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UFC Fight Night 104 post-fight facts: Jessica Andrade ties 2 UFC champs in record books


UFC Fight Night 104 featured the first underdog main-event victory of 2017 when Chan Sung Jung defeated Dennis Bermudez in Saturday’s featherweight headliner at Toyota Center in Houston.

Jung (14-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) returned from a three-and-a-half-year layoff to defeat Bermudez (16-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) by first-round knockout, adding another memorable finish to an already top-notch highlight reel.

“The Korean Zombie” wasn’t alone in registering a notable win at the UFC’s fifth event in Houston. For more, check out 40 post-fight facts to come out of UFC Fight Night 104.

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General

Marcel Fortuna

Marcel Fortuna

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $90,000.

Debuting fighters went 3-0 at the event.

Jung, Marcel Fortuna, Jessica Andrade and Angela Hill earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 104 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 104 drew an announced attendance of 8,119 for a live gate of $611,133.

Betting favorites went 7-5 on the card.

Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 1:55:40.

Main card

Chan Sung Jung

Chan Sung Jung

Jung was successful in his return to competition from a layoff of more than three years. He earned his first victory since May 2012.

Jung has earned 13 of his 15 career victories by stoppage.

Jung has earned all four of his UFC victories by stoppage.

Bermudez has suffered all six of his career losses by stoppage.

Felice Herrig

Felice Herrig

Felice Herrig (12-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) earned consecutive victories for the first time since 2013.

Alex Grasso (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had her nine-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her career.

James Vick (10-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by submission.

Abel Trujillo (15-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC stoppage losses by submission.

Volkan Oezdemir

Volkan Oezdemir

Volkan Oezdemir (13-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the first Swiss-born fighter to earn a UFC victory.

Oezdemir earned consecutive decision victories for the first time in his career.

Ovince Saint Preux (19-10 MMA, 7-5 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since February 2016.

Saint Preux fell to 1-4 in his past five UFC appearances.

Saint Preux has suffered seven of his 10 career losses by decision.

Marcel Fortuna

Marcel Fortuna

Fortuna (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was successful in his heavyweight debut.

Fortuna earned the first knockout victory of his career.

Anthony Hamilton (15-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) has suffered four of his five UFC losses by stoppage.

Andrade (16-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) improved to 3-0 since she dropped to the UFC strawweight division in June.

Jessica Andrade and Angela Hill

Jessica Andrade and Angela Hill

Andrade’s three-fight UFC winning streak in strawweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (seven)

Andrade’s seven UFC victories are tied with UFC champs Jedrzejczyk and Amanda Nunes for the most by any female in company history.

Hill (6-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) was unsuccessful in her return to the UFC for a second stint. She’s winless in her past three fights with the promotional overall.

Preliminary card

Curtis Blaydes

Curtis Blaydes

Curtis Blaydes (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by stoppage.

Chas Skelly (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) improved to 6-1 in his past seven UFC appearances.

Skelly has earned five of his six UFC victories by stoppage.

Skelly’s five stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for fourth most in divisional history behind interim featherweight champ Max Holloway (seven), Charles Oliveira (six) and lightweight titleholder Conor McGregor (six).

Skelly’s four submission victories in UFC featherweight competition are second most in divisional history behind Oliveira (six).

Chris Gruetzemacher (13-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since February 2009.

Gruetzemacher has suffered both of his career losses by submission.

Ricardo Lucas Ramos

Ricardo Lucas Ramos

Ricardo Lucas Ramos (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned just the second decision victory of his career and first since Oct. 5, 2013 – a span of 1,218 days (more than three years) and eight fights.

Michinori Tanaka (11-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his of his career losses by decision.

Tanaka has completed at least one takedown against all five of his UFC opponents.

Bec Rawlings and Tecia Torres

Bec Rawlings and Tecia Torres

Tecia Torres’ (8-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) four victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied with Paige VanZant for second most in divisional history behind champ Jedrzejczyk (seven).

Torres has earned all eight of her career victories by decision.

Niko Price(10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) earned his second UFC victory in a 36-day stretch. He also won at UFC 207 in December.

Price has earned nine of his 10 career victories by stoppage. That includes both of his UFC wins.

Alex Morono (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Daniel Jolly (5-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered back-to-back losses after starting his career on a five-fight winning streak.

Jolly has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 104, 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.

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