UFC Fight Night 127 post-event facts: Fight-finishing history occurs ... twice

The UFC’s 10th stop in London took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 127, which took place at The O2 and streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

A potential changing of the guard went down in the main event when former Bellator titleholder Alexander Volkov (30-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) stayed perfect inside the octagon with a thunderous fourth-round knockout of former UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum (23-8-1 MMA, 11-5 UFC).

Volkov’s victory closed a card that saw seven of 10 fights end in a stoppage. Two of those finishes were particularly notable for the history books. For more, check below for 35 post-event facts to come out of UFC Fight Night 127.

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General

O2 Arena

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $96,500.

Debuting fighters went 2-3 at the event.

Volkov, Paul Craig, Jan Blachowicz and Jimi Manuwa earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 127 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 127 drew an announced attendance of 16,274 for a live gate of $2,028,000.

Betting favorites went 4-6 on the card.

Total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:47:54.

Main card

Alexander Volkov

Volkov improved to 6-0 since his final Bellator bout in June 2015.

Volkov’s four-fight UFC winning streak in heavyweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind champ Stipe Miocic (six).

Volkov has earned 23 of his 30 career victories by stoppage.

Werdum fell to 9-3 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2012.

Werdum has suffered all of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Werdum has landed 833 significant strikes in UFC heavyweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Junior Dos Santos (899).

Jan Blachowicz

Blachowicz’s (22-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in light heavyweight competition is tied with Mauricio Rua and Jordan Johnson for the longest active steak in the division.

Blachowicz has earned three of his five UFC victories by decision.

Manuwa (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career.

Manuwa suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Terrion Ware’s (17-8 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since April 2017.

Leon Edwards

Leon Edwards’ (15-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak in welterweight competition is tied with Colby Covington for the third longest active streak in the division behind Kamaru Usman (seven) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (six).

Edwards’ victory at 4:59 of Round 3 marked the latest knockout in a three-fight UFC fight.

Peter Sobotta (17-6-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC) fell to 4-2 since he returned to the UFC in May 2014.

Preliminary card

Charles Byrd

Charles Byrd (10-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned eight of his 10 career victories by stoppage.

John Phillips (21-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered six of his seven career losses by stoppage.

Danny Roberts (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned 12 of his 15 career victories by stoppage. That includes three of his four UFC wins.

Oliver Enkamp (7-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Danny Henry (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) was successful in his UFC featherweight debut.

Henry has earned 10 of his 12 career victories by stoppage.

Hakeem Dawodu (7-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his eight-fight unbeaten streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Paul Craig

Craig (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by stoppage.

Craig has earned nine of his 10 career victories by submission.

Craig’s victory at 4:59 of Round 3 marked the latest submission in a three-fight UFC fight. It’s also tied with Edwards for the latest overalls stoppage in a three-round UFC fight.

Kajan Johnson (23-11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) improved to 11-2-1 since his loss to Rory MacDonald in December 2007.

Magomed Ankalaev (9-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his nine-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Dmitriy Sosnovskiy (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned nine of his 11 career victories by stoppage.

Mark Godbeer (13-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by stoppage.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 127, 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.