UFC Fight Night 63 post-fight facts: Clay Guida's takedown numbers skyrocket

Robbie Peralta and Clay Guida

UFC Fight Night 63 marked a rare Saturday matinee for the organization. The end result was a card with four first-round knockouts and a lopsided main event.

In a clash of featherweight contenders, Chad Mendes (17-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) used his “moneymaker” right hand to clobber Ricardo Lamas (15-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) all over the octagon en route to a first-round TKO victory.

Mendes may not be the UFC’s 145-pound champion, but he has champion-like credentials. For the latest review of Mendes’ resume plus a look at other notable happenings from the octagon’s third trip to Fairfax, Va., check out 45 post-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 63.

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General

Patriot Center

UFC Fight Night 63 was just the second event (UFC 182) since October 2014 without at least one submission finish.

Mendes, Julianna Pena, Dustin Poirier and Timothy Johnson earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 63 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 63 drew an announced attendance of 5,417 for a live gate of $545,604.

Betting favorites went 6-4 on the card.

Total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:45:26.

Main card

Chad Mendes

Mendes earned his eighth UFC featherweight victory and tied Poirier for the most wins in divisional history. His 12 featherweight victories in UFC/WEC combined history are second most behind champ Jose Aldo (15).

Mendes’ five stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied with Poirier for the most in divisional history.

Mendes’ five knockout victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history.

Mendes landed two knockdowns and brought his total to six knockdowns landed in UFC featherweight competition, tied with Max Holloway for the most in divisional history.

Lamas fell to 6-2 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in June 2011.

Lamas has suffered three of his four pro losses by knockout.

Al Iaquinta and Jorge Masvidal

Al Iaquinta’s (12-3-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the fourth longest one in the lightweight division behind Donald Cerrone (seven), Khabib Nurmagomedov (six) and Tony Ferguson (five).

Iaquinta has earned four of his seven UFC victories by decision.

Iaquinta snapped a four-fight streak in which he landed at least one knockdown of his opponent.

Jorge Masvidal (28-9 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has suffered six of his nine career losses by decision, including both of his defeats under the UFC banner.

Masvidal has fought to a decision in 12 of his past 13 bouts.

Masvidal has landed a greater number of significant strikes than his opponent in 10 of his past 11 fights that have gone the distance.

Julianna Pena and Milana Dudieva

Pena (6-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) improved to 2-2 in her past four pro fights.

Pena has earned both of her UFC victories by knockout.

Pena’s two knockout victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are tied for the second most in divisional history behind Amanda Nunes (three).

Milana Dudieva (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of her career.

Clay Guida (32-15 MMA, 12-9 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC featherweight victories by decision.

Guida improved to 3-2 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in January 2013.

Guida has earned all three of his UFC featherweight victories by decision.

Guida completed six takedowns and brought his total to 60 in UFC competition, the third most takedowns landed in company history behind Georges St-Pierre (87) and Gleison Tibau (82).

Guida attempted 11 takedowns and brought his total to 157 takedown attempts in his UFC career, the most in company history.

Dustin Poirier and Diego Ferreira

Poirier (17-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) was victorious in his first lightweight bout since WEC 52 in November 2010.

Poirier has earned six of his nine UFC victories by stoppage.

Diego Ferreira (11-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered back-to-back losses after he started his career on an 11-fight winning streak.

Ferreira suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Ferreira or his opponent has received a fight-night bonus in three of his four UFC appearances.

Preliminary card

Lauren Murphy and Liz Carmouche

Liz Carmouche (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) improved to 4-5 in her past nine pro fights.

Carmouche earned just the second decision victory of her career and first since Aug. 13, 2010 – a span of 1,695 days (more than four years) and 11 fights.

Lauren Murphy (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered back-to-back losses after she started her career on an eight-fight winning streak.

Murphy has suffered both of her career losses by decision.

Alexander Yakovlev (22-6-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) was successful in his UFC lightweight debut after a two-fight skid at welterweight.

Gray Maynard (11-5-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) suffered his fourth consecutive loss and extended the longest skid of his career. Maynard has just one victory in his past seven UFC appearances and hasn’t registered a victory since June 2012.

Maynard has suffered five knockdowns in his past four UFC bouts. Yakovlev dropped him once.

Maynard suffered the first decision loss of his career. He was previously 9-0-1 in fights that went the distance.

Timothy Johnson

Johnson (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) extended his career-high winning streak to eight fights.

Johnson has earned all nine of his career victories by stoppage.

Shamil Abdurahimov (15-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Ron Stalling (13-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

Justin Jones (3-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

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FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.