TUF 19 Finale post-fight facts: 'TUF' finals end in record speed

Frankie Edgar (17-4-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC) added B.J. Penn‘s (16-10-2 MMA, 12-9-2 UFC) name to his win column one final time on Sunday night with a third-round stoppage of “The Prodigy” at the TUF 19 Finale from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center.

“The Answer” had been out of action for one year, but he looked as if he didn’t miss a beat as he battered Penn from pillar to post before forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight due to strikes in the third round.

While the main event understandably stole the show, it was actually the two finales from “The Ultimate Fighter 19? that entered the record books with historically quick finishes.

For more on that, plus several other facts and figures to come out of the event, here are post-fight facts about the TUF 19 Finale.

GENERAL

Leandro Issa earned $100,000 in TUF 19 Finale fight-night bonuses. Jumabieke Tuerxun and Adriano Martins were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

The TUF 19 Finale drew an announced attendance of 6,500 for a live gate of $835,000.

Betting favorites went 6-5 on the card.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:38:11.

MAIN CARD

Edgar became the second fighter in UFC history to defeat a single opponent on three separate occasions inside the octagon. Tito Ortiz, who defeated Ken Shamrock three times, is the other to accomplish the feat.

Edgar improved to 2-1 since dropping to the UFC featherweight division.

Edgar earned a knockout victory for the first time since Oct. 8, 2011 – a span of 1,002 days and five fights.

Penn retired from MMA competition following the event.

Penn fell to 1-5-1 in his past seven UFC appearances.

Penn suffered just the third knockout loss of his career and his first since Jan. 31, 2009 – a span of 1,982 days (more than five years) and nine fights.

Corey Anderson (3-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by first-round knockout.

Anderson’s 61-second knockout victory marked the fastest finish ever to a finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show.

Matt Van Buren (6-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered two of three career losses by knockout.

Eddie Gordon‘s (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) 71-second knockout victory marked the second fastest finish ever to a finale of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show.

Gordon’s knockout victory at 1:11 of Round 1 marked the fourth fastest knockout by a debuting UFC middleweight.

Dhiego Lima (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Derrick Lewis (11-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his career-high unbeaten streak to eight fights.

Lewis has earned 10 of his 11 career wins by knockout. That includes both of his victories under the UFC banner.

Guto Inocente (6-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Dustin Ortiz (14-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by decision.

Justin Scoggins (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his nine-fight undefeated streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Jesse Ronson (13-5 MMA, 0-3 UFC) extended his career worst losing streak to three fights.

Ronson has suffered all three of his UFC defeats by split decision. He is the first fighter in UFC history to come out on the wrong end of a split decision in three consecutive fights.

Leandro Issa (12-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned a submission victory for the first time since Oct. 15, 2010 – a span of 1,360 days (nearly four years) and six fights.

Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Juan Manuel Puig (11-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Daniel Spohn (8-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) fell to 2-4 in his past six professional fights.

Sarah Moras (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of her career.

Alexis Dufresne (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her five-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

Robert Drysdale (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by first-round submission in a total fight time of 10:57. His longest bout to date ended at 2:06 of Round 1.

Keith Berish (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his five-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his professional career.

For complete coverage of The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale, 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.