The UFC’s first title fights of the year didn’t provide any shakeups. Both champions defended on Saturday’s UFC 220 card, which took place at TD Garden in Boston and aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event, Stipe Miocic (18-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) established himself as the most successful heavyweight champion in divisional history when he turned back hyped challenger Francis Ngannou (11-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) for his third title defense.
Light-heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) got his business done inside the distance, overwhelming Volkan Oezdemir (15-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) for a second-round TKO win.
The UFC’s first pay-per-view of the year featured some record-setting moments. For more on the facts, figures and footnotes form UFC 220, check below for 40 post-event facts.
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General

TD Garden
The UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting payout for the event totaled $249,500.
Cormier, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Calvin Kattar and Shane Burgos earned $50,000 UFC 220 fight-night bonuses.
Debuting fighters went 1-3 on the card.
UFC 220 drew an announced attendance of 16,015 for a live gate of $2.45 million.
Betting favorites went 7-4 on the card.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:09:40.
Main card

Stipe Miocic
Miocic’s three consecutive UFC heavyweight title defense are most of any champion in divisional history.
Miocic’s six-fight UFC winning streak in heavyweight competition is the longest active streak in the division.
Ngannou had his 10-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since December 2013.

Daniel Cormier
Cormier joined Randy Couture as the only fighters in UFC history to win two championship fights following a loss.
Cormier improved to 7-1 (with one no-contest) since he dropped to the UFC light-heavyweight division in February 2014.
Cormier has earned five of his seven UFC light-heavyweight victories by stoppage.
Cormier improved to 8-0 in his career when he lands at least two takedowns in a fight.
Cormier became the seventh fighter in UFC history to earn a knockout stemming from the crucifix position. Jones, Gary Goodridge, Matt Hughes, Dong Hyun Kim, Paul Kelly and Tyson Pedro also accomplished the feat.
Oezdemir suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Kattar (18-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) extended his winning streak to 10 fights. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since February 2010.
Kattar earned his first knockout victory since June 19, 2010 – a span of 2,772 days (more than seven years) and eight fights.
Burgos (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his 10-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.

Gian Villante
Gian Villante (16-9 MMA, 6-6 UFC) absorbs 6.12 significant strikes per minute in UFC competition, the third highest among active fighters in the company behind Leslie Smith (8.4) and Dooho Choi (6.26).
Francimar Barroso (19-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC) has suffered three of his four UFC losses by decision.
Rob Font (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) improved to 14-2 in his past 16 fights.
Font has earned all five of his UFC victories by stoppage. That includes four knockouts.

Rob Font
Font’s five stoppage victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for third most in divisional history behind champ T.J. Dillashaw (seven) and Urijah Faber (six).
Font’s four knockout victories in UFC bantamweight competition are tied for second most in divisional history behind Dillashaw (six).
Thomas Almeida (21-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career.
Almeida has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Preliminary card
Kyle Bochniak (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past five fights.

Abdul Razak Alhassan
Alhassan (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all his career victories by first-round knockout.
Sabah Homasi (11-8 MMA, 0-3 UFC) has suffered seven of his eight career losses by stoppage.
Dustin Ortiz’s (18-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC) seven UFC flyweight victories are tied for third most in divisional history behind champ Demetrious Johnson (13) and Joseph Benavidez (10).
Ortiz has earned four of his seven UFC victories by decision.
Alexandre Pantoja (18-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since June 2010.
Pantoja has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.
Dan Ige (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Enrique Barzola
Enrique Barzola (14-3-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned all four of his UFC victories by decision.
Barzola has landed 26 takedowns in his four UFC victories.
Matt Bessette (22-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his eight-fight unbeaten streak snapped for his first loss since August 2015.
Islam Makhachev (15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) earned his first knockout victory since May 6, 2011 – a span of 2,451 days (nearly seven years) and 13 fights.
Gleison Tibau’s (33-13 MMA, 16-11 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his carer. He hasn’t earned a victory since January 2015.
Tibau has suffered two of his past three UFC losses by knockout after going more than eight years without being stopped by strikes.
For complete coverage of UFC 220, 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.
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