The UFC celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 139, which took place at Pepsi Center in Denver and aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
A historic night for the company produced some historic results. In the main event, Yair Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) pulled off a knockout that will forever live in UFC lore when he obliterated Chan Sung Jung (14-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) with an elbow from an impossible angle with just one second remaining in the featherweight fight.
Rodriguez’s knockout stole the show, but just before him Donald Cerrone (34-11 MMA, 21-8 UFC) turned a new page in the UFC record book with a classic “Cowboy” performance.
For more on the numbers to come out of the UFC’s 25th anniversary card, check below for 55 post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 139.
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General
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $119,500.
Debuting fighters went 3-2 at the event.
Rodriguez earned $100,000 in UFC Fight Night 139 fight-night bonuses. Jung and Cerrone received $50,000 bonuses.
UFC Fight Night 139 drew an announced attendance of 11,426 for a live gate of $946,706.78.
Betting favorites went 10-2 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 18-14 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:17:12.
Main card
Rodriguez has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout.
Rodriguez’s victory at 4:59 of Round 5 tied Demetrious Johnson’s finish at UFC 186 for the latest stoppage in a UFC fight.
Rodriguez’s six fight-night bonuses for UFC featherweight bouts are tied with Charles Oliveira and Conor McGregor for second most in divisional history behind Cub Swanson (seven).
Jung fell to 1-1 since he returned from a more than three-year layoff from competition in February 2017.
Jung suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Cerrone’s 21 victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Cerrone’s 27 victories in UFC/WEC/PRIDE/Strikeforce competition are tied with Wanderlei Silva for most in combined organizational history.
Cerrone improved to 6-4 since he moved up to the UFC welterweight division in February 2015.
Cerrone’s 15 stoppage victories in UFC competition are most in company history.
Cerrone’s 19 stoppage victories in UFC/WEC competition are most in combined organizational history.
Cerrone’s 19 stoppage victories in UFC/WEC/PRIDE/Strikeforce competition are the third most in combined organizational history behind Mirko Filipovic (21) and Wanderlei Silva (20).
Cerrone’s 19 fight-night bonuses in UFC/WEC bouts are the most in combined organizational history.
Cerrone’s 14 fight-night bonuses in UFC bouts are the third most in company history behind Nate Diaz (15) and Joe Lauzon (15).
Mike Perry (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) fell to 1-3 in his past four fights dating back to December.
Perry suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Germaine de Randamie (8-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was successful in her return to the UFC women’s bantamweight division.
De Randamie’s three-fight UFC winning streak in women’s bantamweight competition is the third longest active streak in the division behind Amanda Nunes (seven) and Ketlen Vieira (four).
De Randamie has earned three of her five UFC victories by decision.
Beneil Dariush (15-4-1 MMA< 9-4-1 UFC) snapped his three-fight winless skid for his first victory since November 2016.
Thiago Moises (11-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.
Maycee Barber (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned five of her six career victories by stoppage.
Hannah Cifers (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of her career.
Mike Trizano (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
Luis Pena (3-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his three-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Preliminary card
Ashley Yoder (6-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) snapped her three-fight losing skid for her first victory since November 2016.
Amanda Cooper (3-5 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of her career.
Davi Ramos (9-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned eight of his nine career victories by stoppage.
Ramos has earned all three of his UFC victories by submission.
Ramos’ three-fight submission streak in UFC competition is tied with Antonio Carlos Junior for the longest among active fighters in the company.
John Gunther (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Devonte Smith (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all of his career victories by stoppage. He’s finished eight of those wins by knockout.
Julian Erosa (22-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) was unsuccessful in his return to the UFC for a second stint.
Erosa has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout. That includes both of his UFC defeats.
Eric Shelton (12-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
Joseph Morales (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career on a nine-fight winning streak.
Morales suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Joby Sanchez (11-4 MMA, 1-4 UFC) fell to 0-2 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2018. He’s 4-2 overall since his initial UFC release.
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 139, 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.
