The UFC traveled to Brazil for the fourth time this year on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 51 from Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia.
In the main event, Andrei Arlovski (23-10 MMA, 12-4 UFC) picked up his first knockout in UFC competition since March 2008 with a first-round stoppage of hometown hero Antonio Silva (18-6-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC). “The Pit Bull” is now 2-0 inside the octagon since returning to the UFC in June.
The win pushed Arlovski further up the list in several meaningful statistical categories, but he wasn’t the only one to accomplish a feat of note. For more on the numbers behind the UFC’s latest fight card, here are 45 post-fight facts about UFC Fight Night 51.
General
In the 16 events the UFC has held in Brazil, fighters from the country are 84-40 against foreign opposition. Brazilian fighters went 5-4 against outsiders at UFC Fight Night 51
Arlovski, Godofredo Pepey, Gleison Tibau and Piotr Hallmann earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 51 fight-night bonuses.
UFC Fight Night 51 drew an announced attendance of 8,822. No live gate was announced for the event.
Betting favorites went 8-3 on the card.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:42:56.
Main card
Arlovski’s five-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active winning streak in the heavyweight division. He has not suffered a UFC loss since July 2006.
Arlovski recorded his 12th victory in UFC heavyweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Frank Mir (14).
Arlovski has finished 10 opponents in UFC competition, the third most in divisional history behind Mir (11) and Gabriel Gonzaga (11).
Arlovski earned the eighth knockout in UFC heavyweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Cain Velasquez (nine).
Arlovski has landed eight knockdowns in UFC heavyweight competition and is tied with Velasquez for the second most knockdowns in divisional history behind Junior Dos Santos (11).
Silva fought in the fourth main event of his UFC career and is now 1-2-1 in those fights.
Silva fell to 2-4-1 in his past seven professional bouts.
Silva has suffered five of his six career losses by knockout. All five of those stoppages have come in the first round.
Gleison Tibau (30-10 MMA, 15-8 UFC) competed in his 22nd UFC lightweight contest, the most of any fighter in UFC history.
Tibau recorded his 15th UFC lightweight victory, adding to his tally for the most wins of any fighter in divisional history.
Tibau’s 15 UFC victories are tied with Michael Bisping for the most of any fighter in UFC history without competing in a championship bout.
Tibau has fought to a decision 15 times under the UFC banner and is tied with Diego Sanchez for the most fights to go the distance in UFC history.
Tibau has earned 10 UFC victories by decision and is tied with Jon Fitch for the most decision wins by any fighter in UFC history behind Georges St-Pierre (12).
Tibau landed five takedowns in his victory and has now landed 80 takedowns overall in his UFC career, the second most of any fighter in company history behind St-Pierre (87).
Hallmann (15-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.
Santiago Ponzinibbio (19-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned 17 of his 19 career victories by knockout or submission, 13 in the first round.
Ponzinibbio has earned his past nine victories by knockout or submission.
Ponzinibbio’s victory at 1:20 of Round 1 marked the quickest finish of his professional career.
Wendell Oliveira (24-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all eight of his career losses by knockout or submission.
Oliveira suffered his first knockout loss since June 25, 2009 – a span of 1,906 days (more than five years) and 21 fights.
Iuri Alcantara’s (31-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is tied for the third longest active streak in the bantamweight division behind Raphael Assuncao (six) and Takeya Mizugaki (five).
Alcantara improved to 4-1 with one no-contest since dropping to the UFC bantamweight division in January 2013.
Alcantara has earned four of his six UFC victories by decision.
Jessica Andrade’s (12-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is tied with Bethe Correia for the second longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division behind champion Ronda Rousey (four).
Andrade has defeated her opponent by knockout or submission in 10 of her 12 professional wins.
Andrade became just the second fighter to earn a submission victory in UFC women’s bantamweight competition. Rousey is the only other fighter to accomplish the feat.
Larissa Moreira Pacheco (10-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her 10-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of her professional career.
Preliminary card
Pepey (11-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) is on the first two-fight winning streak of his UFC career.
Pepey has earned two of his three UFC victories by first-round stoppage. He has earned a fight-night bonus for both of those finishes.
Dashon Johnson (9-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by submission.
George Sullivan (16-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his career-high winning streak to eight consecutive fights.
Igor Araujo (25-7 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his six-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since October 2010.
Araujo suffered his first knockout loss since Sept. 27, 2008 – a span of 2,177 days (nearly six years) and 17 fights.
Leandro Silva (16-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.
Sean Spencer (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC victories by decision.
Paulo Thiago (15-8 MMA, 5-8 UFC) fell to 1-5 in his past six UFC fights and has just two victories in his past nine octagon appearances.
Thiago suffered a third consecutive loss for the first time in his career. He successfully rebounded from back-to-back losses on two occasions in the past.
Thiago has suffered six of his eight career losses by decision.
Rani Yahya (20-8 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned 16 of his 20 professional victories by submission. He has scored 11 of those stoppages in the first round.
Yahya scored his first-ever submission victory by kimura.
Yahya earned his fourth submission victory in UFC/WEC bantamweight competition and tied Brian Bowles and Renan Barao for the second most submission finishes of any 135-pound fighter in the combined history of the two organizations behind Urijah Faber (six).
Johnny Bedford (19-12-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) is winless in his past four UFC appearances. He has not earned an MMA victory since December 2012.
Bedford has suffered all 12 of his professional losses by stoppage. Of those defeats, 10 ended in a submission.
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 51, 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.
