By The Numbers: UFC 280

The Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight belt is headed back to Dagestan.

Islam Makhachev beat Charles Oliveira at his own game, forcing the promotion’s all-time submission leader to tap to an arm-triangle choke 3:16 into the second round of the UFC 280 main event at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. With that, Oliveira’s 11-bout winning streak came to an end and the 155-pound division entered a new era under Makhachev, who will attempt to carry on the legacy started by retired teammate Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 280, with statistics courtesy of UFCStats.com.

10: Consecutive victories for Makhachev, now the longest winning streak in the UFC lightweight division. Makhachev’s streak began on Sept. 17, 2016 and includes victories over the likes of Arman Tsarukyan, Drew Dober, Thiago Moises, Dan Hooker, Bobby Green and Oliveira.

12: Undisputed lightweight champions in UFC history following Makhachev’s coronation.

5: Consecutive finishes for Makhachev, tying him with Jalin Turner for the longest active streak in the UFC.

2,177: Days since Oliveira’s last submission defeat, when he fell to a guillotine choke against Ricardo Lamas in a featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night 98 on Nov. 5, 2016.

5:05: Total control time for Makhachev in a bout that lasted 8:16. The Dagestani grappler landed two of three takedown attempts, outlanded Oliveira 72 to 25 in total strikes and scored the fight’s only knockdown in Round 2.

.730: Significant striking accuracy for Makhachev, who landed 30 of 41 attempts. Oliveira landed 19 of 39 significant strikes, a 48 percent success rate.

8: Consecutive victories for Aljamain Sterling, the longest winning streak in the history of the UFC’s bantamweight division. “The Funkmaster” added to his streak with a second-round technical knockout victory against T.J. Dillashaw in the UFC 280 co-main event.

13: Career bantamweight triumphs in UFC competition for Sterling, tying him with Dillashaw for the most in the history of the division.

64: Significant strikes by which Sterling outlanded Dillashaw, who entered the title bout with an injured shoulder that popped out of place on multiple occasions. Sterling also held a 148-to-13 edge in total strikes landed.

5: Takedowns landed in eight attempts for Sterling. That’s the most ever surrendered by Dillashaw in a UFC bout. Dillashaw was taken down four times by Dominick Cruz at UFC Fight Night 81, but that was in a 25-minute fight.

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26: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 26 tracked by MMADecisions.com, that scored the bantamweight fight between Sean O’Malley and Petr Yan in favor of Yan. Judges Ben Cartlidge and David Lethaby felt differently, awarding O’Malley a pair of 29-28 tallies to give “Sugar” a split-decision triumph.

84: Significant strikes landed by O’Malley. By comparison, Yan landed 58. O’Malley outlanded his Russian foe 23 to 19 in Round 1 and 40 to 15 in Round 3. Yan held a 24-to-21 edge in the second frame.

6: Takedowns landed in 13 attempts for Yan, who logged 5:44 of control time compared to two seconds for his opponent. While he was outlanded in significant strikes, “No Mercy” did outland O’Malley by a 97-to-91 count in total strikes.

8: Consecutive victories for Beneil Dariush, the second-longest active winning streak in the lightweight division. Dariush captured a hard-fought unanimous decision over Mateusz Gamrot in a featured pairing at UFC 280.

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16: Career lightweight triumphs for Dariush, tying him with Gleison Tibau for third most in the history of the division. Only Jim Miller (21) and Donald Cerrone (17) have won more at 155 pounds in the Octagon.

26: Significant strike advantage for Dariush, who also landed the only knockdown of the fight in Round 3.

15: Takedowns successfully defended by Dariush. A relentless Gamrot continually looked to force grappling exchanges but ultimately landed just four of 19 attempts over three rounds.

98: Significant strikes landed by Manon Fiorot in a three-round verdict over former flyweight title challenger Katlyn Chookagian. By comparison, Chookagian landed 76. Fiorot was at her best in Round 2, when she outlanded her opponent by a 43-to-23 margin.

9: Unbeaten streak for Belal Muhammad, who defeated Sean Brady via second-round technical knockout in a preliminary welterweight bout. That’s the second longest such streak in the division behind only reigning champion Leon Edwards (11). Muhammad’s streak includes eight wins along with a no contest against the aforementioned Edwards.

54: Significant strikes landed by Muhammad in the decisive second round, when he overwhelmed Brady with pressure and volume. By comparison, Brady landed 33 significant strikes in the frame. The opening round was much closer, with Muhammad holding a 26-to-25 edge in significant strikes.

0: Takedowns landed in five attempts for Brady, the first time in six UFC appearances that the Philadelphia native has failed to land at least one takedown in a fight.

2: Decision wins among 38 professional appearances for Nikita Krylov, who went the distance in victory for just the second time in his career against Volkan Oezdemir. Krylov’s only other decision win also came in the Octagon, as he outpointed Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 170.

7: Takedowns landed in 20 attempts for Krylov, by far the most of his UFC tenure. His previous best of three came in a decision win over Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 170 in March 2020. Oezdemir had never been taken down more than twice in 11 previous promotional appearances.

118: Significant strikes landed by Armen Petrosyan in a unanimous decision triumph over A.J. Dobson at middleweight. Dobson landed 58 significant strikes in defeat. Petrosyan outlanded his foe 35 to 15 in Round 1, 40 to 20 in Round 2 and 43 to 23 in Round 3.

18: Takedowns landed by flyweight prospect Muhammad Mokaev in his last two Octagon appearances. After landing 12 of 26 attempts in a victory over Charles Johnson this past July, Mokaev was successful on six of seven tries in a third-round submission triumph against Malcolm Gordon on Saturday.

81: Total strikes by which Mokaev outlanded Gordon. He only outlanded his opponent by four significant strikes, however.

260: Combined total strikes landed by Karol Rosa (160) and Lina Lansberg (100) in their preliminary bantamweight bout. Rosa also held a 54-to-36 edge in significant strikes, but Lansberg scored the bout’s only knockdown. It was Rosa who emerged with a majority decision triumph.

9:44: Total control time for Rosa, who was successful on three of six takedown attempts. Lansberg, who did not attempt a takedown, logged just 2:48 of control time.