UFC 207 post-fight facts: Amanda Nunes joins Ronda Rousey in the record books

The UFC’s 40th and final fight card of 2016 took place Friday with UFC 207 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The pay-per-view main card, which followed prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, ended in dramatic fashion when champion Amanda Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) stopped MMA superstar Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in just 48 seconds to successfully defend her women’s bantamweight title for the first time.

Nunes’ victory followed another impressive title-fight performance by Cody Garbrandt (11-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who dethroned Dominick Cruz (22-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) with a near-perfect five-round performance that ended with him capturing the bantamweight title by unanimous decision.

The organization’s year-end event was loaded with talent, and as a result, several notable facts and figures came out of the card. For more, check below for 45 post-fight facts about UFC 207.

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General

Alex Garcia

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $270,000.

Garbrandt, Cruz, Nunes and Alex Garcia earned $50,000 UFC 207 fight-night bonuses.

Debuting fighters went 1-0 on the card.

UFC 207 drew an announced attendance of 18,533 for a live gate of $4.75 million. It set a UFC-Las Vegas attendance record.

Betting favorites went 6-3 on the card. One fight ended in a no-contest.

Total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:52:25.

Main card

Amanda Nunes

Nunes’ became just the second of four UFC women’s bantamweight titleholders to register a successful defense.

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

Nunes’ seven victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Nunes’ six stoppage victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied with Rousey for the most in divisional history.

Nunes’ six first-round finishes in UFC/Strikeforce women’s bantamweight competition are second most in combined divisional history behind Rousey (seven).

Nunes’ four knockout victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied with Rousey for most in divisional history.

Nunes has earned six of her seven UFC victories by first-round stoppage.

Nunes has earned 13 of her 14 career victories by stoppage.

Ronda Rousey

Rousey suffered her second consecutive loss after starting her career on a 12-fight winning streak.

Rousey has suffered both of her career losses by knockout.

Garbrandt’s became the fourth undisputed UFC bantamweight champion.

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

Garbrandt’s seven knockdowns landed in UFC bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz

Garbrandt has earned both of his career decision victories under the UFC banner.

Cruz had his career-best 13-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since March 2007.

Cruz suffered the first decision loss of his career.

T.J. Dillashaw’s (14-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) 10 victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied with Urijah Faber for most in divisional history.

John Lineker and T.J. Dillashaw

Dillashaw’s 10 victories in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Cruz (12) and Faber (11).

John Lineker (29-8 MMA, 10-3 UFC) fell to 4-1 since he moved up to the UFC bantamweight division in September 2015.

Dong Hyun Kim’s (22-3-1 MMA, 13-3 UFC) 13 victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for fourth most in divisional history behind Georges St-Pierre (19), Matt Hughes (16) and Josh Koscheck (14).

Kim has earned eight of his 13 UFC victories by decision.

Tarec Saffiedine (16-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his career.

Saffiedine has suffered five of his six career losses by decision.

Louis Smolka (11-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his career.

Preliminary card

Johny Hendricks and Neil Magny

Neil Magny (19-5 MMA, 12-4 UFC) 12 victories in UFC competition since 2013 are second most in the company behind Donald Cerrone (13).

Magny has earned seven of his 12 UFC victories by decision.

Johny Hendricks (17-6 MMA, 12-6 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career.

Hendricks’ 62 takedowns landed in UFC welterweight competition are second most in divisional history behind St-Pierre (87).

Hendricks has suffered five of his six career losses by decision.

Antonio Carlos Junior (7-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) improved to 3-1 with one no-contest since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in June 2015.

Marvin Vettori (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.

Garcia (14-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned 11 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. He’s earned 10 of those finishes in the first round.

Garcia has earned two of his three UFC victories by knockout.

Mike Pyle (27-13-1 MMA, 10-8 UFC) has suffered 11 of his 13 career losses by stoppage.

Pyle suffered his sixth knockout loss in UFC competition, tied for the fifth most in company history behind Gabriel Gonzaga (eight), Frank Mir (eight), Randy Couture (seven) and Antonio Silva (seven).

Brandon Thatch (11-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered his fourth consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2013.

Thatch’s four consecutive submission losses in UFC competition are tied with John Albert for the longest streak in company history.

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

Niko Price

Niko Price (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned eight of his nine career victories by stoppage.

Price earned just the second submission victory of his career and first since his MMA debut on Feb. 17, 2012 – a span of 1,778 days (nearly five years) and eight fights.

Tim Means (26-7-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) is 6-2 with one no-contest since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in May 2014.

Alex Oliveira (15-3-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is 3-1 with one no-contest in UFC welterweight competition.

For complete coverage of UFC 207, 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.