UFC Fight Night 98 post-fight facts: Tony Ferguson's stat sheet is becoming quite ridiculous

The UFC returned from a nearly month-long break on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 98, which took place at Mexico City Arena in Mexico and aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, Tony Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) further solidified his status as one of the best lightweights in the world when he topped former UFC champion Rafael dos Anjos (25-9 MMA, 14-7 UFC) by unanimous decision in a “Fight of the Night” performance for his ninth consecutive octagon victory.

Ferguson’s main-event win closed out a 13-fight card that featured several notable results. For more, check out 44 post-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 98.

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General

Marcin Held and Diego Sanchez

The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $147,500.

Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event.

Ferguson, dos Anjos, Ricardo Lamas and Douglas Silva de Andrade earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 98 fight-night bonuses.

UFC Fight Night 98 drew an announced attendance of 11,460. No live gate was announced.

Betting favorites went 9-3 on the card.

Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 8-4. One fight had even odds.

Main card

Tony Ferguson

Ferguson improved to 15-1 in his past 16 fights. The lone defeat in that stretch came to Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 3 in May 2012.

Ferguson’s 12-1 record after 13 UFC appearances is the best of any fighter to come from “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

Ferguson’s nine-fight UFC winning streak in lightweight competition is the longest in divisional history.

Ferguson’s nine-fight UFC winning streak in lightweight competition is the longest in active streak in the division.

Ferguson’s nine-fight winning streak in UFC competition is tied with Max Holloway for the third longest active streak in the company behind Jon Jones (13) and Demetrious Johnson (10).

Ferguson has been awarded a fight-night bonus in each of his past five UFC appearances.

Ferguson’s 199 significant strikes landed were the second most in a UFC lightweight fight behind Nate Diaz (238) at UFC 141.

Tony Ferguson and Rafael dos Anjos

Ferguson and dos Anjos combined for 320 significant strikes landed, the fifth most in a UFC fight.

Dos Anjos suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since 2009.

Dos Anjos has suffered four of his seven UFC losses by decision.

Diego Sanchez (27-9 MMA, 16-9 UFC) has earned his past eight victories by decision. He hasn’t stopped an opponent since June 2008.

Sanchez’s total fight time of 5:24:23 is fourth most in company history behind Frankie Edgar (6:02:49), Michael Bisping (5:48:40) and Georges St-Pierre (5:28:12).

Diego Sanchez

Sanchez has fought to a decision 18 times in UFC competition, the most in company history.

Sanchez has absorbed 1,117 total head strikes in his UFC career, the second most among active fighters behind B.J. Penn (1,249) and third most overall in company history behind Penn and Tito Ortiz (1,167).

Marcin Held (22-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by decision.

Ricardo Lamas

Ricardo Lamas (17-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) improved to 8-3 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in June 2011.

Lamas’ five stoppage victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for fourth most in divisional history behind Conor McGregor (six), Holloway (six) and Charles Oliveira (six).

Lamas improved to 8-1 in UFC/WEC competition when he completes at least one takedown.

Charles Oliveira (21-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) fell to 7-5 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in January 2012.

Oliveira fell to 1-3 in his past four fights.

Martin Bravo

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

Claudio Puelles (7-2 MMA 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Rashid Magomedov (19-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) had his 12-fight winning streak snapped for his first defat since April 2010.

Magomedov has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Heather Jo Clark (7-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) fell to 3-5 in her past eight fights.

Clark has suffered five of her six career losses by decision.

Preliminary card

Felipe Arantes

Felipe Arantes (18-8-1 MMA, 5-4-1 UFC) fell to 2-1 since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in August 2015.

Arantes has suffered six of his eight career losses by decision. That includes all four of his UFC losses.

Joe Soto (17-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has earned 16 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.

Joe Soto

Soto earned the first heel-hook submission victory in UFC competition since Ian Entwistle at UFC on FOX 13 in December 2014.

Marco Beltran (8-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by stoppage.

Erick Montano (7-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Douglas Silva de Andrade (24-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division in February 2015.

De Andrade has earned 19 of his 24 career wins by knockout.

De Andrade became the fourth fighter in UFC history to earn a knockout victory stemming from a spinning backfist.

Henry Briones (16-6-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Alex Nicholson (7-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in July.

Marco Polo Reyes

Marco Polo Reyes (7-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) earned the first decision victory of his career.

Jason Novelli (11-3-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Enrique Barzola (12-3-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.

Chris Avila (5-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by decision.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 98, 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.