:30 mark of Round 5 marked the fourth latest submission victory in UFC history. Only Demetrious Johnson (UFC 186, UFC on FOX 8) and Frankie Edgar (UFC Fight Night 57) have submitted an opponent later in a fight.

Tate has earned at least one takedown in 14 of her 15 UFC/Strikeforce appearances.

Holm became the first UFC women’s bantamweight champion who failed to defend the title.

Holm had her 10-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her professional career.

Ilir Latifi

Ilir Latifi (12-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) earned his second UFC victory in a 48-day stretch.

Latifi’s three-fight UFC winning streak in light-heavyweight competition is tied for the second longest active streak in the division behind Jon Jones (12).

Corey Anderson’s (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in light-heavyweight competition is tied for the second longest active streak in the division behind Jones (12).

Anderson has earned four of his five UFC victories by decision.

Tom Lawlor (10-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he returned to UFC competition in July after a layoff of more than two years.

Lawlor fell to 2-1 in UFC light-heavyweight competition.

Lawlor has suffered three of his five career losses by decision.

Amanda Nunes’ (12-4 MMA, 5-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s bantamweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind Tate (five).

Nunes’ five victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied with Tate for second most in divisional history behind Rousey (six).

Nunes earned the first decision victory of her career.

Valentina Shevchenko (12-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her five-fight winning streak snapped for her first defeat since September 2010.

Shevchenko suffered the first decision loss of her career.

Preliminary card

Siyar Bahadurzada

Siyar Bahadurzada (22-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) returned to competition for the first time since December 2013 and snapped a two-fight skid for his first victory since April 2012.

Bahadurzada earned his first submission victory since Nov. 17, 2007 – a span of 3,031 days (more than eight years) and 13 fights.

Brandon Thatch (11-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career.

Thatch has suffered all three of his UFC losses by submission.

Erick Silva (18-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) has suffered his three of his past four UFC losses by knockout. Those finishes are the only three knockout losses of his career.

Vitor Miranda (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned 11 of his 12 career victories by stoppage.

Miranda has earned all three of his UFC victories by knockout.

Miranda’s three-fight knockout streak in UFC competition is tied for the longest among active fighters in the company.

Marcelo Guimaraes (9-2-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.

Darren Elkins

Darren Elkins (20-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) improved to 9-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in June 2011.

Elkins’ nine UFC featherweight victories are second most in divisional history behind Max Holloway (10).

Elkins has earned eight of his 10 UFC victories by decision.

Diego Sanchez (26-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC) was his successful in his return to the lightweight division after a one-fight stint at featherweight.

Sanchez has earned his past seven UFC victories by decision. He hasn’t finished an opponent since Luigi Fioravanti at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale in June 2008.

Sanchez fought to a decision for the 17th time in his UFC career, the most in company history.

Diego Sanchez

Sanchez’s total fight time of 5:07:57 over his 23-fight UFC career is second most of any non-champion in company history behind Michael Bisping (5:20:04).

Jim Miller (25-8 MMA, 14-7 UFC) fell to 1-4 in his past five UFC appearances.

Miller has suffered five of his seven career losses by decision.

Jason Saggo (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by knockout.

Justin Salas (12-7 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has suffered all seven of his career losses by stoppage.

Teruto Ishihara (8-2-2 MMA, 1-0-1 UFC) has earned seven of his eight career victories by knockout.

Julian Erosa (15-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

For complete coverage of UFC 196, 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.