UFC 174 post-fight facts: Demetrious Johnson’s clinch output among best ever

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (20-2-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) successfully defended his 125-pound championship for the fourth time when he met Ali Bagautinov (13-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 174 pay-per-view headliner.

The Russian challenger had little to offer as “Mighty Mouse” controlled the action in a multitude of areas with most of that success coming in the clinch. The champion was too much over 25 minutes and eventually walked away with the unanimous decision victory.

Johnson’s work rate from in close earned an entry in the UFC record books. For more on that, as well as a handful of other nuggets to come out of the UFC’s latest event in Canada, here at 40 post-fight facts about UFC 174.

GENERAL

Kajan Johnson and Kiichi Kunimoto earned $50,000 UFC 174 fight-night bonuses. Tae Hyun Bang, on the other hand, earned two fight-night bonuses for a total of $100,000.

UFC 174 drew an announced attendance of 13,506 for a live gate of $1.14 million. By comparison, the UFC’s previous event in Vancouver, UFC 131 in 2011, drew an announced attendance of 14,685 for a live gate of $2.8 million. The first visit to the city, UFC 115 in 2011, drew 17,669 fans for a $4.2 million gate.

Betting favorites went 6-5 on the card.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:07:00.

Asian fighters went 3-0 at the event.

Canadian fighters went 4-3 against foreign opponents at UFC 174, bringing their overall record to 57-44 at events on Canadian soil.

MAIN CARD

Johnson earned a UFC record sixth flyweight victory.

Johnson’s six-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the flyweight division. It’s also the third longest winning streak among current UFC champions, behind Jon Jones (11) and Chris Weidman (seven).

Johnson connected with 133 significant strikes, giving him a total of 576 in his UFC career. That’s the most in divisional history. His 164 total strikes landed moved him ahead of Tim Elliott into first place all-time with 803.

Johnson out-landed his opponent 133-36 in significant strikes. The +97 differential is the second greatest margin ever in a UFC championship fight behind Rich Franklin’s +106 edge over David Loiseau at UFC 58.

Johnson landed 73 significant clinch strikes landed against Bagautinov. That tied his own mark, from the John Dodson fight at UFC on FOX 6, for second most ever landed in a single fight behind Sarah Kaufman, who landed 84 significant clinch strikes against Leslie Smith at the TUF Nations Finale earlier this year.

Johnson’s unanimous decision victory upped his average fight time to 18:35, the third longest average in UFC history, behind Jose Aldo (20:20) and Benson Henderson (19:06).

Bagautinov has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.

Rory MacDonald (17-2 MMA, 8-2) has earned his past four UFC victories by decision.

Tyron Woodley (13-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.

Woodley was taken down for just the third time in his UFC/Strikeforce career. That said, he’s shaken off all but one of his opponent’s attempts inside the UFC octagon, giving him a 95 percent takedown defense rate, the best in welterweight history.

Ryan Bader(17-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) earned his 10th UFC light heavyweight victory, the fifth most in divisional history, behind Jones (14), Rashad Evans (13), Chuck Liddell (13) and Lyoto Machida (11).

Bader scored seven takedowns in his victory, giving him a total of 30 in his UFC career. That’s tied with Jones for the fourth most in divisional history behind Evans (50), Tito Ortiz (33) and Matt Hamill (31).

Rafael Cavalcante (12-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered a decision loss for the first time in his 17-fight career.

Andrei Arlovski (22-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) earned a UFC victory for the first time since a knockout of Jake O’Brien at UFC 82 in March 2008.

Arlovski’s four-fight UFC winning streak is tied with champion Cain Velasquez and No. 1 contender Fabricio Werdum for the longest one in the heavyweight division.

Arlovski earned his 11th victory in UFC heavyweight competition, tying Velasquez, Gabriel Gonzaga and Cheick Kongo for the second most in divisional history behind Frank Mir (14).

Brendan Schaub (10-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his 14-fight career. His three previous career losses came by first-round knockout.

Ovince Saint Preux’s (16-5 MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak is the second longest active streak in the light heavyweight division behind champion Jones (11).

Ryan Jimmo (19-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has alternated wins and losses throughout his six-fight UFC career.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Kiichi Kunimoto (17-5-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his career-best winning streak to six fights. The 33-year-old has just one defeat in his past 14 contests overall.

Daniel Sarafian (8-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his 13-fight career.

Valerie Letourneau (6-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of her career. Her previous two fights to go to the distance saw the split decision go the other way.

Yves Jabouin (20-9 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned all five of his UFC victories by decision.

Jabouin completed five takedowns in his victory, the most of his 11-fight UFC/WEC career. His previous high was four, which came against Brandon Visher at WEC 52.

Mike Easton (13-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) extended his career-worst losing streak to four fights.

Tae Hyun Bang (17-8 MMA, 1-1 UFC) improved to 2-1 since returning to MMA competition after a nearly three-year layoff from the sport.

Kajan Johnson (19-11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered a knockout loss in professional competition for the first time since Dec. 15, 2007 – a span of 2,373 days (more than six years) and 10 fights.

Roland Delorme (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.

Jason Saggo (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned just the second knockout victory of his career and his first since Oct. 21, 2011 – a span of 967 days (more than two years) and four fights.

Josh Shockley (11-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

For complete coverage of UFC 174, stay 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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