UFC 209 post-event facts: A night of upsets and historic comebacks (lookin' at you, Darren Elkins)

Saturday’s UFC 209 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas may not have ended in crowd-pleasing fashion, but the lead-up to the underwhelming main event between champion Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson had plenty of memorable moments.

Woodley (17-3-1 MMA, 7-2-1 UFC) defended his welterweight title with a majority-decision victory over Thompson (13-2-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC), closing an 11-fight card that was heavy on upsets and stunning comebacks.

The UFC’s second pay-per-view of the year had several notable feats. For more, check below for 45 post-event facts to come out of UFC 209.

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General

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $175,000.

Darren Elkins

David Teymur, Lando Vannata, Darren Elkins and Iuri Alcantara earned $50,000 UFC 209 fight-night bonuses.

Debuting fighters went 1-2 on the card.

UFC 209 drew an announced attendance of 13,150 for a live gate of $2,385,000.

Betting favorites went 6-5 on the card.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:19:31.

Main card

Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson

Woodley extended his unbeaten streak to five fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since June 2014.

Woodley’s two consecutive UFC title defenses are third most among current champions, behind flyweight king Demetrious Johnson (nine) and strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (four).

Woodley has earned two of his past three UFC victories by decision after starting his UFC career with knockouts in his first four wins.

Thompson had his eight-fight unbeaten streak snapped for his first defeat since April 2012.

Thompson has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Vannata (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Vannata has earned a fight-night bonus in all three of his UFC appearances.

Daniel Kelly

Daniel Kelly’s (13-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak in middleweight competition is tied for the fifth longest active streak in the division behind Yoel Romero (eight), Michael Bisping (five), Krzysztof Jotko (five) and Robert Whittaker (five).

Kelly has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.

Kelly has won as the underdog in five of his six UFC victories.

Rashad Evans (19-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) has suffered three consecutive losses for the first time in his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2013.

Evans was unsuccessful in his UFC middleweight debut.

Evans has suffered four of his six career losses by decision.

Cynthia Calvillo

Cynthia Calvillo (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned the first submission victory of her career.

Calvillo won her UFC debut less than seven months after competing in her first pro fight.

Amanda Cooper (2-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered all three of her career losses by submission.

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem (42-15 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has earned 38 of his 42 career victories by stoppage. Of his 21 career knockout wins, 12 stemmed from either a kick or knee strike.

Mark Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) has suffered all five of his UFC losses by stoppage.

Preliminary card

Marcin Tybura

Marcin Tybura (15-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned 13 of his 15 career victories by stoppage.

Tybura has earned both of his UFC victories by knockout.

Luis Henrique (10-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by knockout.

Henrique has completed at least one takedown against all four of his UFC opponents.

Elkins (22-5 MMA, 12-4 UFC) improved to 11-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in June 2011.

Darren Elkins

Elkins’ 11 UFC featherweight victories are second most in divisional history behind interim champ Max Holloway (12).

Elkins’ four-fight UFC winning streak is the fourth longest active streak in the featherweight division behind Holloway (nine), Conor McGregor (seven) and Yair Rodriguez (six).

Elkins was victorious despite a -91 total strike differential (146 to 72), the third-largest deficit for a winner by stoppage in UFC history.

Mirsad Bektic (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Iuri Alcantara

Alcantara (34-7 MMA, 9-4 UFC) improved to 7-3 with one no-contest since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in January 2013.

Alcantara was victorious despite a -107 total strike differential (134 to 27), the second-largest deficit for a winner by stoppage in UFC history behind Anderson Silva’s comeback against Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 (-256).

Alcantara earned the first kneebar submission in UFC competition since Antonio Braga Neto finished Anthony Smith at UFC on FUEL TV 10 in 2013.

Luke Sanders (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Mark Godbeer

Mark Godbeer (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

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

Tyson Pedro (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) had earned all six of his career victories by stoppage.

Pedro earned just the sixth finish from the crucifix position in UFC history.

Paul Craig (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his nine-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Andre Soukhamthath (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

For complete coverage of UFC 209, 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.