UFC Fight Night 128 post-event facts: Frankie Edgar approaches seven hours of UFC fight time

The UFC made its 18th trip to New Jersey and its ninth stop in Atlantic City on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 128, which took place at Boardwalk Hall and aired on FS1 following an early prelim on UFC Fight Pass.

A notable contender in the lightweight division emerged when Kevin Lee (17-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) defeated Edson Barboza (19-6 MMA, 13-6 UFC) by fifth-round TKO in the event headliner. It was one of five stoppages on the 11-fight card.

For more on the numbers behind the UFC’s latest East Coast venture, check below for 45 post-event facts to come out of UFC Fight Night 128.

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General

Jim Miller and Dan Hooker

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout (formerly the UFC Athlete Outfitting pay) for the event totaled $175,500.

Debuting fighters went 1-0 at the event.

David Branch, Siyar Bahadurzada, Ricky Simon and Merab Dvalishvili earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 128 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 128 drew an announced attendance of 9,541 for a live gate of $923,720.

Betting favorites went 7-2 on the card. Two fights had even odds.

Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:20:28.

Main card

Lee improved to 6-1 in his past seven UFC appearances, which date back to December 2015.

Lee’s 10 UFC victories since 2014 in lightweight competition are most in the division.

Lee has completed at least one takedown against 12 of his 13 UFC opponents.

Lee’s 32 takedowns landed since 2014 in UFC lightweight competition are most in the division.

Barboza suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career.

Barboza has absorbed 231 significant strikes in his past two fights.

Frankie Edgar (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) improved to 8-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in February 2013.

Edgar improved to 2-2-1 when fighting an opponent for the second time in the UFC.

Edgar’s total fight time of 6:47:33 in UFC competition is the most in company history.

Edgar’s 1,477 significant strikes landed in UFC competition are second most in company history behind Michael Bisping (1,567).

Cub Swanson (25-9 MMA, 10-5 UFC) suffered his first decision loss since Aug. 18, 2010 – a span of 2,803 days (nearly eight years) and 16 fights.

Justin Willis’ (7-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak in heavyweight competition is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind champ Stipe Miocic (six) and Alexander Volkov (four).

Branch (22-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) improved to 2-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in March 2017.

Branch improved to 14-2 since he was released from the UFC in March 2011. His only defeats in that stretch came to Anthony Johnson and Luke Rockhold.

Brett Johns (15-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his 15-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Dan Hooker (16-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) improved to 3-0 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in June.

Hooker has earned 15 of his 16 career victories by stoppage. That includes all six of his UFC wins.

Jim Miller’s (28-12 MMA, 17-11 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2016.

Miller suffered just the second knockout loss of his career and his first since a July 2014 bout against Donald Cerrone, which also took place in Atlantic City.

Miller’s total fight time of 5:00:53 in UFC lightweight competition is most in divisional history.

Preliminary card

Ryan LaFlare (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has earned all seven of his UFC victories by decision.

LaFlare’s seven decision victories in UFC welterweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind Georges St-Pierre (10) and Jon Fitch (eight).

Alex Garcia (15-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his nine-fight UFC career.

Simon’s (13-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) victory at the 5:00 mark of Round 3 is the latest stoppage in a three-round UFC fight.

Dvalishvili (7-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career.

Luan Chagas (15-3-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Corey Anderson (10-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) has earned five of his seven UFC victories by decision.

Anderson’s 12 takedowns landed marked a new single-fight record for a UFC light-heavyweight bout.

Anderson’s 12 takedowns landed are fifth most in a single UFC fight.

Patrick Cummins (10-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career. His previous four defeats came by knockout.

Tony Martin (13-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was successful in his return to the welterweight division. He earned his first victory in the weight class since October 2012.

Keita Nakamura (33-9-2 MMA, 3-6 UFC) has suffered all six of his UFC losses by decision.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 128, 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.