The UFC returned from a one-week hiatus on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 229, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and saw four of 10 fights end in a stoppage.
The quickest of those finishes came in the lightweight headliner, where Bobby Green (31-15-1 MMA, 12-9-1 UFC) pulled off a stunning upset of Grant Dawson (20-2-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) courtesy of a 33-second knockout.
For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 229.
Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $189,000.
Green, Joe Pyfer, Drew Dober and Nate Maness earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 229 fight-night bonuses.
The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 229, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate.
Betting favorites went 3-7 on the card.
Betting favorites fell to 19-15-1 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:44:54.
Bobby Green def. Grant Dawson
Green has earned five of his 12 UFC victories by stoppage.
Green has landed 1,644 significant strikes in UFC lightweight competition, the most in divisional history.
Green has landed 1,870 total strikes in UFC lightweight competition, the most in divisional history.
Dawson fell to 4-1-1 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in March 2020.
Dawson has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.
Joe Pyfer def. Abdul Razak Alhassan
Pyfer (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned 11 of his 12 career victories by stoppage. That includes all three of his UFC wins.
Abdul Razak Alhassan (12-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) fell to 2-3 since he moved up to the UFC middleweight division in April 2021.
Alhassan suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Joaquin Buckley def. Alex Morono
Joaquin Buckley (18-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in May 2023.
Buckley earned the first decision victory of his UFC career.
Alex Morono (23-9 MMA, 12-6 UFC) has suffered six of his 10 career losses by decision.
Drew Dober def. Ricky Glenn
Dober’s (27-12 MMA, 14-7 UFC) nine knockout victories in UFC lightweight competition are most in divisional history.
Ricky Glenn (22-8-2 MMA, 4-5-1 UFC) has suffered consecutive knockout losses after going his entire career with a stoppage due to strikes.
Bill Algeo def. Alexander Hernandez
Bill Algeo (18-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has earned three of his five UFC victories by decision.
Alexander Hernandez (14-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) fell to 2-4 in his past six fights dating back to February 2021.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Diana Belbita
Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s (16-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) nine victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Joanna Jedrzejczyk (10) and Carla Esparza (10).
Kowalkiewicz’s four-fight UFC winning streak at strawweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Tatiana Suarez (six) and Loopy Godinez (five).
Kowalkiewicz has eight of her nine UFC victories by decision.
Nate Maness def. Mateus Mendonca
Maness (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) improved to 1-1 since he moved down to the UFC flyweight division in November 2022.
Mateus Mendonca (10-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 10-0.
Mendonca suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat.
Vanessa Demopoulos def. Kanako Murata
Vanessa Demopoulos (10-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned seven of her 10 career victories by decision.
Kanako Murata (12-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of her career.
Aori Qileng def. Johnny Munoz
Aori Qileng (24-10 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has earned two of his three UFC victories by decision..
Johnny Munoz (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by decision.
JJ Aldrich def. Montana De La Rosa
JJ Aldrich (13-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) improved to 6-3 since she moved up to the UFC women’s flyweight division in March 2019.
Aldrich has earned eight of her nine UFC victories by decision.
Montana De La Rosa’s (12-9-1 MA, 5-5-1 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn’t earned a victory since June 2021.
De La Rosa has suffered four of her five UFC losses by decision.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 229.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
