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UFC 264 post-event facts: Dustin Poirier joins exclusive 20-win club

Mike
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The biggest MMA event of the year so far went down Saturday when UFC 264 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The highly anticipated lightweight trilogy fight in the main event ended in unexpected fashion when Dustin Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) defeated Conor McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) by first-round TKO after the former two-division champion suffered a broken tibia.

Regardless of how it happened, it’s a win for “The Diamond,” who further entrenched his legacy in the UFC record books.

For more on the numbers, check below for 50 pre-event facts coming out of UFC 264.

Event stats

[vertical-gallery id=631886] The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $218,000. [autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag], [autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag], [autotag]Sean O'Malley[/autotag] and [autotag]Kris Mountinho[/autotag] earned $75,000 UFC 264 fight-night bonuses. Debuting fighters went 0-1 on the card. UFC 264 drew an announced attendance of 20,062 for a live gate of $15,759,800. Betting favorites went 11-1 on the card. Betting favorites improved to 10-6 with one no contest in UFC headliners this year. Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 1:53:47.

Dustin Poirier def. Conor McGregor

[vertical-gallery id=632743] Poirier's 20 UFC victories are tied for fourth most in company history behind Donald Cerrone (23), Demian Maia (22) and Jim Miller (21). Poirier improved to 12-2 (with one no contest) since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in April 2015. Poirier has earned all seven of his stoppage victories since returning to the lightweight division by knockout. Poirier’s eight knockout victories in UFC lightweight competition are most in divisional history. McGregor suffered consecutive losses for the first time in his career. He hasn't earned a victory since January 2020. McGregor has suffered all six of his career losses by stoppage.

Gilbert Burns def. Stephen Thompson

[vertical-gallery id=632634] [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag] (20-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) improved to 5-1 since he returned to the welterweight division in August 2019. He's 6-1 when fighting at the weight class. [autotag]Stephen Thompson[/autotag] (16-5-1 MMA, 11-5-1 UFC) has suffered four of his five career losses by decision.

Tai Tuivasa def. Greg Hardy

[vertical-gallery id=632119] Tuivasa (13-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by first-round stoppage. That includes all five of his UFC stoppage wins. [autotag]Greg Hardy[/autotag] (7-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.

Irene Aldana def. Yana Kunitskaya

[vertical-gallery id=632086] [autotag]Irene Aldana[/autotag] (13-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) has earned 10 of her 13 career victories by stoppage. [autotag]Yana Kunitskaya[/autotag] (14-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) fell to 4-2 since she returned to the UFC women's bantamweight division in October 2018. Kunitskaya has suffered five of her six career losses by stoppage. Kunitskaya has suffered all three of her UFC losses by knockout.

Sean O'Malley vs. Kris Moutinho

[vertical-gallery id=632075] O'Malley (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has earned 11 of 14 career victories by stoppage. That includes four of his UFC wins. Moutinho (9-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all five of his career losses by stoppage.

Max Griffin def. Carlos Condit

[vertical-gallery id=632046] [autotag]Max Griffin[/autotag] (18-8 MMA, 6-6 UFC) has earned three of his six UFC victories by decision. [autotag]Carlos Condit[/autotag] (32-14 MMA, 9-10 UFC) fell to 4-9 in his past 13 UFC appearances dating back to November 2012. Condit has suffered six of his 10 UFC losses by decision. Condit has been taken down at least once in 20 of his 24 UFC/WEC appearances. He’s given up a total of 67 takedowns in that stretch.

Michel Pereira def. Niko Price

[vertical-gallery id=632015] [autotag]Michel Pereira[/autotag]'s (25-11 MMA, 4-2 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is the longest of his career. [autotag]Niko Price[/autotag] (14-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Ilia Topuria def. Ryan Hall

[vertical-gallery id=631966] [autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned 10 of his 11 career victories by stoppage. [autotag]Ryan Hall[/autotag] (8-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) fell to 1-1 since he dropped to the UFC featherweight division in July 2019. Hall suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Dricus Du Plessis def. Trevin Giles

[vertical-gallery id=631943] Du Plessis (16-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned all 16 of his career victories by stoppage. [autotag]Trevin Giles[/autotag] (14-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) fell to 4-3 since he dropped to the UFC middleweight division in December 2017. Giles has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage. Giles suffered the first knockout loss of his career.

Jennifer Maia def. Jessica Eye

[vertical-gallery id=631930] [autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag] (19-7-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has earned three of her four UFC victories by decision. [autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag] (15-10 MMA, 5-9 UFC) fell to 4-4 since she dropped to the UFC women's flyweight division in January 2018. Eye's nine losses in UFC competition are tied with Angela Hill for the most of any female in company history. Eye has suffered eight of her nine UFC losses by decision.

Brad Tavares def. Omari Akhmedov

[vertical-gallery id=631889] [autotag]Brad Tavares[/autotag]' (19-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) 14 victories in UFC middleweight competition are tied with Anderson Silva for second-most in divisional history behind Michael Bisping (16). Tavares’ total fight time of 4:23:05 in UFC middleweight competition is second-most in divisional history behind Bisping (5:15:15). Tavares’s 12 decision victories in UFC middleweight competition are most in divisional history. Tavares’s 12 decision victories in UFC competition are tied with Georges St-Pierre, Diego Sanchez and Neil Magny for most in company history. [autotag]Omari Akhmedov[/autotag] (21-6-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) fell to 4-2-1 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division in December 2017. He's 5-2-1 in the weight class overall under the UFC banner. Akhmedov suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Jerome Rivera

[vertical-gallery id=631881] [autotag]Zhalgas Zhumagulov[/autotag]'s (14-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) snapped his two-fight losing skid for his first victory since October 2019. [autotag]Jerome Rivera[/autotag]'s (10-6 MMA, 0-4 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since August 2020. Rivera has suffered four of his five career losses by stoppage. UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.

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